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Re$earch Re$ources: The Austrian Research Promotion Agency |
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bridges vol. 12, December 2006 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad
The Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft ( FFG , Austrian Research Promotion Agency) is the central funding institution in Austria for  applied research. It supports research and development projects of Austrian companies and institutions with a broad range of financial and service activities. Owned by the Republic of Austria, its major goal is to strengthen the Austrian innovation system.
bridges spoke with Dr. Henrietta Egerth, director of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, about the various programs promoting innovation in Austria, its "Technology Rating System", and much more:
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Moves & Milestones |
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bridges vol. 12, December 2006 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad
In its "moves & milestones" section, bridges presents career steps and other outstanding events in the professional lifes of Austrian scientists and scholars in the US and Canada.
Christine Mrakotsky, Edda Fiebiger, & Ingeborg Friehs
 were selected as Eleanor and Miles Shore 2006 Scholars in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and received the Children's Hospital Boston Faculty Career Development Award. The award supports promising young faculty for their advancement of science. The recipients were selected from a pool of over 50 applicants.
Dr. Mrakotsky is instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and is on the neuropsychology faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston. Her research focuses on endocrine and immune influences on brain development. The award recognized Dr. Mrakotsky for a longitudinal project on the effects of steroids and inflammation on memory development in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Fiebiger is instructor in pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty in the Gastrointestinal Cell Biology Laboratories at Children's Hospital Boston. Her research focuses on understanding the cell biologic basis of immune events in the gut. The award was granted for the investigation of activation of the immune system during food allergy and food hypersensitivity.
Dr. Friehs is Instructor in surgery at Harvard Medical School and is on the faculty in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Children's Hospital Boston. The award recognized Dr. Friehs for a project on endogenous angiogenesis inhibitors to prevent capillary growth in hypertrophic myocardium.
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OST Network & ASciNA Activities |
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bridges vol. 12, December 2006 / News from the Network
The OST network of Austrian scientists & scholars abroad was
established by the Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the
Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC, and focuses on the outreach of
government-related agencies to Austrian scientists in North America.
Its main objective has been to support the scientific community with
information and specific advice wherever necessary and requested.
Encouraged by the OST, an independent association - ASciNA (Austrian
Scientists and Scholars in North America) - was founded in 2002 with
local chapters being established all over the US and Canada. For
further information about ASciNA please visit www.ascina.at.
OST Network Activities
Dr. Henrietta Egerth, director of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency
On October 4, the OST and Professor Martin Nowak, head of the program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University, hosted an evening discussion followed by a buffet dinner in honor of Dr. Henrietta Egerth, director of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
CUNY
On October 24, the OST hosted a lunch buffet at the City University of New York (CUNY), following an "Information Meeting on Programs for Cooperation in Higher Education and Research between the European Union (with a special focus on Austria) and the United States of America." During this meeting, Dr. Philipp Steger, the Austrian Science Attaché to the US and Canada, presented the OST and its services. Other representatives from Austria spoke about R&D opportunities within the EU Framework Program.
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