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Government Agencies

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• Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (Österreichische Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit GmbH (AGES))
  Responsible for ensuring safety of food- and feedingstuffs and safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. Veterinary inspections, prevention and control of infectious diseases.
• Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (Rat für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung in Österreich) (The Council provides systematic, independent and sound advice for the design and implementation of a future-oriented RTD policy. The Council operates as the central hub of the widely spread network of the research and technology system.)
• Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung)
• Centre for Alternative and Complementary Methods to Animal Testing(Zentrum für Ersatz-und Ergänzungsmethoden zu Tierversuchen)
• Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) (Umweltbundesamt is the Austrian federal expert authority for environmental protection and control.)

Local Government

• Vienna's Environmental Protection Office (Wiener Umweltschutzabteilung)

Non-Government Organizations

• Austrian Life Sciences Directory(The online Life Sciences Directory provides an excellent insight into leading life science companies, major life science research institutes, their products, services and R&D activities.)
• Center for Innovation and Technology (ZIT) (Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie (ZIT)) (The object of this organization is the funding of research in Austria.)
• Genome Research in Austria (Genomforschung in Österreich) (The Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF) developed an independent national genomic research programme that should help Austria gain international acknowledgement in the field of genomics.)
• Human Technology Styria(English Version), Human Technology Styria(German Version)
• Life Science Austria, Vienna Region(LISA VR aims to unlock the potential of the life sciences in the Vienna Region by supporting the commercial application of scientific discoveries. Our focus is on businesses and business start-ups in biotechnology and innovative medical technologies.)
• Netzwerkcluster Nanonet Styria: BioNanoNet(Bionanonet is comprised of a number of renowned companies, university and non-university research institutions. Bionanonet research focuses on chronic degenerative diseases and chronic infectious diseases. The network covers all aspects of the value chain - from the development of drugs to galenics, clinical trials up to production.)
• Panel of the Pharmaceutical Industry engaged in Research in Austria (Forum der forschenden pharmazeutischen Industrie)
• Research and Innovation in Austria (Applied non-university research in Austria) (Forschung und Innovation in Österreich) (In this database you can find information on non-university R&D institutions in Austria.)
• Research in Austria, a company directory(Forschung in Österreich) (This directory presents the private sector research activities in Austria and supports international research co-operations)
• Research IT Austria (Research IT Austria is the source for finding high quality IT research institutions in Austria.)
• Seibersdorf Labor GmbH, Toxicology, (English Site) (Contract Research Organization for physico-chemical, toxicological and ecotoxicological studies and related services, including comprehensive support for REACH.)

Universities

Colleges

• Information portal of Colleges of higher education (Fachhochschulportal Österreich)

Graz

• Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (Institut für EXPERIMENTELLE und KLINISCHE PHARMAKOLOGIE)
• Medical University Graz (Medizinische Universität Graz)

Innsbruck

• Innsbruck Medical University (Medizinische Universität Innsbruck)
  • Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Division of Biochemical Pharmacology (Department für Medizinische Genetik, Molekulare und Klinische Pharmakologie, Sektion für Biochemische Pharmakologie)
  • Department of Pharmacology(Institut für Pharmakologie)
• UMIT- The Health and Life Sciences University (Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik)
• University of Innsbruck (Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck)
  • Faculty of Biology (Institut für Pharmakologie)
  • Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy (Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie)
  • Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Institut für Pharmazie, Abteilung für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie)

Krems

• Danube University Krems (Donau-Universitat Krems
  • Medicine & Health (Medizin und Gesundheit)

Linz

• Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU))

Salzburg

• Paracelsus Medical Private University Salzburg (Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg)
• Universitat Salzburg

Vienna

• Information portal for Pharmaceutical Studies (Infoportal füInfoportal für´s Pharmaziestudium)
• Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität Wien)
  • Center for Biomoleculary Medicine and Pharmacology (Zentrum für Biomolekulare Medizin und Pharmakologie)
  • Department of Clinical Pharmacology (Abteilung für Klinische Pharmakologie)
  • Institute of Cancer Research(Institut für Krebsforschung)
• University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien)
• University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Institute for pharmacology and toxicology (Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie)
• University of Vienna (Universität Wien)
  • Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften, Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie)
• Vienna School of Clinical Research
• Vienna University of Technology (Technische Universit) (direct link to the database of research projects)

Professional Societies

• Austrian Council on Smoking and Health (Initiative Ärzte gegen Raucherschäden) (Gateway to daily updated information on tobacco and smoking, created by an independent group of Austrian physicians, that will help health professionals, journalists, academics and the general public.)
• Austrian Medical Association (Österreichische Ärztekammer)
• Austrian Pharmacists Association (Österreichische Apothekerkammer)
• Austrian Pharmacological Society (Österreichische Pharmakologische Gesellschaft)
• Austrian Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy (Österreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klinische Pharmakologie und Therapie)
• Austrian Society of Toxicology (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Toxikologie)

Poison Control Centers

• Poison information center AKH (Vergiftungsinformationszentrale AKH)
• Poison information center Bregenz (Vergiftungsinformationszentrale Bregenz)
• Poison information center (Poisoning of children) (Vergiftungsinformationszentrale bei Vergiftung von Kindern)
• What to do when a child is poisoned (Information bei Vergiftung von Kindern)

Miscellaneous Resources

Career Opportunities

• Brainpower Austria(Offers tailored service packages, which are free of charge to scientists and experts interested in a career in Austria and to Austrians working abroad wishing to get connected to the scientific community at home.)
• The Researcher's Mobility Portal Austria(If you are a researcher planning your next stay in Austria, look here for career opportunities and find relevant information and assistance.)

Libraries

• Databases on Medicine and Molecular Biology (Medizinische und Molekularbiologische Datenbanken)
• Medical University Libraries Graz (Medizinbibliotheken Graz)
• University Library Graz (Universitätsbibliothek Graz)

Research Funding

• Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) (ÖAW is the leading organisation promoting non-university academic research institutions in Austria. More than 1100 employees carry out extensive research projects. Highly qualified researchers from Austria and abroad are included among members of the ÖAW and guarantee the "community´s" excellence in the sciences and the humanities.)
• Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft) (FFG supports research and development activities in Austria. FFG is the Austrian National Contact Point for the Framework Programme and is responsible for the dissemination of information about FP7 in Austria. They provide information and advice concerning all aspects of the EU Framework Programmes.)
• Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Fond zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Österreich (FWF)) (The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is Austria's central body for the promotion of basic research. It is equally committed to all branches of science and in all its activities is guided solely by the standards of the international scientific community.)
• Central Bank of Austria- Promotion of Cultural Activities and Research Österreichische Nationalbank- Jubiläumsfonds)
• Christian Doppler Research Association (Christian Doppler Forschungsesellschaft)
• Ludwig Boltzmann Association (Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft)
• Vienna's Sciences Research and Technology Fund (WWTF) (Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds) (The object of our non-profit organization is funding of science and research in Vienna.)

Other

• Austrian Research Centers' Reach information portal (Reach Informationsportal der Austrian Research Centers)
• Directory of toxic plants (Giftpflanzencombedium)
• Official Austrian Reach Helpdesk (Österreichischer Reach- Helpdesk)

Legal Links

• See EUR-Lex (Access to EU law) and N-Lex (A common gateway to EU national law sites>

About Austria

• Background Notes: Austria (US Department of State)
• Consular Information Sheet: Austria (US Department of State)
• Country Study: Austria (US Library of Congress)
• Culture Crossing: Austria (Cultural Etiquette for Interacting with People from Austria)
• Portals to the World: Austria (US Library of Congress)
• The World Fact Book: Austria
• World Health Organization - Environmental Burden of Disease Country Profile (PDF- 122 KB)

Multilateral Organization Contacts

• Multilateral Organization Resource Contacts

Literature References from TOXLINE (Austria)

• Search for Literature Related to Austria
• Search for Literature by Authors in Austria

  
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