Martin Polaschek, Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research, and OeAD Managing Director Jakob Calice personally presented the badge of honor to DI Renate Mayer, Prof. Dr. Herwig Pieslinger and Lynn Thiermeyer, MSc.

We are characterized by the active involvement of our students in research processes . This is done by us

• internal networking of research and teaching and especially with ours
• external research partners at home and abroad.

These collaborations include entire school funds as part of (inter)national projects , science days and multi-day experimental workshops , student teams with diploma theses , special research internships and participation in scientific conferences .
Participation in interdisciplinary research projects is also anchored in the school profile and in research-oriented teaching offerings.

Statement of the jury - Young Science Seal of Quality 2024

The HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein lives research-education collaborations! The school is actively involved in a variety of projects in which students take on a lot of responsibility and which is also reflected in the high quality of the diploma theses (many awards and challenging topics).
The school is well and sustainably networked throughout Austria, but also internationally - as evidenced by the numerous cooperation agreements. With this basis, nothing stands in the way of future projects. The jury recommends that we continue on this path!

The Research Acquisition Department with Renate Mayer, Lynn Thiermeyer and Alina Jenšac worked on the submission with the support of Herwig Pieslinger, head of the school's environmental and resource management department. In addition to the certificate, a plaque was also presented for the school with a selection of our current scientific research partnerships:

• Deheyn Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA
• european hoofcare, Hitzendorf
• Joanneum University of Applied Sciences, Graz
• Raumberg-Gumpenstein Higher Federal Teaching and Research Institute for Agriculture
• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
• University of Innsbruck
• University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
• Walter Munk Foundation of the Oceans, La Jolla, USA    

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(C) HBLFA Raumberg-Gumpenstein, L. Thiermeyer, R. Mayer