Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Institute of Science and Technology Austria
ISTA
TypePublic
Established2009; 15 years ago (2009)
PresidentMartin Hetzer
Academic staff
76 professors (2022)
320 (2022)
Location
Klosterneuburg
,
Lower Austria
,
Austria
Websitewww.ista.ac.at

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is an international research institute in natural and formal sciences, located in Maria Gugging, Klosterneuburg, 20 km northwest of the Austrian capital of Vienna. It was established and inaugurated by the provincial government of Lower Austria and the federal government of Austria in 2009.

ISTA was established on the model of the Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science by its former president Israeli physicist Haim Harari.[1] Like in the Weizmann Institute, scientists are encouraged to pursue their own goals and ideas not restricted by government or economic interest and all research themes are interdisciplinary.[2]

As of 2023, ISTA consists of 76 research groups covering the fields of chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth science, mathematics, computer science, data science, biology, and neuroscience.[3][4] It is expected to grow to about 90 research groups by 2026, and 150 groups by 2036[5] following commitments from the federal state and Lower Austria. Its graduate school offers an interdisciplinary doctoral program in the life, formal and physical sciences. As of 2022, 320 students were enrolled.[4]

  1. ^ "Ein Gründerzentrum für das IST Austria - derStandard.at". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. ^ Lenotti, Carina (2007-07-11). "Austria's science institute gathers steam". Nature. 448 (7150): 112. Bibcode:2007Natur.448..112L. doi:10.1038/448112b. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 17625527.
  3. ^ "ISTA Austria Homepage: Research". Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  4. ^ a b "ISTA Factsheet" (PDF). ISTA Website. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  5. ^ "Forschung: 2,46 Milliarden Euro für das IST Austria". MeinBezirk.at (in German). 30 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-26.