Dr. Guenter Bischof, Director of Center Austria, received the “Austrian Award for Science and the Arts, 1st class” on Oct. 25 in Vienna from Dr. Karl-Heinz Toechterle, Austrian Minister of Science, in a ceremony at the Ministry of Science in Vienna. The award ceremony was staged during the Annual Meeting of Austrian Centers in Vienna. Professor Arnold Suppan, Vice President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, delivered the “laudation” for Bischof.