Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

2. Key Players in Research Funding and in Non-university Research 
117
 
Indicator 4: Output, innovation and excellence 
Scientific publications
Number
Articles in scientific journals, peer-reviewed
35
of which listed in Scopus
35
Edited collections (books)
1
of which listed in Scopus
1
Proceedings articles, peer-reviewed
40
of which listed in Scopus
30
Monographs (book chapters)
2
of which listed in Scopus
2
Grants in excellence programmes
1
ERC grants
0
FWF Wittgenstein Award, FWF Start Programme
0
1 Note: The focus of Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is not on basic research but rather constant and direct co-
operation with scientific and industrial partners along the EBS value chain in the area of TRL 2 to TRL 6 
(see the “Definitions” at the end of the chapter for an explanation of TRL). Nevertheless, both the Austri-
an Science Fund (FWF) and the European Research Council (ERC) are of interest since basic research 
should serve as preparation for projects in the SAL research programme. At the current time, there are no 
ERC grants, FWF Wittgenstein or FWF Start projects, but Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is working on making 
better use of funding opportunities for basic research by its researchers.
Source: SAL.
 
Indicator 5: Internationalisation
Number
Co-publications with industry partners
35
of which international
13
Participations in H2020
8
EUREKA, COSME
0
Source: SAL.
Special measures
• The employed international researchers expand the international network of Silicon Austria Labs (SAL). 
The researchers employed at the centre come from 26 nations (Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, 
Kosovo, Macedonia, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, USA, Vietnam). 
Alongside the permanent staff, 2019 once again saw the international hosting and completion of many 
masters’ projects.
• Researchers at Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) are active in the following international boards and working 
groups:
–
ASCOS Series, H2020-ICT project AQUARIUS
–
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), TC 82
–
ASCOS Series, SPIE Next-Generation Spectroscopic Technologies XI
–
Session Chair: IDTechEx 2018, ACMA 2018
–
H2020-TEC and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

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