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Diversitas Award for Women in Biology

13.12.2022

The University of Vienna has been awarded one of this year's Diversitas main prizes by the Ministry of Science with its focus on "Multiply Diversity". The Women in Biology - Initiative is one of the five awarded initiatives.

  • Faculty of Life Sciences: Women in Biology Initiative
  • Faculty of Historical and Cultural Sciences: Policy Gender Justice
  •  Faculty of Law/Faculty of Social Sciences: Research Platform GAIN - Gender: Ambivalent In_Visibilities
  • Center for Teaching and Learning: Qualification of student multipliers, offers for scientific work and peer learning
  • Children's Office of the University of Vienna: UniClub - Learning Space

 

The Diversitas Prize was awarded by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for the fourth time on December 12, 2022. The prize is intended to sustainably promote the awareness and increase the social and organizational consciousness for a gender and diversity-oriented equality policy and organizational development at Austrian higher education and research institutions. The main prize is valued at 25,000€ and will be divided equally among the five initiatives of the University of Vienna.

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Vice Rector Christa Schnabl (center) next to Minister of Science Martin Polaschek as well as representatives of the five initiatives including Verena Ibl for WoBio (second from left) © BMBWF/Martin Lusser