Johanniter Österreich Ausbildung und Forschung gemeinnützige GmbH

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The Johanniter are among the world’s leading humanitarian organizations and can look back on a long and rich tradition. As early as 1099, the Order of St. John founded a hospital in Jerusalem to care for poor and sick pilgrims. The Johanniter’s guiding principle of helping the sick out of compassion remains a central concern to this day. Their methods and approaches are always aligned with the latest medical and technological standards.

Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe in Austria is a comparatively young organization. It was founded in 1974 as a classic emergency rescue organization. At that time, the Johanniter started in Vienna with a single patient transport vehicle—an inaugural gift from the German Johanniter—and a handful of dedicated volunteers. Today, the Johanniter are active in various social sectors in Vienna, Tyrol, Carinthia, and Lower Austria, offering a broad spectrum of support services.

These include medical assistance, social support, care and nursing services, as well as education and training in nursing and first aid. Research and development of support services for healthy aging are also among our tasks, as are international and disaster relief efforts and missing-person searches with our search-and-rescue dog units. We provide both immediate assistance in emergency situations and long-term support, drawing on a broad base of volunteer helpers.

Our services at a glance

Emergency medical services and organ transport
Patient transport and assisted driving services
Ambulance and medical services at events
Education and training in first aid and nursing
Mobile nursing and care services
Palliative care
Community nursing
Assisted living
Home emergency call service
Support for people experiencing homelessness and refugees
International aid and disaster relief
Search for missing persons with rescue dogs
superhands – help and advice for young carers

Many of the Johanniter’s support services are provided free of charge and are financed through grants and donations.

Fighting Crime and Terrorism

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-01: Improving capabilities of law enforcement to counter climate-related challengesHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-FCT-03: Missing persons: prevention and investigation

Border Management

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-01: Advanced border surveillance and situational awarenessHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-BM-02: Accessible and available travel facilitation

Resilient Infrastructure

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-01: Tools and processes to support stress tests of critical infrastructureHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-INFRA-03: Targeted innovative capabilities for the resilience of critical entities to natural and human-induced disasters, including hybrid scenarios

Disaster-resilient society

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-01: Designing new ways of risk awareness and enhanced disaster preparednessHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-02: Multi-hazard approach and cumulative / cascading impactsHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-03: Development of innovative tools, processes, equipment and technologies through responses to disasters and emergencies for search and rescue in hazardous conditionsHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-04: Open topic on driving innovation uptake of disaster risk solutionsHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-DRS-05: Climate security and civil preparedness – new ways to develop pre- and post-crisis climate-change related scenarios for a more resilient Europe

Support to Security Research and Innovation

HORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-01: Open topic on supporting disruptive technological innovations for civil securityHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-02: Demand-led innovation in securityHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-03: Public procurement of innovation for securityHORIZON-CL3-2026-01-SSRI-04: Development of ecosystem and next-generation capabilities for a secured European Critical Communication System in civil security

Cybersecurity

HORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-01:Approaches and tools for security in software and hardware development and assessmentHORIZON-CL3-2026-02-CS-ECCC-02:Enhancing the Security, Privacy and Robustness of AI Models and Systems (SecureAI)

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Head of R&D

Johanniter Österreich Ausbildung und Forschung gemeinnützige GmbH