Baza natječaja

Richard Plaschka Fellowship

country of origin: all (except Austria)
target country: Austria

area of study or research:

• Humanities and Theology
• Historical Sciences, Linguistics and Literature Sciences

Type of grant

detailed type of grant: semester or one-year grant, research grant
funding: national
target group: postgraduates, PhD holders, researchers
authority awarding grant: OeAD-GmbH/ICM-Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility on behalf of and funded by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF)
duration: 4 to 9 months
quota: Maximum of 7 new awards per academic year! In case of successful research activities the scholarship can, on request, be renewed (total duration 18 months).
 

Monthly grant

• grant: 1040 EUR
• book allowance: 93 EUR
• Accident and health insurance, accommodation
• If necessary, the ÖAD will take out an accident and health insurance on behalf of the grant recipient.
• The OeAD-GmbH will endeavour to provide accommodation (student hall of residence or flat) for recipients of grants who wish to get accommodation arranged by the OeAD. Monthly costs: 220 EUR to 470 EUR (depending on how much comfort the recipients of grants want). An administration fee of 18 EUR per month is payable to the ÖAD for arranging accommodation.
• The costs for insurance and accommodation have to be paid out of the grant by the recipient of the grant.
• Recipients of grants are exempted from paying tuition fees.
• Recipients of grants from non-European developing countries will also receive a travel costs subsidy of up to 730 EUR maximum.

Closing date for applications: 01. 03. 2013
where to submit your application (new applicants): online at http://www.scholarships.at

Applications for renewals:
Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility (ICM)
of the OeAD-GmbH
A-1090 Wien, Alser Straße 4/1/14/1
Tel.: 01/4277-28189
Fax: 01/4277-28194
e-mail: lydia.skarits@oead.at
application form: available at www.scholarships.at

Recommendations for the applications for BMWF scholarship programs can be found here.
 

How to apply

Recipients of Plaschka grants can work as visiting researchers at university departments and institutes and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.
Eligible for application are only university lecturers in the field of history who are primarily occupied with Austria-related topics. The application must be accompanied by a list stating the titles of the lectures the applicant is holding.
It is absolutely essential that prior contact with an educational or research institution in Austria has already been made.
There is no age limit. The programme is aimed at promoting young researchers and scientists, thus it should be probable or possible to achieve the (academic) career which is planned with the help of this scholarship.

The following documents have to be uploaded with the online application at http://www.scholarships.at/:

• Two letters of recommendation by university lecturers (for these letters of recommendation no specific form is required; they must contain the letterhead, date and signature of the person recommending the applicant and the stamp of the university / department and must be no older than six months at the time of application.)
• Consent of a lecturer at the Austrian target university to supervise the applicant academically
• List of the titles of the courses taught
• Scan of your passport (page with the name and photo)
• Scan of your university graduation certificate of your diploma, master, PhD or doctoral studies

After having consumed at least 12 scholarship months the "Richard Plaschka Scholarship Commission" will decide whether or not the grant recipient will qualify for follow-on contact.

Follow-on contact consists of the following measures:

• an invitation to a symposium on a historic topic each year
• a yearly allowance for specialist literature on the occasion of this symposium
• a one-month research grant every three years
• subscription to a specialist journal for history studies
• habilitation grant
• publication allowance

General information

• Incomplete applications and applications not complying with the application criteria will not be taken into account.
• The selection process for all grants for Austria is competitive, i.e. there is no legal claim to a grant even if all application requirements are fulfilled.
• Applicants should take into consideration § 1 of the Data Protection Act, Federal Law Gazette of the Republic of Austria No. 165/1999, as amended, that the personal details contained in the application will be passed on to the authority dealing with their application and the contractual partners in the exchange as well as to other authorities awarding grants in Austria and will expressly agree with that.
selection procedure:

• Pre-selection based on the written application documents.
• Interviews by the "Richard-Plaschka scholarship committee" in Vienna.

For further information please contact Dr.Tibor Szabó (e-mail: tibor.szabo@oead.at) or visit www.oead.at