Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) Austria is a national collaborative initiative that unites researchers, research institutions, postdoc office coordinators, and research managers to celebrate and recognise the outstanding contributions of postdoctoral researchers across Austria.

Throughout the week, participating partners offer a rich program of workshops, public events, and a coordinated social media campaign, all aimed at highlighting the essential role of postdocs in driving research and innovation. 

An initiative of 19 Institutions from across Austria, including: Universität Wien • LBG Career Center • Institute of Science and Technology Austria • Technische Universität Wien • Medizinische Universität Innsbruck • Johannes Kepler Universität Linz • Complexity Science Hub • Medizinische Universität Wien • Universität Graz • OeAD-GmbH – Agentur für Bildung und Internationalisierung • Technische Universität Graz • Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien • Universität Klagenfurt • Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, ÖAW) • St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung (Children’s Cancer Research Institute, CCRI) • Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS) • Vienna Bio Center • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) • Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

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Flyer TUW PAW Panel

What comes after the postdoc? This session brings together researchers and funding organisations to offer an honest picture of academic career pathways, grant opportunities, and how to navigate them strategically. The funding choices you make now can shape your scientific trajectory for years to come. A panel discussion and open Q&A give participants direct access to first-hand experience from both funders and researchers. The session closes with a networking lunch to continue conversations in a more informal setting. 

Register here for one of the 50 limited places of the session: 

 

Date: 24.09.2026, 9.30 am – 1.00 pm  

Location: TUtheFutureFoyer BF, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien  

TUW PAW Entrepreneurship

Science Meets Entrepreneurship: Navigating Your Next Career Move 

You’ve mastered rigorous thinking, solved complex problems, and navigated uncertainty—skills that are in high demand far beyond academia. But what comes next? 

This event is designed for researchers who want to better understand the full spectrum of career paths—from academia and industry to startups—and how an entrepreneurial mindset can strengthen any of these journeys. 

Rather than pitching entrepreneurship as a binary choice, we’ll explore how you can found, enable, collaborate, or innovate within existing organizations—and how these paths often intersect. 

 What you’ll gain: 

  • A clearer view of career options beyond traditional academic tracks
  • Insights into technology transfer, market dynamics, and value creation
  • Real stories from researchers who turned ideas into impact in different ways
  • Practical tools to apply entrepreneurial thinking to your own career decisions  

 Agenda at a glance: 

  • Welcome & Context – Why entrepreneurial skills matter for researchers
  • Keynote: From Invention to Impact – Turning science into real-world value
  • Panel + Q&A – Researchers across academia, industry & startups share their journeys
  • Networking / Interactive Session – Connect, exchange, and reflect on your own path  

Whether you aim to start a company, drive innovation in industry, or stay in academia while enabling impact—this session will help you navigate your next step with clarity and confidence. 

Join us and expand how you think about your future. 

Register here for one of the 50 limited places of the session: 

Date: 24.09.2026, 2 pm – 5.30 pm  

Location: TUtheFutureFoyer BF, Getreidemarkt 9, 1060 Wien  

TUW PAW Career Energizer

Career Energizer · An Hour for Your Career

Intro
Some meetings leave you energised. Others drain you — even when they went well. Some
people reflect best in silence, while others need interaction to think clearly. These
differences are not flaws; they reflect how we work, recharge, and contribute.
In this session, you explore what introversion and extroversion really mean, beyond common
stereotypes and in the context of your daily work. Through a short experiential exercises, you
will identify your own energy patterns and how they shape teamwork, focus, and early
leadership experiences.
You will leave with a clearer understanding of how you work best — and practical ways to
align your environment and interactions accordingly.
Takeaways
• Understand what introversion and extroversion actually mean and what they don't
• Recognise your energy patterns in meetings and focused work
• Identify situations that energise you and those that drain you unnecessarily
• Reflect on how your preferences shape collaboration and emerging leadership roles
• Define a small, concrete experiment to try in the coming week

Modalities: 

1h - online - open format

Register here for the webinar: https://tuwien.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PAp6WG4JRyqjqQzNj-LWLg

Date: 25.09.2026, 9 am - 10 am 

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