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FWF | Lise Meitner Programme

Deadline
Academy

The Lise Meitner Programme is open for submissions by highly qualified researchers of any discipline who could contribute to the scientific development of an Austrian research institution by working at it. This concerns post-doctoral researchers from abroad as well as post-doctoral researchers who have left Austria and wish to return to an Austrian research institution.

Target group

highly qualified researchers of any discipline who could contribute to the scientific development of an Austrian research institution by working at it.

  • incoming: post-doctoral researchers from abroad
  • reintegration: post-doctoral researchers who have left Austria and wish to return to an Austrian research institution

Goals

  • strengthening of the quality and the scientific know-how of the Austrian scientific community
  • creation of international contacts
  • career development

Requirements

  • completed doctoral studies
  • international scientific publications
  • invitation from an Austrian research institution

Length

24 months (project extension is not possible)

Level

  • dependent on the level of qualification personnel costs of 66,070 € (post-doc) or 72,630 € (senior post-doc) per year
  • project-specific costs up to 12,000 € per year

Applications

only via the FWF’s electronic application portal ( elane )

  • together with an Austrian co-applicant (mentor)
  • accepted continuously, no application deadlines
  • in English