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FWF | Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships including a return phase

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Submissions accepted continuously

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