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Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria

Deadline: 01.03.2011.

Scholarship administrator: OeAD - GmbH
Level: postgraduate
Field of study: Social Sciences
Place of study: Austria

 

Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria for Master Studies in the Field of International Relations

Duration: 10 months (one-time extension for a maximum of another 10 months is possible in case of a successful study progress)

Quota: 10 scholarships; the quota depends on the budget

Grant benefit paid:

1) monthly scholarship instalment:
for students enrolled in a master or diploma programme: € 940
2) accident and health insurance, accommodation
a) If necessary, the OeAD (Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research) will effect an accident and health insurance.
b) The OeAD provides scholarship holders with accommodation (student dormitory or apartment). Monthly costs: € 220 to € 470 (depending on the level of comfort requested by the scholarship holder). The scholarship holder has to pay an administrative fee of € 18.— per month to the OeAD for the provision of accommodation. The costs for insurance and accommodation have to be covered by the scholarship holder from the scholarship.

Applicants for a scholarship coming from countries which are neither members of the EU nor members of EFTA, EEA or OECD can be granted a travel allowance of up to max. € 500.-- in addition to the scholarship.
There is no additional funding beside that.

Advice on how to apply:

Applicants may be students fulfilling the following requirements:

  • who are descendants of forced labourers
  • or who come from countries that were especially affected by the NS regime, particularly by the recruitment of forced labourers
  • for studying such master degree programmes in the field of international relations which directly entitle the graduate to study a doctoral/PhD programme at a post-secondary educational institution.

All scholarships are based on competition. This means that even when all scholarship requirements are met there is no legal claim to a scholarship. As for article 1 of the Austrian Data Protection Act, BGBl. Nr. 165/1999 in the present version, the applicant is aware of the fact and fully agrees that personal data contained in the application and its enclosures may be forwarded for statistical purposes and in order to ensure that the application can be properly processed.

Applicants have to apply for admission directly at the Austrian postsecondary education institution of their choice and contact their possible future university department themselves.

Applications that are incomplete at the time of submission or that do not meet the scholarship requirements will not be taken into consideration. It is, however, possible to hand in the university admission, if necessary, after the deadline.

If a scholarship is awarded due to incorrect data or if there is a case of double financing, the full scholarship will have to be paid back.


Attention: No scholarships are awarded for summer courses, language courses, clinical traineeships or internships.

I. Application documents

  • Fully completed on-line application form “Application for a Scholarship of the Scholarship Foundation of the Republic of Austria” including a CV and a project plan for the study or research stay in Austria which describes what is planned to be done in Austria and which preparatory work has already been completed.
  • Two letters of recommendation from teaching staff of the home university which confirm the necessity of the stay in Austria and provide information about the scientific qualification of the applicant as well as about his/her qualification for the stay in Austria. The letters of recommendation have to be scanned as PDF files and attached to the online application.
  • Good knowledge of German or English has to be proved, depending on the language in which the project is to be carried out in Austria. The respective certificate of the test in German or English has to be scanned as PDF file and attached to the online application.
  • The applicant is required to forward his/her study or research project plan and the two letters of recommendation as well as the form “confirmation of supervision” to the person they would like to become their supervisor. The written confirmation of the supervisor of the Austrian host institution (fully completed and signed on-line form “confirmation of supervision”) has to be scanned as PDF file and attached to the on-line application.
  • Without a letter of confirmation of a supervisor of an Austrian institution a scholarship will not be awarded.
  • For descendants of forced labourers: processing number or photocopy of the letter of information or other relevant proofs (to be scanned as PDF files and attached to the on-line application).

II. Selection criteria

A committee of experts examines and evaluates the applications according to the following criteria:

  • Why is it necessary for you to study or to pursue research in Austria?
  • What exactly will you do in Austria in the framework of your scholarship stay?
  • How do you plan to carry out your project? Which scientific methods/which methodology will you use?
  • What is the objective of your study or research project in Austria?
  • Which steps have you planned to achieve your planned study/research objective (attendance of courses, research in archives, interviews . . .)?
  • Have you already completed preparatory work to achieve your study/research objective? If yes, which?
  • Where do you want to carry out your project (library, archive, institute . . .)?
  • Academic background, list of publications etc.

Maximum age:
35 years at the time of submission (for the application deadline 1/3/2011: born on or after March1st, 1976).

III. Application deadline and procedure

The application deadline absolutely needs to be kept and the application has to be submitted ON-LINE by 23.59.59 Central European Time on March1/September 1. Applications which are submitted in a different way or after the deadline will not be taken into consideration!

Applicants may be students

  • who are descendants of forced labourers or come from countries that have exceptionally suffered from the Nazi regime, especially from the recruitment of forced labourers
  • for studying a master degree programme in the field of international relations which directly entitles the graduate to study a doctoral/PhD programme at a post-secondary educational institution.

Contact person:
Heike Kernbauer (heike.kernbauer@oead.at)

 

 

 

 

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