Overview
An LBI offers excellent scientists the necessary freedom for outstanding research.
Call 2024
The Call 2024 is open for submission of applications.
Important information
The aim of the 2024 Call 2023 is to establish one LBI in the field of Medical and Health Sciences.
Submissions are accepted from 16/09/2024 to 17/01/2025 via the LBG Online Portal eSubmission.
The institute’s budget is € 1.5 million per year for up to 10 years (max. € 1.2 million per year covered by LBG, € 0.3 million by institute partners).
Information Webinars
21st October 2024, 13:00 – 15:00 Uhr via Microsoft Teams – registration link
17th December 2024, 14:00 – 16:00 via Microsoft Teams – registration link
A workshop on ‘Matchmaking and Creating’ will take place on 2 and 3 December 2024. Connecting with potential partners via our online platform and registration for the workshop is already possible here.
The LBI model
The focus of the research work of all LBIs is the scientific examination of the solution of societal problems and issues.
Excellent research in the field of Medical and Health Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences is an umbrella term for all disciplines concerned with health and is broad in LBG’s interpretation. Medical and Health Sciences cover the spectrum from medical research to health system research, and from basic research to implementation. The focus is on human health, taking into account real factors of influence – such as the health system, the environment, the world of work or communication. Building on classic areas such as biostatistics, epidemiology, immunology, infectiology, metabolism, pharmacology, nutritional and behavioural sciences, etc., cross-cutting topics such as prevention, rehabilitation, environmental medicine or public health are also to be addressed.
Scientific excellence and translational research
A guiding principle is the focus on “People, not projects”. The focus is on excellent scientists (Institute Directors) who are able to generate new questions and carry out their research permanently at a high level of quality. Scientific excellence should also be demonstrated by the proposed research project of the LBI through its combination of subject matter, personnel, ambition and scientific approach. The proposed research should address important challenges, have ambitious goals and go beyond the state-of-the-art (e.g. novel concepts and approaches or developments between or across disciplines). At the latest by the end of the term of an LBI, the results of the excellent research should reach an application or uptake in society.
Partnerships
Research in LBIs is conducted in a partnership between, on the one hand, traditionally research-performing organisations (universities, private universities, non-university research organisations, etc.) and, on the other hand, traditionally research-applying organisations (“application partners” such as companies, public administration, medical and social care institutions, insurance companies, interest groups and umbrella organisations, NGOs, charitable institutions, etc.).
Application
The call is open for application from 16/09/2024 to 17/01/2025.
Please sumbit your application via the LBG Online Portal eSubmission.
Documents and templates are provided in the “Downloads” Section of this page.
Further Information and Contact
Bettina Lengger, PhD
Programme Manager
+43 1 513 27 50-71
Neda Motamedi-Shad, PhD
Programme Manager
+43 1 513 27 50-45