€1,300 a Month Ernst Mach Grant

About this opportunity

OeAD, Austria's national agency for education and internationalisation, runs the Ernst Mach Grant on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research. The worldwide strand pays doctoral candidates, recent graduates and early-career researchers from any country except Austria a monthly rate to spend 1 to 9 months on their own research project at an Austrian university. The current call is for stays in the Austrian academic year 2027/28.

What you get:

EUR 1,300 a month for a research stay of 1 to 9 months in Austria
Help arranging accommodation and health insurance (the grant holder pays for both)
A travel subsidy of up to EUR 1,200 for citizens of listed developing countries, paid against original travel invoices
Tuition fees at Austrian public universities can be waived on request for grant holders

What you'll do:

Carry out your own research project at an Austrian university, under a supervisor there who has agreed in writing to host you
Stay continuously at your host institution for the length of the grant
Submit a final report at the end of your stay

Key dates:

Online applications open September 2026 and close 1 December 2026 at 23:59 Central European Time
Results expected at the beginning of July 2027
Stays run between September 2027 and December 2028, in whole calendar months

More information:

Full call on the OeAD scholarship database: https://grants.at/en/?=MTcxMTVfMTgxMjlfOQ==
FAQ for this call: https://oead.at/en/study-research-teaching/overview-grants-and-scholarships/ernst-mach-grant/faq-ernst-mach-grant-worldwide
Applications are made online at scholarships.at

Who can apply

Open to applicants from every country except Austria
Postgraduates enrolled in a doctoral or PhD programme outside Austria
Postgraduates and postdocs who completed their studies at a university outside Austria after 30 September 2025 and want to research in Austria with a view to an academic career
Postdocs working as researchers at a university outside Austria
Maximum age 35 when the stay begins (born on or after 1 October 1991)
Very good English and/or German; no official language test needed
Written confirmation of supervision from a lecturer at the Austrian host university, on the OeAD template; OeAD does not help find a supervisor
Two letters of recommendation from university lecturers, with letterhead, date, signature and university stamp, no older than six months
Passport copy, degree certificate, and proof of PhD enrolment or university employment where relevant
Not eligible: regular students at Austrian universities, people permanently resident in Austria, those who completed their education mainly in Austria, or anyone who lived, studied or researched in Austria in the six months before the grant starts
The grant cannot fund a full or partial Masters, PhD or study programme in Austria

About this opportunity

What you get:

EUR 1,300 a month for a research stay of 1 to 9 months in Austria
Help arranging accommodation and health insurance (the grant holder pays for both)
A travel subsidy of up to EUR 1,200 for citizens of listed developing countries, paid against original travel invoices
Tuition fees at Austrian public universities can be waived on request for grant holders

What you'll do:

Carry out your own research project at an Austrian university, under a supervisor there who has agreed in writing to host you
Stay continuously at your host institution for the length of the grant
Submit a final report at the end of your stay

Key dates:

Online applications open September 2026 and close 1 December 2026 at 23:59 Central European Time
Results expected at the beginning of July 2027
Stays run between September 2027 and December 2028, in whole calendar months

More information:

Full call on the OeAD scholarship database: https://grants.at/en/?=MTcxMTVfMTgxMjlfOQ==
FAQ for this call: https://oead.at/en/study-research-teaching/overview-grants-and-scholarships/ernst-mach-grant/faq-ernst-mach-grant-worldwide
Applications are made online at scholarships.at

Who can apply

Open to applicants from every country except Austria
Postgraduates enrolled in a doctoral or PhD programme outside Austria
Postgraduates and postdocs who completed their studies at a university outside Austria after 30 September 2025 and want to research in Austria with a view to an academic career
Postdocs working as researchers at a university outside Austria
Maximum age 35 when the stay begins (born on or after 1 October 1991)
Very good English and/or German; no official language test needed
Written confirmation of supervision from a lecturer at the Austrian host university, on the OeAD template; OeAD does not help find a supervisor
Two letters of recommendation from university lecturers, with letterhead, date, signature and university stamp, no older than six months
Passport copy, degree certificate, and proof of PhD enrolment or university employment where relevant
Not eligible: regular students at Austrian universities, people permanently resident in Austria, those who completed their education mainly in Austria, or anyone who lived, studied or researched in Austria in the six months before the grant starts
The grant cannot fund a full or partial Masters, PhD or study programme in Austria

€1,300 a Month Ernst Mach Grant

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