FWF | Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships including a return phase
The Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships are intended for highly qualified postdocs of any discipline to gain experience abroad.
Target group
Highly qualified postdocs of any discipline
Goals
- Promotion of scientific work at leading foreign research institutions; gaining experience abroad during the postdoc-phase
- facilitation of access to new scientific areas, methods, procedures and techniques so as to contribute - following return to Austria - to the further development of science in Austria
Requirements
- completed doctoral studies
- international scientific publications
- invitation from the foreign research institution
- If a return phase is requested: confirmation of the Austrian research institution
Duration
Fellowship abroad: 10–24 months; return phase: max. 12 months (depends on the duration of the fellowship abroad)
Funding amount
- Variable basic fellowship for principal investigators (fellowship rates depend on country)
- Allowance of 300 euros per month available for career-development measures
- Where applicable: Principal investigator’s salary (current senior postdoc rate of the FWF) and project-specific costs (flat rate) depending on the duration of the return phase (maximum 15,000 euros)
Applications
only via the FWF’s electronic application portal (elane)
- accepted continuously, no application deadlines
- in English
More information on the program is available on the website of the FWF.
Webinars
The FWF is hosting the webinar Focus on Erwin Schrödinger Program:
- 27 November 2026, 13:30–15:30h
- Free admission
- Language: Englisch
- Registration until 25 November
For general information about the funding principles and portfolio of the FWF, there is the webinar FWF Funding 101.
- 28 October 2026, 10–11:30 h
- Free admission
- Language: Englisch
- Registration until 26 October