!!Wittgenstein Award for Josef Penninger

[Josef Penninger|User/Penninger_Josef], member of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section of the Academy, receives the [Wittgenstein Award|http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/wittgenstein_details.html].
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The Wittgenstein Award provides both recognition and support to excellent scientists (up to 55 years of age) who have already produced exceptional scientific work and who occupy a prominent place in the international scientific community, has been awarded to  
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The Wittgenstein Prize is the most generously supported research programme in Austria with a financial support up to a maximum of EUR 1.5 million.
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!!The Academy congratulates Prof. Penninger to this outstanding distinction!