Funding
Funding sources obtained by Sylvia as Principal Investigator
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IPC Grant (2025-2026; PI), Interdisciplinary Project Committee, ISTA
AI-in-the-Loop for large-scale Ecological Discovery (ALED) Read more
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ERC Consolidator Grant (2018 – 2023; PI), European Research Council
EPIDEMICSonCHIP: EPIDEMICS in ant colonies ON a CHIP Read more
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Life Science Grant (2014 – 2017; Co-PI), WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund)
Individual function and social role of oxytocin-like neuropeptides in ants Read more
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ERC Starting Grant (2010 – 2015, PI), European Research Council
SocialVaccines: Social vaccination in ant colonies: from individual mechanisms to society effects Read more
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Research Grants by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
“Disease recognition and collective defence in insect societies” and “Natural and experimental coevolution between the invasive garden ant and its parasites” Read more
The Social Immunity Group is part of the following interdisciplinary research network
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European Network In CHEmical Ecology: translating the language of life into sustainability (CA22102, 2023 – 2027)
The COST Action CA22102 is coordinated by Anne-Geneviève Bagnères-Urbany. Sylvia is a member of working group 1 – Addressing knowledge gaps and constraints in chemical ecology – led by Sylvie Baudino. Read more
Additional funding
In addition to the funding received by the PI, group members have obtained grants for their individual projects. For postdoctoral projects, we acknowledge the European Commission via the Marie Curie Skłodowska Program and the COFUND scheme (ISTFellows and ISTBridge), and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) via the Lise Meitner program. For PhD student support, we thank the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) for support via the DOC program. Our student interns received funding through the ERASMUS program and the ISTernship program of ISTA. We further thank the FFG for support of summer interns via the FFG Talentepraktikum scheme.