Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators Call 2012 (currently open)

Mathematics and...

This call is in preparation and will start shortly.

This call is issued for up to two positions as part of WWTF’s Mathematics and... funding programme. It addresses Vienna-based research institutions that intend to hire an excellent young researcher from abroad for the set-up and management of an independent research group. WWTF takes unconventional research careers into consideration. WWTF in total grants 1.5 Mio. € per research group for six to eight years. Overall budget is 3 Mio €.

A Vienna Research Group is an assembly of researchers that launches individuals in their post-doc phase onto their next career step. Typically it is the first “genuine” group led by such a young researcher who undertakes leadership responsibility for several group members. Vienna Research Group leaders usually are two to eight years after PhD; care duties may extend this period by up to four years. WWTF intentionally aims this initiative at very young researchers.

Vienna Research Groups operate for six to eight years. Key milestones are: (i) an interim evaluation after three to four years; and (ii) the end of the “first” phase, chiefly financed by WWTF, after five years. The second phase will depend on the framework and opportunities available at the home institutions and will run for one to three years. Funding by WWTF is supplemented, particularly in the second phase (i.e. years 6, 6-7 or 6-8), by a significant rise in financing by the home institution.

Vienna Research Group leaders are to be independent in designing their research work and recruiting their staff.

Please note: All project proposals have to be submitted via the "WWTF online submission system".

Mathematics and... Science Chairs 2010

Economics/ Business

This call in the framework of the WWTF „Mathematics and…“ programme adresses
- Viennese Universities that
- intend to hire an excellent researcher from abroad for the set-up of a professorship in the field of “Mathematics and Economics/ Business”. Within this call WWTF selects the successful institution only, the funding decision will be followed by an appointment procedure (according to §98).
- WWTF in total grants maximum 800.000 € for a duration of 2-5 years.
Deadline for submission of proposals was 30 April 2010.

In a one day meeting in Vienna including hearings with the applying candidates, the international jury recommended two proposals for funding:
- "Financial Stochastic Proesses and Financial Modelling"; proposed by University of Vienna; funding volume: 400.000€
- "Mathematics and Finance"; proposed by University of Economics and Business; funding volume: 400.000€

Mathematics and ... Call 2009

"Promoting the next generation"

For this WWTF Mathematics and... Call 2009 a total sum of 4.5 mio. € was dedicated and 37 proposals have been submitted asking for a total funding volume of 18,8 mio. €.

From August 31-September 1 2009 the Mathematics and... Jury meeting took place gathering 10 international jurors chaired by Jan Karel Lenstra (CWI Amsterdam). During the meeting, the jury extensively discussed the submitted proposals on the basis of 3-6 exclusively international reviews per proposal and formulated the jury recommendation. On September 7, the WWTF Board of Directors fully confirmed the jury’s funding recommendation to fund a total number of 10 projects requesting a funding volume of 4.5 mio. €:

The flow beneath a surface water wave
Adrian Constantin
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 452.900 €, Project duration: 4 years

Mathematical modeling of actin driven cell migration
Christian Schmeiser
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 505.100 €, Project duration: 4 years

Mathematics of Financial Risk Measurement and Stochastic Dependence
Beatrice Acciaio
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 327.000 €, Project duration: 4 years

Optimal selection procedures in genome wide association studies (GWAS)
Florian Frommlet
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 372.000 €, Project duration: 3 years

The Evolution of Norms and Conventions in Economics
Maarten Janssen
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 451.500 €, Project duration: 4 years

Energy Policies and Risk Management for the 21st Century
Georg Pflug
University of Vienna
Funding volume: 395.500 €, Project duration: 3 years

Audio-Miner. Mathematical Signal Analysis and Modeling for Manipulation of Sound Objects
Monika Dörfler
University of Vienna
Funding volume 483.700 €, Project duration: 3 years

Mathematics and Nano-Sensors
Clemens Heitzinger
Wolfgang Pauli Institute c/o University of Vienna
Funding volume: 451.400 €, Project duration: 4 years

Micromagnetic Simulations and Computational Design of Future Devices
Gino Hrkac
Vienna University of Technology
Funding volume: 565.500 €, Project duration: 3 years

Light coupling to light: nonlinear interactions in semiconductor microlasers
Stefan Rotter
Vienna University of Technology
Funding volume: 495.500 €, Project duration: 3.5 years

The evaluation process and jury members: Jury Process and Jury Members

Mathematics and … Call 2007

Introducing: “The next generation”

Altogether 37 projects were submitted, applying for a total sum of € 16.7 million.
Funding is provided for ten projects with a total sum of € 4.47 million. Eight of these projects are headed by “high potentials”, i.e. excellent junior scientists.

The funded projects: Download: PDF

The evaluation process and jury members: Juryprocess and Jurymembers

Mathematics and ... Science Chairs 2006

Life Sciences
Economics

The object of the Call was to strengthen the mathematical underpinnings of the life sciences and economics in Vienna by establishing two new endowed chairs.
In its meeting of 11 December 2006, the WWTF Board decided to award altogether € 3 million to two consortia and their candidates.

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Mathematics and ... Call 2004

Mathematics, Modelling and Simulation in Interdisciplinary Projects

This Call distributes a sum of € 4.19 million to fund nine projects.

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