The fellowship grants aim at enhancing the quality of teaching, research, innovation and internationalisation in Kosovo’s Higher Education and research sector and enable PhD students and Post-Docs to study or carry out research in Austria.

The Ernst Mach Grant worldwide is intended for young researchers and university lecturers of all disciplines who are studying or pursuing research outside Austria and want to carry out a research project in Austria.

The Ernst Mach Follow-up Grant (EZA) supports postdocs from non-European developing countries who in the past received a grant administered by the OeAD-GmbH. This programme is intended to support the applicant's scientific carrier and to deepen the cooperation with Austrian higher education institutions. At least three years must have passed since the last funded research visit to Austria at the start of the planned grant period.

This programme is intended for students at bachelor's or master's level from non-European universities who want to spend a semester or two at an Austrian University of Applied Sciences (‘Fachhochschule’).

The Ernst Mach Grant within the framework of the ASEAN-European Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET) enables study and research stays in Austria. The target groups are researchers (postgraduates, postdocs and lecturers at member institutions of the ASEA-UNINET) as well as undergraduates and graduates (music performance).

The Richard Plaschka Grant is open to researchers in the historical sciences with focus on Austrian history or Austria-related historic topics. The scholarship duration is four to twelve months, an extension up to 18 months as well as admission to the follow-up support programme is possible. This programme promotes research cooperations and aims to establish a sustainable network of researchers with scientific relations to Austria.

The Indonesia – Austria scholarship programme is intended for Indonesian students who want to pursue a doctoral programme at an Austrian university and who fulfill the admission requirements for the doctoral programme. The call is open to all research fields but with a special focus on STEM subjects.

CEEPUS (Central European Exchange Programme for University Studies) is a multilateral mobility programme with Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. Students and lecturers can apply for a stay abroad, funded by the respective host country, as part of a CEEPUS network. Both shorter (excursions lasting at least three days) and longer stays (up to ten months) can be supported.

Application deadline 1 June: Applications for the winter semester and the full academic year 2026/27