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National and International Programmes - Information
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The research programmes listed below are financed by the Federal Ministry for Science and Research and administered by national committees established at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The national committees, consisting of renowned scientists and representatives of several Ministries and federal organizations have, among other things, the following tasks:
- co-ordination of the research activities in their respective research sector
- formulating programme based research strategies
- quality assurance of the funded research projects
- development of new research focuses
- stimulation of new research projects and scientific co-operation
The research proposals submitted after specific projects calls are granted by the national committee after an external peer review. Furthermore, the scientific quality of both the results and project reports are also reviewed by the national committee. All ÖAW research programmes are either part of international scientific programmes (UNESCO, UNO, ICSU, EU) or linked to international research programmes through contracts and scientific co-operations.
 Project reports online
Project Application Form [DOC]
Coordinator:
Dr. Günter Köck
1010 Vienna, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
T +43 1 51581 1271
F +43 1 51581 1275
guenter.koeck@oeaw.ac.at
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Alpine Research
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This programme is part of the research co-operation "International Scientific Committee on Alpine Research (ISCAR)". Partners of ISCAR are the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SANW), the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW), the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts as well as relevant institutions in Italy (Italian Institute on Mountain - IMONT) and France (University and Research Pole Grenoble). The research programme is aimed to promote of alpine-wide and interdisciplinary cooperation in the field of the alpine research and the transfer of scientific results into practice and the public. Main research topics are among others global change, water, traffic, natural disasters, biodiversity, social economy and geoscience.
Grundsatzpapier Alpenforschung
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Geophysics of the Earth's Crust
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The research programme "Geophysics of the Earth's Crust" established in the year 1979 is funding projects of applied geophysics of the shallow crust, e.g. the interpretation of potential fields, the modelling of electromagnetic data, refined recording technologies for seismic measurements as well as investigations of mass movements (e.g. landslides, rockfalls).
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Global Change Programme
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Established in 1990 this research programme covers three international research networks:
- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP)
- World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
- International Human Dimension Programme (IHDP)
The Global Change programme is supporting projects dedicated to the study of causes and effects of global environmental change (e.g. climate, biodiversity).
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Hydrology of Austria
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UNESCO-Programme
The programme "Hydrology of Austria" is the Austrian contribution to UNESCO's "International Hydrology Programme (IHP)-. Current research topics are soil moisture, modelling and forecast of precipitation as well as water discharge in Alpine catchment areas.
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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
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UNESCO-Programme
Established in the year 1990 this research programme is aimed to improve our scientific knowledge about causes and risks of natural hazards, and to develop early warning strategies and methods for the reduction, prevention and mitigation of natural disasters.
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International Geoscience Programme (IGCP)
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UNESCO-Programme
The IGBP programme established in 1973 promotes collaborative projects in several geoscientific research topics exactly defined by UNESCO. Main research topics are among others Quarternary geology, environmental and engineering geology, sedimentology, mineral deposits, geochemistry, geophysics and structural geology.
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Commission for the Coordination of Nuclear Fusion Research in Austria
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The Commission for the Coordination of Nuclear Fusion Research in Austria was founded by the Federal Minister of Science and Research, Dr. H. Firnberg, on November 25th, 1980, and established at the Austrian Academy of Sciences. The main goals were to advise the government on all matters related to the subject, to coordinate the research activities in Austria, to further international collaboration and to disseminate information on nuclear fusion as widely as possible, particularly among Austrian industry. Accordingly, incentive research projects in the areas of plasma physics and fusion technology were granted, the Austrian involvement in fusion research at universities, research organizations and industry were assessed and status symposia at the Academy organized. When Austria became a member of the European Union, the Commission laid the foundation for the implementation of the Association Treaty between the Austrian Academy of Sciences and EURATOM, which came into force on Nov. 15th, 1996. In addition to its original tasks in the area of information dissemination, the Commission presently encourages and grants research projects in the field of fusion technology with special emphasis on the "construction of the experimental fusion device ITER", coordinates the EURATOM office at the Academy as well as the Austrian participation in the European fusion experiment JET (Culham, UK).
The Association EURATOM-ÖAW currently pursues R + D projects on the physics, technology and socio-economic aspects of relevance for the further development of thermonuclear fusion within the European Fusion Programme and, in this way, significantly contributes to the return of funds from the European Union to all those Austrian institutions that are participating in the European fusion programme within the framework of the association EURATOM-ÖAW.
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Man and Biosphere Programme (MaB)
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UNESCO-Programme
The UNESCO research programme "Man and Biosphere (MAB)" established in the year 1971, develops the basis, within the natural and the social sciences, for the sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity, and for the improvement of the relationship between people and their environment globally. The MAB Programme encourages interdisciplinary research, demonstration and training in natural resource management. The concept of the biosphere reserve network represents the key component of the MAB Programme. Biosphere Reserves are internationally recognized areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems promoting solutions to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. Biosphere reserves serve in some ways as 'living laboratories' for testing out and demonstrating integrated management of land, water and biodiversity. The Austrian MAB-Committee has focused its future research activities predominantly on the needs of the Austrian biosphere reserves.
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