Wittgenstein Award
The Wittgenstein-Preis is the highest Austrian science award.
It is awarded once per year by the Austrian Science Fund on behalf of the Austrian Ministry for Science. The prize money of 1.5 million euro is tied to research activities in the following six years.
The recipients are selected by an international jury of experts. The same jury also selects the recipients of the related Start-Preis.
Recipients
- 2014: Josef Penninger
- 2013: Ulrike Diebold
- 2012: Thomas Henzinger
- 2012: Niyazi Serdar Sarıçiftçi
- 2011: Gerhard J.Herndl
- 2011: Jan-Michael Peters
- 2010: Wolfgang Lutz
- 2009: Jürgen Knoblich
- 2009: Gerhard Widmer
- 2008: Markus Arndt
- 2007: Rudolf Zechner
- 2007: Christian Krattenthaler
- 2006: Hannes-Jörg Schmiedmayer
- 2005: Barry J. Dickson
- 2005: Rudolf Grimm
- 2004: Walter Pohl
- 2003: Renée Schroeder
- 2002: Ferenc Krausz
- 2001: Meinrad Busslinger
- 2001: Heribert Hirt
- 2000: Andre Gingrich
- 2000: Peter Markowich
- 1999: Kim Nasmyth
- 1998: Georg Gottlob
- 1998: Walter Schachermayer
- 1998: Peter Zoller
- 1997: Erich Gornik
- 1997: Antonius Matzke
- 1996: Ruth Wodak
- 1996: Erwin Friedrich Wagner
External links
- Wittgenstein-Preis page of the Austrian Science Fund
- Wittgenstein Award Laureate (web page with information on recipients)
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