The Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (FH OÖ) honors outstanding scientists and scholars actively engaged in research in an annual award ceremony. The most successful among them were acknowledged with Researcher Awards of the FH OÖ in December 2020.

In the field of R&D the FH OÖ has been particularly successful since 2003 and over the years has developed into Austria's No. 1 university of applied sciences and one of the front runners in German-speaking countries. Research & Development at the four faculties is carried out by around 400 FH OÖ professors and scientific staff in more than 400 projects on 17 key topics and 6 excellence fields: Smart Production, Medical Technology, Energy, Food, Automotive and Logistics - practice-oriented with and for companies and institutions Economy and society.

We are delighted to announce that prizes went also to two of our research team this year: Stephan Winkler received the Researcher Award 2020 and Andreas Beham the Junior Researcher Award 2020 for their contributions within their research fields. Congratulations to both of them!

Fotocredit: Bernhard Plank