Würdigungspreis
of the Federal Minister of Women, Science and Research
Every year, the Federal Minister of Women, Science and Research awards prizes to the best graduates from public universities, universities of applied sciences, public universities of teacher education and private universities.
The best graduates of diploma and master's programmes are to be honoured with the "Würdigungspreis" of 3,000 euros each.
It is therefore planned to honour a total of 35 graduates of diploma and master's degree programmes according to the nominations of the universities. As in the past, the number of nominations per university is determined by the ratio of graduates from Master's and Diploma studies, whereby each university is entitled to at least one nomination.
The University of Innsbruck can therefore nominate three persons.
Graduates of diploma or master's programmes from the academic year 2024/2025 are eligible to apply.
ATTENTION: These requirements of the ministry have to be met!
1. Austrian citizenship, EEA citizenship as well as third-country nationals and stateless persons with equal status according to § 4 StudFG
2. completion of studies at the University of Innsbruck in the academic year 2024/25 (01.09.2024 – 31.08.2025)
3. exceeding the statutory period of study - of Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in total - by no more than two semesters; if graduates pursue a double degree programme (multiple degree programmes) and can demonstrate excellent academic success in all studies (see 4. and 5.), the statutory period of study may be exceeded by four semesters
4. the diploma thesis/master thesis must have been assessed as excellent and awarded the highest grade
5. All Diploma, Bachelor's and Master's examinations: no examination may be graded lower than "good" and at least half of the examinations must have been graded "very good"
Applications must be submitted with all required documents (individually as .pdf) by
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
by e-mail to forschungsfoerderung@uibk.ac.at at the latest.
Documents to be submitted
- Data sheet of the Federal Ministry Download
Study sheet and confirmation of study period LFU:online
If the Bachelor's degree programme was completed at another university, a confirmation of study period from this university must be enclosed.Diploma certificates or Bachelor's and Master's certificates
Abstract of the diploma thesis/master thesis
Letter of recommendation from the thesis/master thesis supervisor
Curriculum vitae and list of publications (if available)
With an application, all rights necessary for the purpose of processing are granted. With regard to data protection, please note the following link: https://www.uibk.ac.at/datenschutz/allgemeine-verwaltung.html#foerderungen
The prizes will be awarded by November at the latest. The award ceremony will take place on December 9, 2025 in Vienna in the Aula der Wissenschaften.
The German version of the call prevails over the English one in case deviations.
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