Ernst Mach Grant

The Ernst Mach Grant programme is named after the famous Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach (1838-1916). The grant programme is financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this grant to come to Austria for a research or a study stay.

As a reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the forced flight from the country, there is a need for immediate support for displaced persons as well as for students, graduates and scientists who are already in Austria and who have lost their financial support due to the war.

The special scholarship programme Ernst Mach – Ukraine is extended for the new period with the purpose to further support Ukrainian students by completing their first academic degree in Austria. The application is open only to current scholarship holders of the grant.

Target group: students, graduates, PhD students

Countries of origin: Ukraine (citizenship) 

Duration: max. 10 months until 28 February 2026

Scholarship sum: 715 euros per month

Funding organisation: OeAD-GmbH on behalf and financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research

Closing date for applications: 31.03.2025

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FAQ Ernst Mach Scholarship – UKRAINE (Ukrainian, German) 

The Ernst Mach Grant worldwide is targeted at young researchers from all disciplines and countries (except Austria) who wish to pursue a research project in Austria.

Target group: young researchers from all disciplines and countries (except Austria)

Duration: 1 to 9 months

Age limit: 35 years

Closing date for applications: online application is available from October to February 1st of the following year

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FAQ Ernst Mach Grant worldwide

This programme is aimed at students from non-European universities who wish to spend a semester or two at an Austrian University of Applied Sciences (‘Fachhochschule’).

Target group: undergraduates and graduates from non-European universities

Target institution: all Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences (‘Fachhochschulen’, see www.fachhochschulen.ac.at/en/home)

Duration: 4 to 10 months

Age limit: 35 years

Closing date for applications: online application is available from October to February 1st of the following year

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FAQ Ernst Mach Grant FH

The Ernst Mach Follow-Up Grant is aimed at postdocs from non-European developing countries who are former OeAD scholarship holders. The grant is intended to support the applicant's scientific carrier and to further and deepen the cooperation with Austrian higher education institutions and universities.

Target group: Post-doctoral researchers and lecturers from non-European developing countries, who research and/or teach at higher education institutions or universities and have already received a grant administered by the OeAD-GmbH in the past. At the beginning of the grant period, at least 3 years must have passed since the last funded research visit to Austria.

Duration: 1 to 3 months

Age limit: 45 years

Closing date for applications: Online applications are open from September to 1 February of the following year.

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The Ernst Mach Grant ASEA-UNINET is open to undergraduates, graduates,  postgraduates and postdocs from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines or Vietnam in all fields of study who want to study or do a research project in Austria.

Target group: undergraduates, graduates of artistic fields for a study visit in the field of music practice; postgraduates doing a doctoral/PhD programme at an ASEA-UNINET member university in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, or Vietnam; postgraduates who want to do a doctoral/PhD programme in Austria and fulfill the requirements for admission; postdocs who are involved in teaching and research at an ASEA-UNINET member university in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, or Vietnam.

Age limit: 35 years for undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates, 45 years for postdocs (at the time of the application)

Duration: undergraduates, graduates: 9 months; post docs: 4 to 9 months; postgraduates: max. 36 months

Closing date for applications: 1st March

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FAQ Ernst Mach Grant ASEA-UNINET

The Ernst Mach– ASEA-UNINET Short-term Research Grant within the framework of the ASEAN-European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET) enables short-term research stays in Austria. The target group is researchers (postdocs and lecturers at member institutions of the ASEA-UNINET).

Target Group: Postdocs

Countries of origin: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Duration: 1-2 months

Funding organisation: OeAD-GmbH in cooperation with ASEA-UNINET (on behalf of and financed by funds of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research)

Closing date for applications: ongoing

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