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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 07.04.2008 Slide 1

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1. A learned society 2. An organization promoting young scientists 3. A research perfoming institution 07.04.2008 Slide 2

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 3

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 4

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 5

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly Development of Budget (in Euro) AAS-CEE AAS-CEE DOC-team DOC-team 7000000 DOC-fFORTE DOC-fFORTE 6000000 APART-EXTRA APART-EXTRA Zusatzmittel RFTE additional funds 5000000 RFTE Jubiläumsfonds 4000000 Anniversary Fund of ROM the City of Vienna 3000000 ROM Stadt Wien City of Vienna MAX KADE 2000000 MAX KADE APART/DOC ord. 1000000 Budget APART/DOC 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Scholarship budget within the last ten years 07.04.2008 Slide 6

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 7

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 1910 ... the Institute for Radium Research becomes the first research institute of the AAS Private sponsor: Dr. Karl Kupelwieser 07.04.2008 Slide 8

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly The Institute for Radium Research became an Austrian success story ... ... two Nobel prizes Victor Franz Heß 07.04.2008 Slide 9

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly Two phases of expansion of the ÖAW 07.04.2008 Slide 10

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 19 , 4 1 84,00 7 2 , 8 6 74,00 Mio. EUR 9 , 8 9 Third P arty Funds Tot al 64,00 Budget Tot al 5 2 , 8 3 54,00 5 , 6 9 44,00 3 4 , 2 2 34,00 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Funding within the last ten years 07.04.2008 Slide 11

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 70 1.200 60 1.000 50 800 Number 40 Heads Research Units Headcount 600 30 400 20 200 10 0 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Research units and head count within the last ten years 07.04.2008 Slide 12

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 13

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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. 07.04.2008 Slide 14

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 15

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 16

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly Ultracold atoms investigation of novel states of matter at very low temperatures: „ quantum gases “ 1nK ! 07.04.2008 Slide 17

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 07.04.2008 Slide 18

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 19

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly + A1 A1 A1 additional two A1 -genes A1 -gene yield the red color of the flower ‚transgene‘ A1 A1 A1 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 07.04.2008 Slide 20

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 21

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly 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 07.04.2008 Slide 22

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly Design of models and devlopment of algortihms for applications from many different dsciplines Engine Multibody Model Numerical Simulation Dynamic Simulation • Nodal Results • Vibration & Noise • Bearing Analysis 07.04.2008 Slide 23

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly charging of burden line ore and coke layers ore coke indirect reduction of ore by CO and H 2 softening / melting cohesive zone of ore starts direct reduction by FeO dripping over C tuyeres hot blast air inlet dead man removal of liquid iron liquid slag tap and slag liquid iron holes 07.04.2008 Slide 24

AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES April 2008 ALLEA – General Assembly THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! 07.04.2008 Slide 25