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Michaela Fritz is Vice Rector for Research and Innovation at MedUni Vienna. Her deputy will be Horst Bischof, Vice Rector for Research at the Graz University of Technology

Learn more: FWF Assembly of Delegates Elects Michaela Fritz as its New Chair

The recently published ERA-Learn Country Report highlights the great efforts made by the FWF to connect Austrian researchers with their colleagues from all over Europe. In the last five years, 55 projects with the involvement of Austrian researchers could be realised as part of ERA-NET programmes.

Learn more: European Research Partnerships on the Upswing

The new FAQ are aimed in particular at the principal investigators of FWF-funded projects in the project stage and are intended to contribute to a successful project development.

Learn more: FAQ on FWF the Project Stage now Available

Austrian Education Minister Iris Rauskala recognized the work of three Austrian researchers who are based in the USA with the ASCINA Awards. At the end of the “Austrian Research and Innovation Talk” (ARIT) in New York, the computer scientists Manuel Egele and Johannes Reiter as well as the chemist Hannes Mikula received these awards for excellent research publications.

Learn more: ASCINA Awards go to Three Austrian Researchers

On Thursday, 12 September 2019, Liechtenstein's Minister of Education Dominique Hasler and Klement Tockner, President of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), met in Vienna to sign an agreement on continued cooperation in the field of research.

Learn more: Bilateral Agreement Signed with Liechtenstein

Progress in the field of Artificial Intelligence is opening up new opportunities for policymakers and administrators. Which measures must political leaders now implement in order to maximise the positive effects and minimise the risks? Who will regulate the codes and algorithms that will hold sway over our lives in the future? Who will assume responsibility? At the invitation of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) and the Austrian Science Fund FWF, international experts came together to discuss the latest developments and consequences at this year’s Alpbach Technology Symposium.

Learn more: Alpbach Technology Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Governance

The Austrian Science Fund FWF, the Austrian Library Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich, KEMÖ) and Springer Nature have renewed their existing open access contract for Springer journals. The transformative agreement enables researchers and students in Austria to publish peer-reviewed research articles open access in more than 1,900 Springer journals without additional fees.

Learn more: Open Access Agreement with Springer Nature Renewed

The Austrian Alliance of Science Organisations urges efforts to prevent the loss of unique potential of scientific talent

Learn more: Five Recommendations for Strengthening Austria as a Research Country

The Austrian Science Fund FWF invited the research teams of the newly launched Young Independent Researcher Groups to an information exchange workshop. This programme for the up-and-coming generation brings together young researchers for interdisciplinary collaboration. They discussed the challenges and success factors for such interdisciplinary groups at the Haus der Forschung in Vienna on 22 July 2019.

Learn more: Moving Science Ahead – "Young Independent Researcher Groups” Focus on Interdisciplinarity

No matter whether it be city, state, science center, school or on social media – the FWF supports researchers who seek out innovative new ways of communicating about science to the tune of up to €50,000. Researchers from all disciplines have until 12 September 2019 to submit proposals for projects that successfully communicate science and research to the Science Communication Programme (WissKomm).

Learn more: FWF Supports Science Communication: Explore, Join and Share Your Thoughts