Austrian Scientists & Scholars
in North America

ASciNA Awards
Austrian Scientists and Scholars in North America (ASciNA) schreiben mit großzügiger Unterstützung des Bundesministeriums für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMBWF) drei hochdotierte Preise für hervorragende wissenschaftliche Arbeiten von österreichischen Forschenden in Nordamerika (USA, Kanada, Mexiko) aus.
Die Preisträger:innen 2025 sind Caroline Moosmüller, Alexander Lercher und Gabriele Wadlig.
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ASciNA Tech Innovation Award 2026
The ASciNA Tech Innovation Award supports innovators who are transforming cutting-edge research into tangible technological solutions with real market and societal impact.

Launched by ASciNA and powered by TU Wien, this award is designed for researchers, founders, and builders ready to take their ideas beyond the lab and into the world.

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ASciNA Mentoring Program
Supported by the Alumni Club of MedUni Vienna, TU Vienna, TU Graz, MedUni Innsbruck, the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz.
The application for the 2026-27 period opens on April 1, 2026 and ends on May 22, 2026.
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ASciNA Awards

ASciNA, in cooperation with the BMWFW recognizes young Austrian scientists in North America, for their scientific work with the ASciNA Award. The 2025 recipients are Caroline MOOSMÜLLER, Alexander LERCHER, Gabriele WADLIG 

Mentoring Program

The AMP is supported by the Alumni Club of the Medical University of Vienna, the Technical University of Vienna, the Technical University of Graz, the Medical University of Innsbruck, the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz.

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ASciNA Memebers at the 2026 Conference

About ASciNA

We are a network of Austrian scientists and scholars in the USA, Canada, Mexico. Our objective is to support Austrian scientists and scholars in North America and to facilitate interactions between Austrian scientists and scholars and international research institutions.

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Mentoring Programm 2026-2027

Bewerbungsfrist: 1. April – 22. Mai 2026.

Programm Partner: Alumni Club der Med Uni Wien, Med Uni Innsbruck, Med Uni Graz, TU Wien, TU Graz, und Universität Wien.

Programm Dauer: 1. September 2026 – 31. August 2027

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ASciNA Tech Innovation Award – Call for Applications

We cordially invite tech innovators to apply for the inaugural ASciNA Tech Innovation Award by June 8, 2026.
The ASciNA Tech Innovation Award is about turning ideas into impact.
If you are building something that deserves to exist in the real world—not just in a paper—we encourage you to apply.

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