The FWF provides the foundation for progress, innovation, and a dynamic research culture that produces the best researchers and attracts outstanding talent. Excellent researchers are crucial for gaining new insights that benefit both the economy and society as a whole, and for ensuring that Austria's universities and research institutions can keep up with global competition.
On behalf of the approximately 5,000 researchers involved in FWF-funded projects, FWF Wittgenstein Award winners talk about the role of basic research and the opportunity the FWF gives them: The space they need to make new discoveries.