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Foreign Exchange Stays

The programme offers scholarships for stays in Austria in order to work on dissertations and theses, scholarships to attend summer schools teaching German/Czech, in tandem with Austrian students at "Sommerkolleg" and scholarships for university teachers to undertake a research/lecture stay.

General Conditions

Applications are open to all citizens enrolled in an MA or PhD study programme at one of the eligible institutions or working at one of the eligible institutions.

Eligible institutions in the Czech Republic: public universities.

Eligible institutions in Austria: state universities, universities of applied sciences, university colleges of teacher education and accredited private universities.

  • There is no age limit. The scholarships serves to support junior researchers, thus the desired career/academic career should be probable or possible.
  • Chosen candidates are not allowed to engage in gainful employment in Austria beside their academic duties.

For more information, please click on University Students, Academics, Sommerkollegs or Summer Schools for Czech.

Contact us

  • Anna Koktanová
    AKTION

    anna.koktanova@dzs.cz
    +420 221 850 513
  • Jan Bouška

    Jan Bouška
    AKTION

    jan.bouska@dzs.cz
    +420 221 850 506

Events

  • All events AKTION Česká republika – Rakousko

University students

For which scholarship can I apply for?

  • Semester grant and grant for short-term stays of the "Aktion" - scholarships for students working on their final thesis and students pursuing a doctoral (PhD) programme and researchers, length from 1 to 5 months. There is an exception for medical students in a master's programme.
  • Scholarship for participation on Sommerkolleg – very popular sommer language course (Czech or German). For more information, please click on Sommerkollegs
  • Scholarships for participation on Summer Schools of Czech Language – only for applicants from Austria. For more information, please click on Sommerschulen für Tschechish - LŠSS
  • Scholarship for completing a DAF internship.

Who can participate?

Applications are open to all citizens of the European Union, European Economic Area and Switzerland enrolled in an MA or PhD study programme at one of the eligible institutions or working at one of the eligible institutions.

Under what conditions can I participate?

Scholarships are intended for students of master's and other postgraduate study programmes so that they may work on dissertations or theses (there is an exception for medical students). Students in all fields of study may apply for financial support.

Students without a Bachelor's degree are excluded from applying. An exception is made for DAF students who can apply for a DAF internship in the Czech Republic while still studying their Bachelor's degree.

Where can I go?

To Austria - the scholarship stay can be realized at the state universities, universities of applied sciences, university Colleges of teacher education and accredited private universities.

To the Czech Republic - the scholarship study/research stay may only be supported at a public university.

Scholarships are intended primarily to enable students to obtain materials in university and technical libraries and archives, to conduct research in laboratories or work in a studio, to engage in field data collection by means of surveys or expert interviews, to hold consultations with Austrian teachers, etc., depending on each candidate's field of study and research plans. 

For how long?

  • Scholarship stay: 1-5 months (Applicants indicate desired duration in their application)
  • Sommerkollegs: 2-3 weeks
  • Sommer Schools of Czech Language: 4 weeks

What financial support will I receive?

1) for stays in the Czech Republic:

Graduates: 13.000 CZK

Postgraduates: 15.000 CZK

A monthly mobility grant of 300 EUR can be applied by OeAD for scholarship stays of 2 months or longer. (This grant is not available for DAF scholarships).

2) for stays in Austria:

Graduates, Postgraduates: 1.300 EUR

3) for Sommerkollegs and Summer Schools:

Participants pay only a small contribution in the form of a registration fee.

How to apply?

Applying for a scholarship is quite simple - applicants fill out their scholarship application in German or English via scholarships.at.

Detailed instructions on how to complete the scholarship application can be found in the call for applications - CZ to AT, AT to CZ.

Submission deadlines: 15 March for stays in the following winter semester and 15 October for stays in the following summer semester.

Selection procedure

The selection will be made on the basis of the online application.

The results of the selection process will be published within 8 weeks after the submission deadline.

Deadlines for submitting a scholarship application

  • For the winter semester 2024/2025:

    by March 15, 2024

  • For the summer semester 2025:

    by October 15, 2024

Institutions eligible for scholarship stay

In Austria:

  • state universities
  • universities of applied sciences
  • university colleges of teacher education 
  • accredited private universities

Záznamy webinářů

  • Návod na vyplnění žádosti 

Academics at public universities

Who can participate?

All citizens who are employed at public universities in the Czech Republic.

Under what conditions can I participate?

University teachers at public universities in the Czech Republic.

Where can I go?

To Austria 

  • on a short-term research stay: an opportunity to engage in research or give lectures at a foreign host institution. Participants may choose from a list of authorised universities. Research may also be carried out in archives, libraries, museums and research institutions.
  • on a research stay to complete a habilitation thesis.

For how long?

Short-term research stays for university teachers last for 1-3 months. They may apply for one-month stays repeatedly.

Stays by postdoctoral students to prepare their habilitation thesis may last for up to five months. They may apply for these stays within 10 years of defending their dissertation.

What financial support will I receive?

The amount of the monthly scholarship is EUR 1,250 for teachers and EUR 1,250 for postdoctoral students.

How to apply

  • Online at www.scholarships.at, in English or German.
  • Deadlines for applications for scholarship-funded research stays are announced four times a year, in spring and autumn. A stay may take place no earlier than three months after the application has been submitted.
  • The deadline for submitting applications for habilitation scholarships is announced once a year, and these stays may take place no earlier than six months after the application has been submitted.
  • A detailed overview of the annexes that need to be attached to a scholarship application is set out in the call for the relevant scholarship category.

 

  • Semester grant and grant for short-term stays of the AKTION Austria – Czech Republic (CZ to A): research stays for 1-3 months
  • One-month-grant for university teachers of the AKTION Austria – Czech Republic (CZ to A)
  • Grants for postdoctoral studies of the AKTION Austria – Czech Republic (CZ to A)

 

Selection procedure

  • On the basis of a written application. Interviews are conducted only for habilitation scholarships
  • Results of the selection procedure are made known within eight weeks of submitting an application
  • Written notification of applicants

Deadlines for submitting scholarship applications

  • Stays for the preparation of a habilitation thesis lasting up to 5 months

    by March 15, 2024

  • 1 to 3 months research and lecture stays

    March 15 - for 1 to 3 months of research and lecture stays

    October 15 - for 1 to 3 months of research and lecture stays

     


     

     

Useful links

Austria

state universities
universities of applied sciences
university colleges of teacher education 
accredited private universities

Czech Republic

public universities

Forms

  • AKTION_registration form_academics

    (DOC, 31 kB)

  • AKTION_statement of academic supervisor.doc

    (DOC, 215 kB)

  • AKTION_letter of recommendation.doc

    (DOC, 210 kB)

Final reports

Final reports from scholarship stays

  • University of Vienna 2020-21
  • Brno University of Technology 2020
  • University of Life Sciences Vienna 2020
  • University of Vienna 2020
  • Kärnten University of Applied Sciences 2019
  • University of Vienna 2019
  • University of Vienna 2019
  • University of Salzburg  2019
  • University of Innsbruck 2018
  • Management Center Innsbruck 2018
  • Medical University of Graz 2018
  • Kurt Gödel Research Center, University of Vienna 2018
  • University of Salzburg 2018
  • University of Life Sciences Vienna 2017
  • University of Graz 2017

Useful links

  • Information on Austrian universities
  • Information on scholarships in Austria

Other options of scholarships in Austria:

  • Ernst-Mach Stipendium
  • Franz Werfel-Stipendium
  • Richard Plaschka-Stipendium 

Other links:

  • Advantage Austria - Österreichisches AußenwirtschaftsCenter Prag
  • Collegium Bohemicum
  • Eurocomm-PR
  • Do Rakouska na zkušenou
  • EURAXESS Czech Republic
  • Goethe-Institut in Prag
  • Brücke/Most-Stiftung
  • Österreich Institut Brno
  • Österreich Werbung
  • Prager Literatur Haus
  • Österreichisches Gymnasium Prag
  • Das Österreichische Kulturforum Prag
  • Österreichische Botschaft Prag
  • Germanisten und Deutschlehrerverein der Tschechischen Republik 
  • Der Germanistenverband der Tschechischen Republik
  • Kampagne šprechtíme
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