The website www.chipkarte.at/foto offers you information about the e-card with photo in many languages. With the Instant Photo Check, you and your researchers can check online whether they need to bring a photo themselves. All registration offices and the documents to be brought along are also listed on the website. Folder e-card (2.68 MB)  

  Have a look at the new report analysis by the EU Science Hub - Joint Research Centre regarding a pilot project that reached out to Europe’s parliaments, regions and cities to gather scientists, policymakers and citizens and work together on today’s big issues. >> Further information >> To the report

  Emmanuelle Charpentier from France is currently working at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. She had previously conducted research in Vienna, where she was a group leader at the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of MedUni Vienna in 2002. In 2009 she moved to the University of Umeå in Sweden. Jenifer A. Doudna currently works at Berkeley University in the US state of California. The two scientists have developed a fast and cheap method for genome...

  On 30 September, the European Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. Based on excellence, competitive, open and talent-driven, the new European Research Area will improve Europe’s research and innovation landscape, accelerate the EU’s transition towards climate neutrality and digital leadership, support its recovery from the societal and economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, and...

  On October 1, 2020, researchers and their families joined the EURAXESS Meeting Point Vienna for a guided tour through the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna. The guided tour in English on the subject “Herbs and Medical Plants” took us to many interesting places in the garden. The children and their parents enjoyed a lovely, warm autumn day outside while networking with other international families.   If you would like to be informed...

  Due to the particular circumstances with the COVID-19 pandemic the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection issued a regulation, which allows the entry to Austria under special conditions. Information regarding acutal entry conditions for Austria (especially if the entry at the moment is permited or a PCR test has to be presented and a quaratine period undergone) can be found on the OeAD website. The regulations...

  Wie verlaufen wissenschaftliche Spitzenkarrieren? Oft über Umwege. Im neuen Ö1-Podcast „Versuch und Irrtum“, einer Kooperation mit dem Wissenschaftsfonds FWF, heften sich die Journalistinnen Ruth Hutsteiner und Irmgard Wutscher an die Fersen aufstrebender Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in ganz Österreich. In acht Episoden erzählen Forschende von ihren verschlungenen Lebens- und Karrierewegen an die Spitze der Wissenschaft. Die...

  Regional corona clusters and hotspots need strong local responses. The Corona traffic light makes it possible, depending on the epidemic situation, to take measures for all areas of society and the economy. The Corona traffic light is a tool for a uniform, coordinated and transparent approach by the authorities. It informs the Austrian population about the risk in a certain region and also about possible measures that will be taken. Further...

The European innovation scoreboard provides a comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU countries, other European countries, and regional neighbours. It assesses relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and helps countries identify areas they need to address. The European Innovation Scoreboard 2020 The 2020 edition of the innovation scoreboard highlights that the EU's innovation performance continues to...

  More than ever, the global Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated the true value of excellent research, innovation and education. In the campaign “Seize our common future”, 15 associations representing more than 800 universities have called for an ambitious long-term EU budget for research, innovation and education to boost efforts to solve the manifold future challenges. Today, the same university associations unite and call on European leaders...