Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

 
Indicator 6: Knowledge and technology transfer 
 
2018
2019
Share of co-publications with industry partners among all publications:
9.5%
-
Number of patent applications
0
1
Exploitation partners (companies, university/non-university research institutions)
0
1
Source: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG). Note: There were no patents, licence, option or sales agreements or spin-offs in 
either year.
 
Indicator 7: Gender and promotion of equality
Percentage of women on permanent evaluation committees and advisory boards
Year
Number of people
Percentage of women
2018
66 (44 men, 22 women)
33%
2019
72 (48 men, 24 women)
33%
Source: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG).

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Proportion of evaluations carried out by women
Year
Number of people
Percentage of women
2018
24 (15 men, 9 women)
37.5%
2019
34 (18 men, 16 women)
47%
Source: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft (LBG).
At both of the two new digital health institutes established in the reporting period 2018 and 2019 in Salz-
burg (Digital Health and Prevention) and Vienna (Digital Health and Patient Safety) three juries, each of 
which was specially set up and comprised of different members, were active:
• Selection of topics: 8-member jury with 3 women (proportion 37.5%);
• Definition of guiding questions: 16-member panel of experts with 6 women (proportion 37.5%);
• Selection of the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator Teams in an Ideas Lab by a 7-member panel 
of mentors with 3 women (proportion 43%).
As such, the selection and evaluation committees for establishing LBI Digital Health reveal a proportion of 
women averaging 37%.