Karl Landsteiner Society is a charitable, non-profit association with registered headquarters in St. Pölten, established for the purpose of carrying out scientific research, organising scientific presentations and events, and preparing related scientific publications and documentation in the field of medicine and other associated scientific disciplines by founding research institutes and centres.
The activities of Karl Landsteiner Society primarily extend to the federal Laender of Lower Austria and Vienna. The society also receives pecuniary support and contributions in kind from the Land of Lower Austria, the Danube University Krems, the Medical Chamber of Lower Austria and other private and public sponsors.
Karl Landsteiner Society provides for a wide range of scientific research in the field of medicine, particularly in the federal Land of Lower Austria.