Study : Research : Teaching

A visiting professorship is funded to support the research activities of the Centre for Austrian Studies in Edmonton. Applications are open to outstanding postdocs from Austrian universities. The appointment shall be for an initial term of 2 years, starting mid-August 2026, with the possibility of renewal for up to an additional year. The tasks of this assistant or associate professor are: collaborating with the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, teaching and research activities at the Faculty of Arts including the planning of new research projects, fostering collaboration and cooperation with Austrian educational and scientific institutions.

This scholarship programme enables scientific stays at Taiwanese universities for diploma or master's degree students to support their academic development and promote scientific cooperation.

This scholarship programme enables scientific stays at Taiwanese universities for young researches to support their academic career and promote scientific cooperation.

An assistant professorship is funded to support the research activities of the Center for Austrian Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Applications are open to outstanding postdocs from Austrian universities. The appointment shall be for one academic year, starting October 2026. The tasks of this assistant professor are: collaborating with the Center for Austrian Studies, teaching and research activities including the planning of new research projects, fostering collaboration and cooperation between Austrian and Israeli educational and scientific institutions.

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. Austrian CEEPUS scholars going abroad can additionally apply for a mobility subsidy.

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

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.

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 Franz Werfel Grant is intended for young university teachers with above-average qualifications, preferably with teaching experience and employment at a university, whose work focuses on Austrian literature. The duration of the scholarship is four to nine months, an extension up to 18 months as well as admission to the follow-up support programme is possible. This programme aims at fostering academic cooperation as well as an international network of scholars of Austrian literature.

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

The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (EPU) comprises a multitude of international partners from all subject areas in Central Asia, East Asia and the Pacific region and supports projects in research, research-based teaching and art as well as technology cooperations.

Funding is provided for bilateral and multilateral projects between Eurasia-Pacific Uninet partner institutions with a duration of one year. Estimated project start for proposals from this call is in July 2026. Please refer to the official funding guidelines as well as our information on online project applications.