IST Austria: Institute of Science and Technology Gerald Murauer November 18, 2011

The Eight Principles behind IST Austria (Harari, Kuebler, Markl) 2

Starting From Scratch: Trying to Build the Best of All Worlds 3

International Scientific Careers

The Spirit of IST Austria International Institution: Science, scientific support, Kindergarten, schools, etc. Objectives: 1. Performing world-class research. 2. Training world-class scientists. Scientific excellence and promise as only hiring criterion: No predefined professorial slots or research topics. Centralized admission of PhD students. No internal hierarchies and boundaries: No departments; single, multi-disciplinary PhD program. Few scientific support staff: professors supervising students. Sharing of space and other resources.

A New Institution IST created by Austrian law Campus opening (June) 1st lab building (Oct) 2nd lab building 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Professors arriving 50 employees in July 2010 200 employees by the end of 2011

2011 Research Portfolio 4 research areas seeded: 20 research groups Evol Bio Comp Sci Cell Bio Neuro Sci 4 research areas seeded: 20 research groups

Research Portfolio 2011 2016 -person before area -quality before speed Evol Bio Cell Bio Evol Bio Comp Sci Comp Sci Physics Cell Bio Neuro Sci Neuro Sci 6-8 profs Math 4 research areas seeded: 20 research groups 6-8 interacting research areas: 40-45 research groups

IST Austria – Research Clusters Mathematical and Evolutionary Biology Computerscience Cell Biology - Biophysics Neuroscience

Mathematical and Evolutionary Biology Nick Barton Jon Bollback Sylvia Cremer Caroline Uhler

Cell Biology - Biophysics Tobias Bollenbach Calin Guet Carl-Philipp Heisenberg Harald Janovjak Daria Siekhaus Michael Sixt start: 2012

Neuroscience Ryuichi Shigemoto Simon Hippenmeyer Jozsef Csicsvari start:2013 Simon Hippenmeyer start: 2012 Jozsef Csicsvari Peter Jonas Gasper Tkacik

Computer Science Krish Chatterjee Herbert Edelsbrunner Tom Henzinger Christoph Lampert Chris Wojtan Krzysztof Pietrzak Vladimir Kolmogorov

Scientific Service Units Ekaterina Papusheva Bioimaging Patrick Danowski E-Library Franz Schäfer Computing & IT Matthias Nowak Life Science Facilities Stefan Hipfinger Machine Shops Michael Schunn Pre-Clinical Facility

IST Scientists from 31 Nations* * per September 2011

fulltime equivalent (November 1, 2011) IST Employees 2011 fulltime equivalent (November 1, 2011) Scientists 96.5 Professors 19 Postdocs 36,5 PhD Students 35 Student intern 5 Staff Scientists 1 Scientific Support 36,75 Administration 35 (+4 apprentices) TOTAL 172,25

IST Austria Graduate School Biology, Computer Science, Neuroscience and interdisciplinary areas Application Deadline: January 15, 2012 Bachelor's or Master's degree required Program language: English Internationally competitive PhD salaries Campus Visit Day: November 26, 2011

IST Austria Graduate School First, unaffiliated phase: Courses; lab rotations; qualifying exam. 1 year for MS students; 1-2 years for BS students. Second, affiliated phase: Research; annual progress reviews; PhD thesis. 3-4 years. IST is committed to support scientific careers: Independence of students from projects. Thesis committee formed early to accompany student Our students’ success will be our success!

The Budget 2007-2016 Public Funding 290 million from Federal Government, thereof 195 million guaranteed (95 million from Federal Government conditioned on third-party funds) 140 million from Lower Austria for construction Science Funding (ERC, FWF, HFSP): until 2011 about 20 million Euro ERC Advanced Grants for Nick Barton, Tom Henzinger, Peter Jonas ERC Starting Grants for Sylvia Cremer, Krzysztof Pietrzak, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Jozsef Csicsvari, Michael Sixt Donations: currently 17 million Euro Bertalanffy Foundation: 10 million Voestalpine, Raiffeisen: 2 million each OMV, Mondi: 1 million each Long-term: licensing of Intellectual Property 19

Research Grants * FUNDING AGENCY AMOUNT GRANTED ERC European Research Council € 13.166.413 FWF Austrian Science Fund € 1.773.550 DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft € 951.622 EC Framework Program 7 € 3.719.602 NSF National Science Foundation € 114.338 HFSP Human Frontier Science Program € 550.000 Others € 205.021 TOTAL € 20.703.439 *Oct. 2011

IST Austria Donors Mondi Seminar Center Bertalanffy Foundation Laboratory Building voestalpine Administration Building Raiffeisen Lecture Hall 21

The Campus in 2016/2017