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AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly

Multiple Roles and Excellence Strategies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Uwe Sleytr and Peter Schuster ALLEA and the European Research Area Madrid, 17.04.2008

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AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

• 1. A learned society
• 2. An organization promoting young scientists
• 3. A research perfoming institution

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The Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS)

• Founded in 1847
• Autonomous status: legal entity under public law, "under the special

protection of the Federal Republic of Austria"

• "Its mission is to promote the sciences and humanities in every respect and

in every field, particularly in basic research."

• 3 major activities:
• A learned society
• An organisation promoting young scientists
• An organisation performing research: 66 research facilities,

33 institutes, approx. 1.300 employees in research and administration

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The Austrian Academy of Sciences as a learned society

sciences humanities total full members 84 78 162 corr.members, Austrian 79 73 152 corr.members, foreign 157 142 299 honorary members 9 6 15 total 329 299 628

Young Academy (founded 2006) 70 members (currently 38) members elected for eight years, age below 45

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The Austrian Academy of Sciences as an agency promoting young scientists Seven scholarship programs for doctoral students and post-docs ... ... among them DOCfFORTE and L‘Oreal Scholarships being special programs supporting women in science

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AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000 5000000 6000000 7000000 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Development of Budget (in Euro)

AAS-CEE DOC-team DOC-fFORTE APART-EXTRA Zusatzmittel RFTE Jubiläumsfonds ROM Stadt Wien MAX KADE APART/DOC ord. Budget AAS-CEE DOC-team DOC-fFORTE APART-EXTRA additional funds RFTE Anniversary Fund of the City of Vienna ROM City of Vienna MAX KADE APART/DOC

Scholarship budget within the last ten years

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The Austrian Academy of Sciences as a research institution

1100 scientists and technicians doing research in 33 institutes and 8 centers

• Historical aspects
• A few highlights in the last few years

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1910 ... the Institute for Radium Research becomes the first research institute of the AAS Private sponsor: Dr. Karl Kupelwieser

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The Institute for Radium Research became an Austrian success story ...

Victor Franz Heß ... two Nobel prizes

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Two phases of expansion of the ÖAW

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3 4 , 2 2 5 , 6 9 5 2 , 8 3 9 , 8 9 7 2 , 8 6 19 , 4 1 34,00 44,00 54,00 64,00 74,00 84,00

• Mio. EUR

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Third P arty Funds Tot al Budget Tot al

Funding within the last ten years

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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Number

200 400 600 800 1.000 1.200

Heads

Research Units Headcount

Research units and head count within the last ten years

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AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

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Research at the AAS today

• Autonomous: oriented towards basic research – flexible
• Heterogeneous: covering diverse research fields and missions
• Initiatives for new trend-setting research areas
• Complementary research activities (with regard to Austrian universities)
• Strengthening already existing excellence
• Room for long-term research
• Ensuring excellence based upon quality assessment and evaluation

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Each institute or center

• has its own international science advisory board,
• provides a research plan for five years, and
• is evaluated by an external committee every five years.

The Academy has an international research board that

• gives advice to the presiding committee in research

matters,

• nominates the heads of evaluation committees, who in

turn nominate all other committee members.

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Institute for Biomedical Aging Research Founded 1992 Institute for Molecular Biotechnology GmbH Founded 1999 Research Center for Molecular Medicine Founded 2000 Gregor Mendel-Institute for Molecular Plant Biology Founded 2000 Johann Radon-Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics Founded 2003 Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Founded 2003 Institute for Studies of Iranian Culture Founded 2003 Institute for Demography Enlarged 2003

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Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Innsbruck:

• R. Blatt,
• H. Briegel,
• R. Grimm and
• P. Zoller

Wien:

• A. Zeilinger

Founded by the AAS in 2003

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1nK !

investigation of novel states of matter at very low temperatures: „quantum gases“ Ultracold atoms

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Gregor Mendel-Institute for Molecular Plant Biology Analysis of defective genes of the ‚model plant‘

Arabidopsis thaliana

for the explorartion of gene and genome function Founded by the AAS in 2000

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A1 A1

+A1

A1 A1 A1

additional A1-gene ‚transgene‘ two A1-genes yield the red color

• f the flower

three A1-genes: expression of A1-genes is unstable The discovery by Marjori and Antonius Matzke was a basis for the Nobel Prize on RNA interference in 2006

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Institute for Space Research of the AAS

construction of high precision instruments for space missions the first atomic force microscope in space a miniature mircrophone to measure weathering and storms on the Saturn moon Titan

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Director: Heinz W. Engl Deputy directors: Ulrich Langer und Peter Markowich Eight research groups with group leaders from five Austrian universities 60 scientific coworkers from 15 different countries, about 50% on project money Organization of special semesters with guests from all over the world on predefined topics in applied mathematics

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Design of models and devlopment of algortihms for applications from many different dsciplines

Dynamic Simulation

• Nodal Results
• Vibration & Noise
• Bearing Analysis

Engine Multibody Model Numerical Simulation

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dead man holes tap zone cohesive burden line tuyeres liquid slag coke

• re

liquid iron

charging of

• re and coke layers

softening / melting

• f ore starts

hot blast air inlet indirect reduction

• f ore by CO and H2

removal of liquid iron and slag direct reduction by FeO dripping over C

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !