Again and again, researchers of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institutes are honoured with prizes in their specialist fields.

A short selection of awards:

2012

•     Appreciation Award for Barbara Stelzl-Marx

On March 19 Dr. Barbara Stelzl-Marx, deputy director of the LBI for Research on War Consequences was awarded with the Josef-Krainer-Appreciation Award.

• Historian Stefan Karner received a mention for his pioneering research by the Vatikan

Stefan Karner, director of the LBI for Research on War Consequences was honoured with the Papal Order of Saint Gregory the Great for his pioneering work regarding his research on the ordeals of POW, forced workers and displaced persons.

2011

•     KIWIE-Silver Medal for Gabriele Pomper

The researcher of the Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research received a silver medal from the Korean International Woman‘s Invention Association for her work within the projet "PRIZE".  During this project a group of new substances was developed, which are possible candidates for cardiovascular drugs with vasodilating effects.

•     Best-Presentation-Prize for Catharina Schreiber

The doctoral candidate of the Ludwig Boltzmann Cluster for Cardiovascular Research won best presentation prize for her presentation called „In-vivo evaluation of electrospun, biodegradable and non-degradable elastomeric vascular grafts“ during the 35th seminar of the Austrian Society of Surgical Research.

2007

• Coop Prize for researches of the LBI for Osteology

A group of researchers involved with the LBI for Osteology under the management of University Professor Dr. Klaus Klaushofer and University Professor Dr. Herwig Peterlik of the University of Vienna were awarded the renowned Copp Prize 2007 of the German Society of Osteology.

• Carl S. Apstein Prize for cardiovascular research

In January 2007, at the Second German, Austrian and Swiss Cardiovascular Research Conference, the “Carl S. Apstein Prize” for research into chronic heart failure was awarded to a team led by Dr. Karola Trescher, further researchers and Cluster Coordinator and University Lecturer Dr. Bruno K. Podesser.

• By-Fellowship for Wilhelm Hemecker at Cambridge University

Dr. Wilhelm Hemecker, Head of the Institute for the History and Theory of Biography, was elected as a By-Fellow of Churchill College of the University of Cambridge and can thus carry out research at this renowned establishment.

• Prize for Brain research in Geriatrics awarded to LBI for Aging Research

University Professor DDr. Peter Fischer and Dr.Mag. Susanne Jungwirth of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research were awarded the prize for “Brain research in Geriatrics”, which was sponsored by the University of Witten (Germany), for their work.