Austrian Physical Society


The Austrian Physical Society is the national physical society of Austria.

History

Until 1938, Austrian physicists were part of the German [Physical Society]. On 13 December 1950, it was decided to found a separate society for Austria and Fritz Kohlrausch was elected as first president in 1951.

Prizes

Every year it awards a prize to a promising young physicist. Alternating every year, this is the Ludwig Boltzmann Prize for theoretical physics
and the Fritz Kohlrausch Prize for experimental physics.