Ignaz L. Lieben Award

The Ignaz L. Lieben Award is given for outstanding scientific achievements in the fields of life sciences, chemistry or physics.

Alternating calls: In 2025, applications in life sciences will be accepted.

Researchers are invited to apply who

• are under the age of 40 (the age limit will be raised by a maximum of four years for childcare periods),
• have completed their doctorate,
• can demonstrate outstanding work in their field
• and 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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine or Austria.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences and the academies of the above-mentioned countries can nominate suitable candidates; however, full members of an academy of sciences cannot apply and cannot be nominated.

Re-application for the award is permitted after two years have passed.

Selection process

The award winner is decided by the General Assembly of the OeAW at the recommendation of an awards committee on the basis of international peer review.

Application documents

1. Application documents:
   1. Tabular CV
   2. List of publications
   3. Letter of recommendation
   4. a brief description of the nature and extent of the applicant's contribution to these selected publications
2. Publications:
   1. Selection of a maximum of five of the most important publications as PDF documents

Upload via online form

ONLINE FORM

The completed documents are to be uploaded via the online form.

Fill in the online form and upload the documents as a total of 6 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.