BOKU Leading Lights
General
The BOKU Leading Lights project focuses on science communication at BOKU University. Its aim is to support and promote emerging researchers from all disciplines in the field of communication and to recognise outstanding communication achievements. This enables current research results and innovations to be communicated to the public and their social relevance to be highlighted (contributing to the third mission of the university).
The training ‘Spread your Science – Digital Visibility in Science’ is aimed at anyone who wants to develop their personal communication strategy and work on their online presence in order to communicate research to society in an appealing and target group-oriented manner.
The BOKU Leading Lights Award honours young researchers (aged 25-40) for outstanding achievements in science communication. The award is presented in six categories covering BOKU's areas of expertise.
The BOKU Leading Lights podcast presents the winners of the BOKU Leading Lights Award in entertaining researcher portraits. You can find the podcast on all major podcast platforms.
Currently we can only offer the training, the call for the BOKU Leading Lights Award and the podcast in German. Thus, please change to the German site to find further information.
Supported by the Vienna Business Agency.
Deadlines & Events
Submission period for the BOKU Leading Lights Award:
April 1st – May 19th, 2026
Training “Spread your Science”: April 22 & 23, 2026
(10 a.m.–2 p.m.)
