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Franz Werfel Grant for young university teachers of German language and Austrian literature
| Country of origin |all (except Austria)
| Target Country |Austria
| Area of study or research |Humanities and Theology
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 |ÖAD/ACM 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! If the research activity is successful, the grant 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 € 380.-- (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) Recipients of grants are exempted from paying tuition fees.
4) Applicants from non-European developing countries will receive a travel costs subsidy of € 730.- together with their first grant instalment in Austria.


| Closing date for applications |
01. 03. 2010for the academic year 2010/11
| Where to submit your application |New applicants:
online at http://www.scholarships.at


Applications for renewals:
Centre for International Cooperation & Mobility (ICM)/OeAD-GmbH
Dr. Lydia Skarits
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 |
| Advice on how to apply |
Those in receipt of a Werfel grant can work as visiting researchers at university departments and carry out specialist studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions.
Applications are only open to university teachers who are primarily occupied with Austrian literature. 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: 35 (born on or after Oct. 1st, 1974 for the first award of the grant).

After completion of at least 12 months of research supported by the grant the scientific director of the Franz Werfel grant programme will decide about the admission in the follow-on support programme after consultation with the academic supervisor.
For the follow-on support programme the following measures are scheduled:
- an invitation to a literature symposium 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 German studies
- habilitation grant
- publication allowance


| Selection procedure |
Selection is made by an expert commission in Vienna.
| Further information |
At the Austrian representative authorities abroad http://www.bmeia.gv.at and the ÖAD http://www.oead.at
| Last change |
20.11.2009 made by Mag. Karl Koppensteiner (BMWF)
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