Institutional Donors & Corporate Sponsors
The AAF is fortunate to have both public and private donors as well as funding from foundations with similar goals.
Over the years, our relationship with OSI has evolved and we organize a number of pubic health seminars for OSI at Schloss Arenberg, providing infrastructure and logistical support.
http://www.soros.org/
The second major donor for the AAF’s medical programs is the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research.
Science and research are essential to social and economic development. The ministry’s mission is to create a positive environment in which science and research can flourish and provide a platform for students, teachers, researchers and all those involved in science and research to communicate with each other.
http://www.bmwf.gv.at/english/
http://www.wienkav.at/kav/texte_anzeigen.asp?id=24619
Medtronic is actively involved in the Salzburg Medical Seminars program in Cardiology as well as in the Satellite Symposia and Observership programs, providing financial and technical support.
http://www.medtronic.com/; http://www.medtronic.com/foundation/
The foundation was endowed by Dr. Max Kade (1882-1967), a German who immigrated to New York in 1907. After a successful career as a pharmaceutical researcher and entrepreneur, creating the cough syrup Robitussin, Dr. Kade turned toward philanthropy.
The Max Kade Foundation promotes the study of Science and the German language and co-funds the Max Kade Clinical Clerkships of the American Austrian Foundation for 4th year medical students to study in Austria or the United States.
In 2005, UniCredit merged with the German group HVB, which was formed in 1998 by merging two Bavarian banks: Bayerische Vereinsbank and Bayerische Hypotheken-und Wechsel-Bank, resulting in a single, major European bank. Integration with the HVB Group, reinforced by the merger with Bank Austria Creditanstalt in 2000 and its territorial establishment in many areas of the new Europe, enabled further growth for UniCredit Group, thus building on its own European vocation. Bank Austria Creditanstalt is Austria's largest banking group.
Bank Austria Creditanstalt, part of UniCredit Group since 1991, has generously provided AAF with office space since 1990.
http://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en/home.htm
While U.S. Ambassador to Austria, Susan McCaw became familiar with The AAF and its programs. In order to support the participation of physicians from Tanzania, the McCaw Foundation donated funds earmarked for this purpose.
http://www.villagereach.org/partners.htm#McCaw
http://www.aua.com/at/eng/default.htm
Leaders in the Medtech arena, Siemens supports a Cardiac Imaging Seminar annually.
http://w1.siemens.com/entry/cc/en/
With its constantly expanding network in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG has developed into one of the region's leading banking groups and have provided fellowships for our OMI Observership program.
http://www.ri.co.at/index.php?id=6&L=1
Austrian Federal Ministry for Health aims to prevent health problems for all Austrian subjects regardless of age, sex or income. The Ministry is particularly concerned with health issues such as sex, alcohol and drug-use in young people and devotes substantial funding to educational programs for this group.
The Ministry has supported our programs with the WHO in the areas of Violence and Injury Prevention, Safe Pregnancy and Gender.
http://www.bmg.gv.at/cms/site
Since 1994 PremiaMed (previously Humanomed) has provided substantial in-kind support for a variety of our medical exchange programs.
http://www.premiamed.at/
The Regional Government of Salzburg is the highest executive institution in the province, responsible for all areas of local government and provides some funding for the AAF programs, the majority of which are based in Salzburg.
http://www.salzburg.gv.at/en/en-index
The Vienna City Magistrate defines itself as a modern, efficient and customer-service orientated organisation which contributes significantly to ensuring that day-to-day life in the city runs smoothly. This involves a wide range of responsibilities - from drinking water supply to garbage collection, from kindergardens to schools, from the ambulance services to the fire brigade.
http://www.wien.gv.at/statistik/leistungsbericht/index.html
The city administration's success can be seen in Mercer's annual ranking of cities across the world, with Vienna consistently scoring top marks for quality of life.
The mandate of the Office for Promotion of Science and Research, part of the Department of Culture (MA7), is to establish Vienna among competing cities as an intellectually innovative and scientific city with a high standard of living, and also as a city with excellent cultural offerings and an advantageous economic location. A diverse range of promotional activities, strategic projects and events contribute to realising this aim.
http://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/
The Office for Promotion of Science and Research, amongst others, supoorts the "Vienna Open Medical Institute". In the framework of the program, up to 200 physicians from countries in transition are invited to Vienna's hospitals for one-month observerships.
