Bader Award for the History of Science and Technology

The award is given for an excellent scientific work (master's thesis, dissertation, publication) on research questions in the field of the history of science and technology that was completed or published no more than two years before the submission deadline.

Researchers (pre- and post-doc, max. five years after completion of the doctorate/PhD) are invited to apply who have been continuously active in research in one of the following countries during the last three years prior to the application (deadline: submission deadline):
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine or Austria.

Selection Process

The award winner is decided by the General Assembly of the OeAW at the recommendation of an award committee.

Application Documents

I. Application documents (in English)

1. Tabular CV
2. List of publications
3. Letter of motivation (max. 1 page) incl. reference to the call 
4. Abstract of the submitted work (max. 1 page)
5. Short description of the type and extent of the applicant's contribution to the submitted work (if two or more authors are involved)
6. For academic theses (master's theses, dissertations or habilitations): Experts’ opinion on the submitted work

II. Publication (in German or English)

1. PDF file of the submitted work

Upload via online form

ONLINE FORM

(The online form will be available in June 2025)

The completed documents are to be uploaded via the online form. Fill in the online form and upload the documents in two PDF files. The individual files may not exceed 10 MB.

Afterwards, you will receive a document that you will have to print and sign. Return a scan of the signed form in PDF format (single file) as an attachment to a reply to the received email (click reply button).
IMPORTANT: The default subject and recipient must not be changed.

Processing

Upon receipt of your application, we will check that it is complete and meets the formal criteria and it will then be entered into the database of the Department of Fellowships and Awards.

Once the application has been checked for completeness, the applicant will receive confirmation by email.