Critical Infrastructure Award

Selection Process and Criteria

Evaluation and selection will be carried out by an independent jury of experts, chaired by a member of the Presiding Committee of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

The jury’s decision will be based on:

1. Application relevance to critical infrastructures (weight: 60%)
   1. Which critical infrastructures will benefit?
   2. How is the solution/approach applicable?
   3. When can the solution/approach be implemented? (time horizon)
2. Quality of the applicant’s previous scientific publications (weight: 40%)
   1. Quality of the scientific work
   2. Quality of the publications and standing of the proceedings/journals
   3. Degree of innovation in the submitted work

Applicants will be notified in writing of the jury’s decision.

Application Requirements

Application Documents and Submission