Short Profile
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) is the largest institution for non-university and application-open basic research in Austria. Founded in 1847 as a learned society, it fulfils its statutory mandate to "promote science in every respect" today also as a research institution and funding body.
The Academy's members dedicate themselves to important questions about the future from an interdisciplinary perspective. As a mediator of knowledge, public participation in scientific findings and discourses is an important concern for the ÖAW. With its research facilities in Vienna, Graz, Linz, Innsbruck and Leoben, the ÖAW stands for outstanding scientific achievements at an international level. As a promoter of talent, the ÖAW offers early-career researchers attractive scholarship programmes as well as internationally competitive career opportunities.
Facts and Figures
- Founded in 1847
- 28 research units
- 780 members at home and abroad
- 1,450 members of staff
For more information, please visit: http://www.oeaw.ac.at
Climate Focus The ÖAW has been participating in the scientific cooperation and coordination of research activities in the Alpine region since 2000 with a National Committee for Alpine Research. The National Committee has joined forces with other internationally leading academies and research institutions to form an International Scientific Committee on Alpine Research (ISCAR; based in Bern). The Austrian National Committee supports Alpine research projects that are innovative in terms of content and methodology and are interdisciplinarily networked.
The Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF) of the ÖAW, based in Innsbruck, conducts inter- and transdisciplinary mountain research in collaboration with international groups of scientists. Integrated within the IGF is the global long-term monitoring network in alpine areas GLORIA.
Further Links www.oeaw.ac.at, http://www.mountainresearch.at
Contact:
o. Univ.-Prof. em. Dr. Axel Borsdorf Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF), Austrian Academy of Sciences Technikerstr. 21a, 6020 Innsbruck Mail: axel.borsdorf@oeaw.ac.at