External funding opportunities
a) Mobility programmes for doctoral candidates
- Short-term grants for research abroad (KWA): If scientific work (e.g. laboratory work, field studies, research in archives, libraries, academic collections, etc.) is necessary within the scope of your dissertation, you can apply for a short-term grant abroad (KWA).
- Marietta Blau Grant (ÖAW) offers financial support for 6-12 month study periods abroad for doctoral or PhD students of Austrian universities.
- Closing date for applications: 1st of February and 1st of September
- The OeAD offers webinars to inform about the Marietta Blau-Grant
- International communication (ÖFG) programme of the Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft offers supplementary financial support for travels and for invitations of scientists to Austria.
- Erasmus+ International Mobility: This programme provides funding for study visits to partner universities outside Europe.
- Erasmus+ Traineeship: Detailed information regarding E+ grants as of winter semester 2022/23
- Mobility Fellowships – Chicago, Jerusalem, Kyoto, Beijing and Shanghai
- Application deadline: 15 November 2022 (23:59 CET)
- Marshall Plan Scholarship: an academic exchange program to fund scholarships and fellowships for academic exchange between Austria and the US.
b) Fellowships for doctoral candidates
- DOC Fellowship Programme (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- DOC-Team Funding Programme (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
- Doktoratsfertigstellungsstipendium (completion grants) by Literar-Mechana
Application deadlines on 31 March and 30 September - Förderung industrienaher Dissertationen 2022 (Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
- Stipends of the University of Vienna (information in German only):
c) Awards and prizes
- links provided soon
c) We advise to check the websites of the Research Services and Career Development of the University of Vienna, e.g.
- EURAXESS: jobs & funding
- Early Career Researchers - Funding Programs
- www.grants.at for more specific calls