Prize for scientific research

The City of Innsbruck supports young researchers at the University of Innsbruck and the Medical University of Innsbruck.

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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

YearUniversity & 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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