The Distributed and Parallel Systems Group at the University of Innsbruck focuses on simplifying the effective use of multiprocessor architectures and geographically distributed heterogeneous resources as the bases for the next generation Internet-enabled performance-oriented applications. A team of 20 researchers led by Thomas Fahringer is conducting the research that crafts the ASKALON Grid application development and computing environment. ASKALON is fostering research, education, and technology transfer programs that are contributing to evolutionary new ways of utilizing the global information infrastructure as a platform for computation, changing the way in which scientists and engineers solve their everyday problems. We are working closely with a large number of collaborators from industry and academia to leverage Grid computing for real-world application development in many areas, including applied numerical simulations, astrophysics, environmental applications, finance modelling, high-energy physics, meteorology and geophysics, theoretical chemistry, and medical science. The ASKALON research is partially funded by several national and international projects, including the SFB Aurora, Austrian Grid project, EU EGEE integrated project (Enable Grids for E-sciencE), EU K-Wf Grid STREP project (Knowledge-based Workflow systems for Grid applications) and EU ASG (Adaptive Services Grid) integrated project.