Endowment: 20,000 euros
What is supported?
With this prize, the City of Innsbruck honours young researchers. The amount provided can be awarded for one research project, but can also be divided among several prize winners.
Who awards the prize?
The City of Innsbruck awards the prize to the Medical University of Innsbruck in one year and to the Leopold Franzens University in the following two years in the fields of humanities and natural sciences.
How do I apply?
The call for applications is organised by the respective university. Please address enquiries about the submission criteria directly to the rectorate of the university in question.
Who decides on the award?
The City Senate decides on the awarding of the prize or prizes to the person or persons who are announced to the Municipality of Innsbruck by the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck or the Medical University of Innsbruck on an annual rotation basis. It is up to the respective university to decide how to determine the persons worthy of the prize.
Previous award winners
| Year | University & award winners |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Medical University: Dr. med.univ. Ivan Lechner, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine III Simone Pelizzari, MSc, PhD - Institute of Physiology Dr MarinaSchapfl, MSc, PhD - Institute of Developmental Immunology Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.med.univ. Theresa Hautz-Neunteufel, PhD - Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery Assistant Professor Dr Stefan Salcher, MSc, PhD - Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery |
| 2024 | Leopold Franzens University: David Furtschegger, BA MA PhD - Institute for Educational Science Petra Juen, PhD - Institute for Practical Theology Dr FranziskaNiedrist, MA BA B - Institute for Roman Law and Legal History Ass.-Prof. Dr Aleksandar Trjklja - Institute of Translation Studies Mag. Dr Isabella Walser-Bürgler - Institute for Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies |
| 2023 | Leopold Franzens University - Natural Sciences: Anusha Telagathoti, MSc, PhD Georg Niedrist, Bakk. MSc PhD Priv.-Doz.in Dr. Uta Schirpke Dr Monica Lisa Ines Fernandez Quintero, BSc MSc Priv.-Doz.in Dr. Bianka Siewert |
| 2022 | Medical University: Dr.in med.univ. Theresa Dolejsi, PhD - Department of Internal Medicine III Dr Maria Effenberger - Department of Internal Medicine I Simon Hoser, BSc MSc - Institute of Genomics and RNomics Dr.in med.univ. Andreas Zollner - Department of Internal Medicine I |
| 2021 | Leopold-Franzens-University - Humanities: associate Prof. MMag. Stefan Häussler, PhD - Faculty of Business Administration associate Prof. MMag.a Dr. Andrea Brait - Faculty of Philosophy and History ass. Prof.in MMag.a Dr.in Clara Rauchegger, LLM - Faculty of Law and Digital Science Centre ass. Prof.in MMag.a Dr.in Christine Lehne-Gstreinthaler - Faculty of Law Mag. Dr. Matthias Haller - Faculty of Law |
| 2020 | Leopold-Franzens-University - Natural Sciences: Mag. Dr Alexander Weiss Univ.-Prof.in Dr. Ivana Stiperski Ing. Milan Oncak, PhD Farokh Mivehvar, PhD PD DI Dr BarbaraSchneider-Muntau |
| 2019 | Leopold-Franzens-University - Humanities: assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Sandra Heinsch-Kuntner assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Florian Martin Müller, Bakk. Medical University: assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.med.univ. Peter Willeit, MPhil, PhD Victoria Klepsch, MSc, PhD |
| 2018 | Medical University: Mag.a rer.nat. Mariana Eça Guimarães de Araújo, PhD - Section for Cell Biology Mag.biol. Andreas Naschberger, PhD - Section for Genetic Epidemiology |
| 2017 | Leopold-Franzens-University - Humanities: Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Silke Meyer - Institute of History and European Ethnology associate Prof. Mag. Dr. Elena Taddei - Department of History and European Ethnology assoc. Prof. Dr. Marie-Luisa Frick - Institute of Philosophy Univ.-Prof.in Mag. Dr. Suzanne Kapelari - Institute of Didactics assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Simon Laimer, LL.M. - Institute of Civil Law |
| 2016 | Leopold-Franzens-University - Natural Sciences: Violeta Fuentes Landete, MSc - Institute of Physical Chemistry Gina Elaine Moseley, PhD - Institute of Geology Lic. Esteban A. MARTINEZ and Dr. Christine A. Muschik - Institute of Experimental Physics Dipl.-Ing. Lukas EINKEMMER, PhD - Institute of Mathematics assoc. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Robert Sitzenfrei - Institute of Infrastructure |
| 2015 | Medical University: Dr Manfred NAIRZ - Department of Internal Medicine VI Univ.-Ass.in Dr. med. univ. Renate Pichler, Febu - University Department of Urology Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ivan Tancevski - Department of Internal Medicine VI Mag. rer. nat. Katrin Watschinger, PhD - Section for Biological Chemistry |
| 2014 | Leopold Franzens University - Humanities: Dr MariaKreuzer and Dr Sylvia vonWallpach - Institute for Strategic Management, Marketing and Tourism Dr. MMag.a Sibylle Puntscher - Institute for Economic Theory, Policy and History Mag. Philipp Strobl, MA PhD - Institute for Economic Theory, Policy and History Dr Anne Sophie Spann - Institute for Christian Philosophy Dr. Gerhard Siegl - Institute of History and European Ethnology |
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