Ernst Mach Grant - Worldwide

Benefits

• Monthly grant rate
  a) for graduates: 940 EUR
  b) for graduates over 30 years with a PhD degree: 1,040 EUR
• If necessary, the OeAD-GmbH will take out an accident and health insurance on behalf of the grant recipient.
• Accommodation (student hall of residence or flat) will be provided by the OeAD-GmbH for recipients of grants. Monthly costs: 200 to 380 EUR (depending on how much comfort the recipients of grants want). An administration fee of 15 EUR per month is payable to the OeAD-GmbH for arranging accommodation. The costs for insurance and accommodation have to be paid out of the grant by the recipient of the grant.
• Recipients of grants are exempted from paying tuition fees.
• For applicants from non-European developing countries an additional allowance for travel costs may be paid.

Application information

Short-term grants (1 to 3 months) have a priority in the period from January to June. In other cases problems can arise as regards accommodation. When applying for a short-term grant therefore consideration should be given to applying primarily for the period of January to June.

The respective selection commissions examine and assess the applications according to the following criteria:

• Why do you want to study or conduct research in Austria?
• What exactly do you want to do in Austria during your study or research period?
• In which way do you want to carry out your project, which scientific methods do you want to use?
• What is the aim of your study or research in Austria?
• Which steps do you plan to take in order to reach this aim (attendance of lectures, archive work, interviews, ...)?
• Have you already carried out some preparatory work towards achieving this aim in your study or research (if so, which?)?
• Where do you want to carry out your studies or research work (library, archive, institute, ...)?
• Prior studying history (duration and grades), or list of publications or documentation of your artistic activities carried out so far, respectively.
• Plausibility of the application in general

Additional information

• The selection process for all grants for Austria is competitive, i.e. there is no legal claim to a grant even if all application requirements are fulfilled.
• Grants for study purposes are only awarded for studies at such universities and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) and Fachhochschule degree programmes where the majority of the costs for the study place is borne by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF).
• Grants for applicants for Fachhochschule degree programmes are only awarded after acceptance by the Fachhochschule degree programme has been confirmed.
• Applicants should take into consideration § 1 of the Data Protection Act, Federal Law Gazette of the Republic of Austria No. 165/1999, as amended, that the personal details contained in the application will be passed on to the authority dealing with their application and the contractual partners in the exchange as well as to other authorities awarding grants in Austria and will expressly agree with that.
• Applicants who seek admission to university in Austria have to contact the institution of their choice directly.
• Applicants who are coming to Austria for research purposes and therefore do not need to seek admission must be able to prove their competence in the language in which they want to carry out their project in Austria. The consent of the Austrian supervisor is required.
• Incomplete applications as well as those not complying with the specific conditions will be returned!

Eligible are:

• Postgraduates pursuing a doctoral/PhD programme outside Austria
• Postgraduates and post-docs wishing to pursue research in Austria with a view to an academic career and who completed their studies (at a university outside Austria) after September 30 th, 2008
• Post-docs who are working as lecturers at a university outside Austria.