Fellowship and mobility programmes
VDSEE grants
- Applications can be sent on a regular basis, but at least two months before the planned trip. (Application form can be found here)
- Students are eligible to maximum one grant during active PhD studies and a maximum of 1.500 € in total will be funded.
Completion grants
- Support of VDSEE PhD-candidates in the final phase of their Doctoral Studies.
- Info and application can be found here.
Additional funding opportunities
PhD fellowships
- DOC Scholarship [ÖAW]
- Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for doctoral candidates of all areas of research.
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds
- Fellowship for experimental basic biomedical research
- Mobility & Care Fund
- Female academic staff (pre-docs and post-docs) at the University of Vienna can apply for a fund to cover additional childcare costs incurred as a result of a mobility stay.
- This fund is administered by HR and Gender equality department of University of Vienna.
- Mobility & Care Fund
- Other funding opportunities (i.e. awards or publication grants) are listed here:
- https://grants.at/en/ lists a broad range of programmes, prizes, fellowships etc.
Mobility programs
- Marietta Blau-Grant, OeAD (application deadlines 1 February and 1 September)
- Short-term grants for research abroad (KWA) of the University of Vienna (application deadlines 15 February, 15 May and 15 October)
- Mobility Fellowships in Chicago, Kyoto, Jerusalem, Beijing and Shanghai from the University of Vienna
- Marshall Plan Scholarship for MA and PhD
- Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Researchers (Max 2 weeks for PhD-students employed by Uni Wien)
- Erasmus+ Short-Term PhD Mobility (Max 2 weeks for PhD-students that are NOT employed as univie PraeDocs)
- Erasmus+ International Mobility (Longer term mobility for all PhD students)
- Austrian Center, Wirth-Institute, Alberta (Kanada)
- Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft (Website in German only)
PostDoc mobility programmes
- Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships including a return phase
Young and especially highly qualified scientists of any disciplin | completed doctoral studie, international scientific publications, invitation from the foreign research institution | Fellowship abroad: 10 to 24 months; return phase: max. 12 months (depends on the duration of the fellowship abroad) | No application deadlines | Processing time: 4 months on average