With no less than seven Starting Grants, a particularly large number of projects in the field of physics and engineering sciences were funded this year. Six other scientists focus on social science topics, while four applicants come from the field of life sciences. This year four grants go to the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), with two of the projects run by ÖAW companies: one at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) and one at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA). The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and the University of Vienna receive three grants each. Two grants were awarded to Graz University of Technology, and another grant each to the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the University of Linz, the University of Salzburg, the University of Leoben, and the Medical University of Graz.