Left picture: Dr. Harald Mahrer (Federal Minister for Science, Research and Economy; left) and Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (President of the Austrian Science Fund FWF) awarding the START prize to Miriam. Copyright: FWF. Right picture: The team celebrating at the Wittgenstein & START gala; from left to right: Elias, Lukas, Manuel, Miriam Tobia and Alonso.
Today, Miriam was awarded one of six START prizes by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), at the official Wittgenstein and START gala 2017. Each START prize is endowed with up to 1.2 million Euros of funding for a period of 6 years, to allow outstanding young researchers to build up or consolidate their independent research groups. Miriam and the whole team are extremely happy and grateful for this fantastic recognition!
Read more in the press: Press release by the FWF; Press release by the Austrian Press Agency; Press release by TU Wien; Article in Der Standard; Article in Die Presse; Article at chemiereport.at; Article at chemie.de.