Yesterday, I had the pleasure to welcome Thomas König to the Special Colloquium at IST Austria. Here is my introduction:
„If there is one single number which explains IST Austria, its organization and its scientific success to politicians, entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and journalists in Austria and abroad it is the number of ERC grants as fraction of the faculty. This number impresses non-scientists like no other, this number is quoted most frequently. Currently (as of March 10, 2017) this number is at 33 ERC grants (for 28 ERC grantees) out of a faculty of 46. Weiterlesen