Contact
Contact
Questions related to third party funding can be directed to:
Mag. Dr. Herbert Gasser
T: +43-1-4277- 50008
The list below provides an overview of some of the most important programs available to life science postdocs in Austria. Additional funding opportunities & open calls can be found on the website of the Research Services & Career Development Department: Click here!
Funding for research projects in Austria
- FWF Start Award
- FWF Stand alone projects
- ERC grants
- Elise Richter Programme
- WWTF Programmes
Incoming Fellowships
- ESPRIT Programme
- Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
- WWTF Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators
- Postdoc Fellowship by the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences
- For projects in Austria/Germany/Switzerland
- Age limit 34y
- Information mostly in German
- Application documents
- DFG Walter Benjamin Programme
- If previous research/PhD in Germany
- Can also be used to return to Germany
Outgoing fellowships/research stays
- Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships
- EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Can also serve as incoming program (if coming from another EMBO country)
- EMBO Scientific Exchange Grants
- Humboldt Research Fellowship (Germany)
- Fulbright Grants (US)
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Canada)
- The Ulam NAWA Programme (Poland)
- HFSP Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Can also be used for incoming, but moving after PhD is required
- DFG Emmy Noether Programme (Germany)
- min 2y postdoc experience required
- DFG Heisenberg Programme (Germany)
Research Prizes and Awards
- Research Prize by the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences
- For projects in Austria/Germany/Switzerland, age limit 35y
- Faculty Awards
- Young Investigator Award
- Gertrud Pleskot Award
- Marie Jahoda Grant