Start-Preis

The Start-Preis is the highest Austrian award for scientists under the age of 35.

It is awarded once per year by the Austrian Science Fund on behalf of the Austrian Ministry for Science. It is endowed with up to 1.2 million Euro for a proposed research project for six years.

The recipients are selected by an international jury of experts. The same jury also selects the recipients of the related Wittgenstein-Preis.

Recipients

1996: Christian Koeberl, Ferenc Krausz, Ulrich Schmid, Peter Szmolyan, Karl Unterrainer, Harald Weinfurter, Gerhard Woeginger, Jakob Woisetschläger

1997: Gerhard Holzapfel, Bernhard Palme, Michael Schmid

1998: Peter Grabner, Gottfried Kirchengast, Rudolf Valenta, Gerhard Widmer

1999: Christoph Marschner, Norbert Mauser, Otmar Scherzer, Thomas Schrefl, Christoph Spötl, Joseph Strauss

2000: Thomas Brabec, Susanne Kalss, Dietrich Leibfried, Herbert Strobl, Bernhard Tilg

2001: Markus Arndt, Michael Buchmeiser, Wolfgang Drexler, Wilfried Ellmeier, Clemens Sedmak

2002: Wolfgang Heiss, Michael Jursa, Georg Schett, Dieter Schmalstieg, Joachim Schöberl

2003: Georg Kresse, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl, Andreas Villunger

2004: Thomas Bachner, Michael Kunzinger, Vassil Palankovski, Thomas Prohaska, Gerhard Schütz

2005: Michael Hintermüller, Matthias Horn, Andrea Lusser, Michael Moser, Norbert Zimmermann

2006: Hartmut Häffner, Norbert Polacek, Piet Schmidt, Josef Teichmann, Gerald Teschl

2007: Kathrin Breuker, Thomas Bugnyar, Otfried Gühne, Bernhard Lamel, Thomas Lörting, Paul Mayrhofer, Sigrid Wadauer, Thomas Wallnig

2008: Markus Aspelmeyer, Tom J. Battin, Massimo Fornasier, Daniel Grumiller, Alexander Kendl, Karel Riha, Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Christina Waldsich

2009: Francesca Ferlaino, Ilse Fischer, Arthur Kaser, Manuel Kauers, Thorsten Schumm, David Teis

2010: Julius Brennecke, Barbara Horejs, Barbara Kraus, Melanie Malzahn, Florian Schreck, Bojan Zagrovic

2011: Peter Balazs, Thomas Müller, Agata Ciabattoni, Peter Rabl, Sebastian Diehl, Michael Sixt, Alwin Köhler, Philip Walther

2012: Franz Schuster, Jürgen Hauer, Michael Kirchler, Alexander Dammermann, Sofia Kantorovich, Julia Budka, Kaan Boztug

External links

• START-Preis page of the Austrian Science Fund
• START-Portal (web page with information on recipients)