Research promotion at the OeNB has a long tradition. From its initial Anniversary Fund, the OeNB provides funds above all for top-level scientific research work in the fields of economics, medicine (disease-oriented and patient-oriented clinical research), social sciences and the humanities, and it grants various awards for scientific work and theses.
The OeNB also promotes cultural activities, e.g. by maintaining a collection of valuable old string instruments, which are on loan to rising Austrian violin stars and Austrian chamber music ensembles and orchestras, and by collecting Austrian 20th and 21st century art.
