START-Prizes by FWF
The START Prize
is awarded by the Austrian
Science Fund (FWF) on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Education,
Science and Culture (BM:BWK). It enables young researchers a long-term
perspective and extensive financial support (up to 1.2 Mio. Euros for a
period of six years) to plan their research and to build up their own research
groups. For further information on START
-Prize-Winners see START-Portal
designed by Marc Seumenicht.
- Target group: outstanding young researchers of any discipline.
- Goals: Researchers should be given the long-term and extensive financial
security to plan their research and to build up their own research groups.
- Requirements:
- aged 35 or under at the time of application; allowance
is made for time spent raising children.
- exceptional international scientific publications.
- scientific independence.
- in addition it is desirable that candidates have completed a
research stay abroad of at least one year.
- candidates may not already be full professors (members of the
"Professorenkurie").
- Length: 6 years, an interim review after 3 years decides on
continuation.
- Level: up to EUR 200,000 per year.
- Decision: taken by the international START/Wittgenstein
Jury based on an international review process.
About five START-prizes are awared each year in June by the Federal
Minister for Science: 2006 Awards.