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 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.

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.

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?

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 of the Master's program "Austrian Studies" at the University of Vienna can apply for a one-month scholarship to complete an internship at a university in the Czech Republic.

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 200 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: 1.150 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.a t.

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 31 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 6 weeks after the submission deadline.

Academics at public universities

Who can participate?

Citizens of EU member states, countries in the European Economic Area, and Switzerland 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.

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 six weeks of submitting an application
Written notification of applicants

Rozcestník

Foreign Exchange Stays

General Conditions

University students

Under what conditions can I participate?

Deadlines for submitting a scholarship application

Institutions eligible for scholarship stay

In Austria:

Záznamy webinářů

Academics at public universities

Deadlines for submitting scholarship applications

Useful links

Forms

Záznamy webinářů

Final reports

Final reports from scholarship stays

Useful links