aws BoB is organised by aws Life Science Austria (LISA), a programme of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Economic Affairs. The competition has been held since 2000 and is conducted in collaboration with AplusB centres and international partners.

The Austrian Phoenix Founders Award honours start-ups, spin-offs and prototype developments and shows how the successful knowledge transfer from research institutions strengthen economics of innovation in Austria.

35 years- long, Austria’s high school students have been proving that innovation is not only something for “grown-ups” by presenting ingenious ideas and developments as part of Innovative Youth and thereby demonstrating their own creative and innovative potential.