Houska Prize Review 2024

Award ceremony and winners

Nominess University Research

1 Prize

Project:	1st Prize: Organoid Model of Human Brain Development and Disorders
Institution:	Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna
Project lead:	Prof. Dr. Jürgen Knoblich

2 Prize

Project:	2nd Prize: Feeblin – a new therapeutic approach for autoimmune diseases
Institution:	Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Vienna
Project lead:	Prof. Dr. Giulio Superti-Furga

3 Prize

Project:	3rd Prize: Carved in Stone – Humanity’s Data for Eternity
Institution:	Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Materials Science and Technology (WWWT)
Project lead:	Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Paul Mayrhofer

Nominess Non-University Research

1 Prize

Project:	1st Prize: Dermal Open Microperfusion – Demonstration of the Effectiveness of Medications
Institution:	JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Styria
Project lead:	Dipl.-Ing.in Dr.in Katrin Tiffner

2 Prize

Project:	2nd Prize: CryptoFinance – Unraveling the Complexity of Crypto-Asset Ecosystems
Institution:	Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Vienna
Project lead:	Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr. Bernhard Haslhofer

3 Prize

Project:	3rd Prize: RALV – Experiencing Attainable Vision
Institution:	ACMIT GmbH – Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology, Lower Austria
Project lead:	Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martin Kornfeld

Nominees Research & Development in SMEs

1 Prize

Project:	1st Prize: LMM – Metal 3D Printing with Light
Company:	Incus GmbH, Vienna
Project lead:	Dr. Gerald Mitteramskogler

2 Prize

Project:	2nd Prize: MeDiCo
Company:	RHP-Technology GmbH, Lower Austria
Project lead:	Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Erich Neubauer

3 Prize

Project:	3rd Prize: GlucoTab
Company:	decide Clinical Software GmbH, Styria
Project lead:	Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Krug

Houska Prize Winners Club

Networking platform for prize winners

Deepening ties and expanding the level of cooperation between universities and private research facilities is one of the B&C Private Foundation’s core goals. And to help achieve this over the long term, B&C set up the Houska Prize Winners Club in 2018. The aim is to promote exchange between business, science and research that goes beyond the annual Houska Prize award ceremony. All of the project owners and academics to have won the Houska Prize to date are members of an exclusive group of leading Austrian researchers.

Club