On Wednesday, 21.09.2023, Susanne Seifert, representing project manager Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera and her colleagues from the University of Graz, together with Konstanze Edtstadler from the University College of Teacher Education Styria and Elisabeth Stabler from PPH Augustinum, presented the LeSeDi dissertation program at a press conference with Education Minister Polaschek. The LeSeDi dissertation program is one of 9 programs that prevailed in the call for proposals "Educational Innovation Needs Educational Research" (funded by the BMBWF) from a selection of almost 40 programs. In the doctoral program, six dissertations on the topic of reading and language will be supervised by representatives of the three universities from October 2023. We look forward to the exciting projects and findings.