Recognizing research clusters in Austria that combine high-level research, research training, and the promotion of young scientists, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded funding for multi-institutional research collaborations to NOMIS researchers Johannes Fink, Andrew Higginbotham and Georgios Katsaros.
To strengthen the research of national universities and institutes, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is kick-starting an ambitious funding campaign. Funding for five clusters of excellence provides long-term financial support for outstanding cooperative and interdisciplinary teams of scientists. Three projects include scientists from the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA).
Clusters of excellence are the first of three funding installments of the FWF’s “excellent=Austria” campaign, to improve Austria’s position as a country for top-notch basic research. A total of 135 million Euro is provided to research clusters in Austria that combine high-level research, research training, and the promotion of young scientists. Today, five proposals were awarded the highly anticipated FWF funding. Among the winners are three collaborative research projects with participation from ISTA.
quantA – Pushing the frontiers of quantum science
Over the years, Austrian scientists have had a major impact on the developments of quantum science. The cluster of excellence “quantA” brings together top-notch researchers from Innsbruck, Vienna, Linz and Klosterneuburg. Together, they try to answer a variety of key questions on the quantum nature, which will not only improve our understanding of the physical world but will also be the foundation needed for further progress in quantum technologies. Specifically, the relationship of quantum science with concepts such as gravity, information and matter will be investigated.
In quantA, ISTA is represented by Professor Johannes Fink—one of the board members—and key researcher Professor Maksym Serbyn. Fink explains his part in the project: “Our group will contribute by exploring hybrid quantum machines built from different hardware such as superconducting circuits, photons, ions, and spins. This is only possible in close collaboration with the top groups in the respective fields, and requires a sufficiently long-term setup.” The quantum science community at ISTA is also part of the cluster of excellence. This includes the groups of Andrew Higginbotham, Onur Hosten, Georgios Katsaros, and Mikhail Lemeshko with their research spanning through the above-mentioned topics.
Continue reading this ISTA release: ISTA in Three Clusters of Excellence
