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Richard Plaschka Scholarship
| Country of origin |All
| Target Country |Austria
| Area of study or research |Humanities and Theology
Historical Sciences, Linguistics and Literature Sciences
| Type of grant |Grants
| 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 |7 new awards per academic year! In case of successful research activities the scholarship can, on request, be renewed (total duration 18 months).
| Grant benefit paid |

1) Monthly grant
a) grant: € 1040.--
b) book allowance: € 93.--

2) Accident and health insurance, accommodation
a) If necessary, the ÖAD will take out an accident and health insurance on behalf of the grant recipient.
b) Accommodation (student hall of residence or flat) will be provided by the ÖAD for recipients of grants. Monthly costs: € 200.-- to € 350.-- (depending on how much comfort the recipients of grants want). An administration fee of € 15.-- 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.
3) Applicants from non-European developing countries will receive a travel costs for interview subsidy up to € 730.- together with their first grant instalment in Austria.
4) Recipients of grants are exempted from paying tuition fees.
| Closing date for applications |
01. 03. 2010
| 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 |at www.scholarships.at


Recommendations for the applications for BMWF-scholarship programs you can find at: www.oead.ac.at/_ausland/stipendien/hinweise-engl.pdf



| Advice on how to apply |
Recipients of Plaschka grants can work as visiting researchers at university departments 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. Age limit: no age limit (This programme is aimed at promoting young researchers and scientists)
After having consumed at least 9 scholarship months the grant recipients will be evaluated by the "Richard Plaschka Scholarship Commission". If the evaluation results are positive and if grant recipients have consumed at least 12 scholarship months they will qualify for follow-on contact. Follow-on contact comprises 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
| Selection procedure |
1. Pre-selection based on the written application documents.
2. Interviews by the "Richard-Plaschka scholarship committee" in Vienna.
| Further information |
At the Austrian representative authorities abroad http://www.bmeia.gv.at and  at the Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility/OeAD-GmbH  http://www.oead.at.
| Last change |
27.01.2010 made by Sigrid Kabran (BMWF)
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