One of the key research objectives pursued by GRACE was the provision of comprehensive reviews of the existing evidence on the health, environmental and socio-economic impacts of GM plants – considering both risks and possible benefits.

G-TwYST aimed at developing guidance for conducting and interpreting long-term animal toxicity studies with genetically modified maize (NK603, MON810) and analysing the relevance and scientific value of such studies for the risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Climate reseach and research funding support society to cope with the uprecedented challenges of climate change. Paradoxically, the research and research funding sector has even developed a CO₂-intensive and thus climate-damaging work style – fueled by rising expectations of international cooperation, cheap flights, and use of recourse-intensive infrastructure.

New technologies and services for mobility, buildings, energy production, and manufacturing processes open up new courses of action for Styria and its economy.

In the project, an evaluation of the Sunlighthouse in Preßbaum, Lower Austria was carried out according to the standard EN 16309 "Sustainability of buildings - evaluation of the social quality of buildings - methods".

The main objective of this project was to assess options for an increased implementation of the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in Austria as a complementary instrument for stimulating voluntary actions to reduce Greenhouse gas emissions.

The project aimed to increase the integration of ventilation systems with heat recovery into social and multifamily housing. It investigated how central and semicentral ventilation systems are to be optimized, meaning equipped with simple distribution, installation, control and servicing, and prefabricated components.

LINK is a very interdisciplinary project and links between arts, social- and natural-sciences as well as between science and society. A central role is the communication and collaborative working of all involved actors to raise consciousness of the principles of sustainability within society.

200 tumor tissues samples are analysed to determine whether a tumor is a homogeneous cluster of cells or a mosaic of different highly-differentiated tumor cells.