Wittgenstein Award

The Wittgenstein Award (German: Wittgenstein-Preis) is an Austrian science award supporting the notion that "scientists should be guaranteed the greatest possible freedom and flexibility in the performance of their research."[1] The prize money of up to 1.5 million euro make it the most highly endowed science award of Austria, money that is tied to research activities within the five years following the award. The Wittgenstein-Preis is named after the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and is conferred once per year by the Austrian Science Fund on behalf of the Austrian Ministry for Science.[1]

Objectives

The award provides aims to express recognition and to support "excellent scientists"[1] up to 60 years of age who "have produced exceptional scientific work and who occupy a prominent place in the international scientific community". Awardees receive financial support up to 1.5 million euro to be spent over a period of five years. The award should enhance and extend the research possibilities of the awardees and their research groups.[1]

Nomination, requirements and selection

Nominations can be expressed by rectors as well as vice rectors for research of Austrian universities; the president of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; the president of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA); and all previous Wittgenstein-Preis awardees. Self-nomination is not permitted, researchers of any discipline are entitled. There are no quotas regulating the distribution of awards between subject areas.[1] Nominees must be 60 years old or younger; permanently employed at an Austrian research institution; internationally recognised in their respective academic field; and have their center of life in Austria for at least one year at the time of the nomination.[1] The awardees are selected by an international jury of experts, the same jury also selects the recipients of the related Start-Preis.[2]

Recipients and affiliation

1996: Erwin Friedrich Wagner, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)[3]
1996: Ruth Wodak, Institut für Sprachwissenschaften, Universität Wien
1997: Marjori and Antonius Matzke, Institut für Molekularbiologie, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
1997: Erich Gornik, Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Technische Universität Wien
1998: Peter Zoller, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck
1998: Walter Schachermayer, Institut für Informationssysteme, Technische Universität Wien
1998: Georg Gottlob, Institut für Informationssysteme, Technische Universität Wien
1999: Kim Nasmyth, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
2000: Peter Markowich, Institut für Mathematik, Universität Wien
2000: Andre Gingrich, Institut für Ethnologie, Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Universität Wien
2001: Heribert Hirt, Department für Pflanzenmolekularbiologie, Universität Wien
2001: Meinrad Busslinger, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
2002: Ferenc Krausz, Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien
2003: Renée Schroeder, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Universität Wien
2004: Walter Pohl, Forschungsstelle für Geschichte des Mittelalters, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
2005: Rudolf Grimm, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck
2005: Barry J. Dickson, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
2006: Hannes-Jörg Schmiedmayer, TU Wien
2007: Christian Krattenthaler, Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Wien
2007: Rudolf Zechner, Institut für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Graz
2008: Markus Arndt, Fakultät für Physik, Universität Wien
2009: Gerhard Widmer, Institut für Computational Perception, Universität Linz
2009: Jürgen Knoblich, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie (IMBA)
2010: Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Department of Socioeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
2011: Jan-Michael Peters, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
2011: Gerhard J.Herndl, Department für Meeresbiologie, Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Universität Wien
2012: Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Institut für Organische Solarzellen, Universität Linz
2012: Thomas Henzinger, ISTA
2013: Ulrike Diebold, Institut für Angewandte Physik, TU Wien
2014: Josef Penninger, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie (IMBA)
2015: Claudia Rapp, Institut für Byzantinistik und Neogräzistik, University of Vienna
2016: Peter Jonas, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
2017: Hanns-Christoph Nägerl, University of Innsbruck
2018: Herbert Edelsbrunner, ISTA and Ursula Hemetek, Department of Folk Music Research and Ethnomusicology at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
2019: Philipp Ther, Institute for Eastern European History and Michael Wagner, Department for Microbiology and Eco Systems Research, both University of Vienna
2020: Adrian Constantin, Department of Mathematics, University of Vienna
2021: Monika Henzinger, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna[4]
2022: Christa Schleper, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Biology, University of Vienna[5]

References

"Wittgenstein-Award". Fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
"START-/Wittgenstein-Jury". Fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
"FWF Project Finder – Auswahlmaske". Pf.fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
"Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger receives prestigious Wittgenstein Prize". Fakultät für Informatik. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
"Mikrobiologin Christa Schleper erhält den diesjährigen "Austro-Nobelpreis"". Der Standard (in German). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

External links

"Wittgenstein-Preis". the Austrian Science Fund.
"Wittgenstein Award Laureate". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. web page with information on recipients

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[fwf.ac.at-1] "Wittgenstein-Award". Fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[2] "START-/Wittgenstein-Jury". Fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[3] "FWF Project Finder – Auswahlmaske". Pf.fwf.ac.at. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

[Fakultät_für_Informatik_2021-4] "Prof. Dr. Monika Henzinger receives prestigious Wittgenstein Prize". Fakultät für Informatik. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.

[DER_STANDARD_2022-5] "Mikrobiologin Christa Schleper erhält den diesjährigen "Austro-Nobelpreis"". Der Standard (in German). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.