The Elise Richter Network is an exchange platform for excellent female researchers in Austria including persons identifying as diverse, intersex, or open. It connects past, present and future Elise Richter and female Astra awardees and aims to support their careers in academia and beyond. In our activities, we advocate for gender equality and battle systemic deficits of equal career opportunities in Austrian academia. This page highlights scientific achievements and critical perspectives of the group, portrays the scholars behind the research and enables contact and networking.
Our Mission
Excellent research – equal opportunities
Recent Activities
Barbara Fischer (Elise Richter Network Board Member & Group Leader for Evolutionary Biology at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg) was …
With the end of the Elise Richter Fellowship in 2025, the FWF has followed an international trend among scientific funding agencies away from women-specific programs. …
Das Elise-Richter-Netzwerk, ein Zusammenschluss von Projektleiter*innen im Elise-Richter-Programm des FWF, weist die im Standard vom 9. Juli 2025 zitierten Aussagen des ÖVP-Wissenschaftssprechers Rudolf Taschner scharf …