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Newsletter Research; 03 June 2025

Events
Open Science Festival 2025
When: 08 – 09 September 2025
Where: University of Vienna
Target group: researchers, students, and research support staff
Content:
-Explore the future of Open Science through keynotes and panel discussions
-Build skills in interactive workshops
-poster sessions and lightning talks
-vibrant academic community and networking opportunities
Further information & Registration: https://osfestival2025.univie.ac.at/en/

MUI Calls
Dr. Johannes and Hertha Tuba Prize 2025 - Extended Deadline!
One award for (an) outstanding publication(s) in the field of aging research and one award for a particularly outstanding scientific activity (recognition scientific life’s work) in the area of gerontology and geriatrics (ageing research). The Presidential Team invites specifically the heads of the organizational units to nominate candidates for the lifetime achievement award in ageing research. Self-nominations by scientists and physicians are also possible.
Both prizes are endowed with Euro 10.000, -- each.
Target group: scientists with a degree in human medicine or dental medicine and physicians working in aging research.
Applications possible online until 30 June 2025: https://fld.i-med.ac.at/public/garinfo.cgi
Further information:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/Dr.-Johannes-Tuba-Preis.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/Dr-Johannes-and-Hertha-Tuba-Prize-2023_en.html

Prize of the Brigitta Zollner Foundation 2025 – Extended Deadline!
Award for (an) outstanding publication(s) in the field of gynecology and the associated oncology.
The prize is endowed with Euro 5.000,--.
Target group: scientists with a degree in medicine or natural sciences
Applications possible online until 30 June 2025: https://fld.i-med.ac.at/public/garinfo.cgi
Further information and online application:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/zollner-stiftung-preis.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/zollner-stiftung-preis.html.en

Grants from the Dr. Johannes und Hertha Tuba Foundation 2025
Target group: scientists with a degree in human medicine or dental medicine and physicians working in aging research.
Applications are possible on rolling basis.
Further information:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/Tuba-Stipendium.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/Tuba-Stipendium_en.html.en

MUI Scientist to watch
Target group: MUI scientists who published (only first authorships or equal contributions) a peer-reviewed publication with outstanding science within the last 12 months
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Application online via GAR
Further information: https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/mui_scientist_to_watch.html

Calls
EUREGIO Mobilitätsfonds VIII
Target group: all researchers and professors at the University of Trento and the Free
University of Bozen-Bolzano, as well as all research assistants who are actively employed by the University of Innsbruck, are eligible to apply. The employment relationship with the home university of all above-mentioned applicants must continue for the duration of the initiative.
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Further information: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/international/europaregion/euregio-mobilitaetsfond/

OEAD: Marietta Blau-Grant
The Marietta Blau Grant offers financial support for six- to twelve-month study periods abroad for doctoral or PhD students of Austrian universities. It serves to optimise their dissertations.
Target group: PhD-students from Austrian Universities.
Deadline: 01 September 2025
Further information: https://oead.at/en/outgoing/higher-education/scholarships-for-studying-abroad/marietta-blau-grant

FWF Specialized Research Groups
Target group: consortia of three to twelve outstanding researchers from all scientific disciplines at one or more Austrian research centres.
Deadline: 19 September 2025
Further information: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/portfolio/collaborations/specialized-research-groups

Call opening Cluster Health - Matchmaking platform open
The Calls 2025 in the Cluster Health with a total budget of €800 million are officially open.
https://www.ffg.at/europa/heu/cluster1#fundings
The Health Matchmaking Platform, which was created during the brokerage event at the beginning of May, can still be used for networking and bilateral online meetings to find partners.
https://cluster-health-horizon-europe-brokerage-2025.b2match.io/

Reminder Events
Infosession for the 8. Digital Europe Call
When: 12 June 2025, 13:00 – 14:30 h
Where: online
Further information & registration: https://www.ffg.at/europa/verstaltung/digital/Infosession/2025-06-12

RESI Workshop: The Art of Storytelling – How to tell your story
When: 17 June 2025, 14:00 – 18:00 h
Where: Campus Innrain, Universitäts-Hauptgebäude, EG, Seminarraum 0040
Further information & registration: https://inncubator.at/en/event-calendar/resi-workshop-the-art-of-storytelling-how-to-tell-your-story/ and https://inncubator.at/en/resi-network/

17^th ÖGMBT Annual Meeting
When: 24 – 26 September 2025
Where: Innsbruck at the Centre for Chemistry and Biomedicine (CCB)
Further information & registration: https://www.oegmbt.at/events/annual-meeting

Workshop “Effective Visual Communication in Science”
Date: 06 October 2025 (9.00 am – 5.00 pm)
Target Group: Postdocs and PhD Students
Speaker: Dr. Jernej Zupanc
The workshop will be held in English.
Limited to max. 20 participants!
Programme and registration:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/fortbildung.html.de
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/fortbildung.html.en

Publishing Services:

Publishing Agreements
MUI Open Access Publication Fund
FWF Open Access Block Grant

https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/publikationsservices.html

Reminder Calls
Peter & Traudl Engelhorn Foundation - Postdoctoral fellowships 2025
The Foundation awards postdoc scholarships to outstanding young scientists in the field of life sciences
Target group: young scientists
Deadline: 15 July 2025, midnight
Further information: https://www.engelhorn-stiftung.de/stipendium

Helmut-Sinzinger-Preis 2025
Prize for the best publication in 2024 in the fields of lipid metabolic disorders, atherosclerosis diseases and their latest diagnostic and and treatment methods, including lipoprotein apheresis
Deadline: 31 July 2025
Award: EUR 5.000,00
Further information: https://www.billrothhaus.tv/images/pdf/Helmut%20Sinzinger%20Preis%20Urkunde%202025.pdf

Eduard-Wallnöfer-Preis der Industriellenvereinigung Tirol
Deadline: 25 August 2025
Further information: http://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/files/EWP-Ausschr2025_GesellschaftGeistZukunft.pdf and http://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/files/EWP-Ausschr2025_TechnikWissenschaft.pdf

FFG: Internships for pupils - Four weeks in science and technology
The talents internships offer pupils from 15 years of age the opportunity to get an insight in the fascinating universe of natural sciences & technology.
Pupils can do an internship in various companies and scientific research institutions for four weeks during the summer time (01 June – 30 September).
Deadline: 28 August 2024, 12:00 h
Further information: https://www.ffg.at/praktika2025

MSCA Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships
Target group MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships are open to postdoctoral researchers from all over the world, of any nationality and at any career stage, based in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe associated country, with a maximum of 8 years of research experience after their PhD.
Deadline: 10 September 2025
Further information: https://era.gv.at/news-items/msca-opens-4043-million-call-for-postdoctoral-fellowships/

New Call: PhD programme for Tyrolean Universities
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Max. Funding: 100.000,- Euro
Project duration: max. 3 years
Application via FFG eCall (will be available here: https://www.ffg.at/dissertationsprogramm-tirol/ausschreibung2025)
Programme document: https://www.tirol.gv.at/fileadmin/themen/arbeit-wirtschaft/wirtschaft-und-arbeit/Wissenschaft/Richtlinie_Dissertationsprogramm_Ti.pdf

FFG: COMET-Zentren 2025: Exzellente themenoffene Forschung
The call for COMET projects is open from 01 April 2025. The aim of the COMET projects is to carry out excellent research in collaboration between science and business.
Deadline: 18 November 2025
Further information: https://www.ffg.at/ausschreibung/comet-zentren-ausschreibung-2025

Austrian Life Sciences: Permanently Open Calls
The Austrian Life Sciences Programme offers a number of options for research projects - whether digitalization in the healthcare sector, the development of medical products and drugs or the implementation of clinical studies.
Highlights:
- Submission possible at any time until 18 December 2026 at the latest
- Maximum funding amount: 3 million euros per project and research category
- Amount of the grant depends on the type of organization and research category
Further Information: https://www.ffg.at/ausschreibung/AustrianLifeSciences-2024-2026

New: Open Access Publishing in Taylor & Francis
For members of the Medical University of Innsbruck there are new opportunities for free Open Access publishing in Taylor & Francis.
Further information:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/publikationsservices.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/openaccess.html.de#verlagsabkommen
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/openaccess.html.en#funding

Publishing Services
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/publikationsservices.html.de
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/publikationsservices.html.en

Publishing agreements
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/openaccess.html#foerderungen
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/openaccess.html.en#funding

Open Access Publication Fund (new terms!)
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/Open-Access-Publikationsfonds.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/Open-Access-Publikationsfonds.html.en
FWF Open Access Block Grant
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/oa-pauschale.html
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/oa-pauschale-en.html

Applications possible on rolling basis to apply via GAR:
https://fld.i-med.ac.at/public/garinfo.cgi

i-med scholarship for short stays abroad for graduated young scientists
Further information: https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/as/

i-med Research Scholarships for graduated young scientists
Further information: https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/fs/index.html

Grants from the Dr. Johannes and Hertha Tuba foundation
Further information: https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/foerderungen/Tuba-Stipendium.html

All our workshops and registration under:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/fortbildung.html.de
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/fortbildung.html.en

You will be supported in the preparation of project proposals by
Maria Pérez (national programmes, FWF etc.),
Tel: 0512/9003-70073
E-mail: Maria.Perez@i-med.ac.at

Wolfram Rieneck (international programmes, Cooperation programmes Business and Industry)
Tel.: 0512/9003-70072
E-mail: Wolfram.Rieneck@i-med.ac.at

Graham Tebb (Grant Design, Proof reading FWF, ERC)
Tel.: 0676/87 167 2622
E-mail: Graham.Tebb@i-med.ac.at

Homepage der Abteilung Forschungsservice und Innovation/Forschungsförderung:
https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/fo_foerderung.html
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Datamanagementplan MUI: Deutsch / Englisch
Grant Support office: https://www.i-med.ac.at/forschung/grant-support-office.html
Research Report 2022: https://researchreport.i-med.ac.at/

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