Houska price
The Houska Prize is Austria's largest private research award .
The research award has been awarded annually by the B&C Private Foundation since 2006 and is named after Wolfgang Houska, a former member of the foundation, who died shortly before the first award. The prize money will be awarded the business-oriented projects of Austrian universities or research institutions, a total of 300,000 euros was up to and including, 2015. In 2016, the endowment was increased to a total of 400,000 euros. In addition to the University Research category , the award is also presented in the Research & Development in SMEs category. For the Houska Prize 2019, the prize money was increased to a total of 500,000 euros. There is also an innovation for the institutes eligible for submission in the "University Research" category: in addition to the state universities, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Institute for Science and Technology Austria , the state's private universities and universities of applied sciences are now also invited to submit . With the Houska Prize, the B&C private foundation is committed to improving research conditions and cutting-edge research in Austria.
Since 2011, the winners have received the Houskapreis trophy created by Michaela Schupfer . The Upper Austrian artist was inspired by the film actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) for the design . In addition to her success as an actress, Hollywood diva and style icon, Hedy Lamarr also achieved outstanding results as a researcher and inventor.
Prize Winner (Main Prize)
- 2006 Graz University of Technology and Graz University , project management: Anton Glieder
- 2007 University of Innsbruck , project management: Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch
- 2008 Graz University of Technology, project management: Horst Cerjak
- 2009 Graz University of Technology, project management: Lutz Sparowitz
- 2010 Montanuniversität Leoben , project management: Helmut Clemens
- 2011 University of Graz, project management: Christian Oliver Brille
- 2012 Medical University of Innsbruck , project management: Erich Gnaiger
- 2013 University of Innsbruck, project management: Armin Hansel
- 2014 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna , project management: Reingard Grabherr
- 2015 Medical University of Vienna , project management: Oskar Aszmann
- 2016 Montanuniversität Leoben, project management: Stefan Pogatscher
- 2017 University of Vienna , project management: Gunda Köllensperger
- 2018 Austrian Academy of Sciences , project leader: Stefan L. Ameres
- 2019 University of Innsbruck, project management Wolfgang Lechner
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Website Houskapreis ; accessed on August 10, 2017
- ^ Houskapreis 2013: nominees for research award have been determined ; accessed on January 13, 2016
- ^ Houska Prize 2010 awarded ; accessed on January 13, 2016
- ↑ Start for Houskapreis 2019: B&C increases prize money to a total of 500,000 euros . OTS announcement of September 3, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018.
- ^ Reingard Grabherr wins 2014 Houska Prize ; accessed on January 13, 2016
- ↑ Houska Prize 2015: Medical University of Vienna wins research prize from the B&C Private Foundation ; accessed on January 13, 2016
- ↑ Houska Prize 2018: Austrian Academy of Sciences and Swimsol win research prize from the B&C private foundation . Article dated April 27, 2018, accessed April 27, 2018.
- ↑ Austria's "Research Oscar" goes to the University of Innsbruck and Blue Danube Robotics . Article dated May 10, 2019, accessed May 10, 2019.