SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY GRANTS for SOUTH EAST ASIA

Scholarships of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, through the Austrian Council for Science and Technology Development

Target Countries:   
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam for Ph.D. and post-doc grants
Indonesia for on-place Master Grants

 
Conditions of the grants :
1. Ph.D. grants: € 11.280.- per year for accommodation, insurance, living costs
plus travel assistance of € 870.- per year (average, depends on country)
This amount is only sufficient for the living costs of 1 person. For every accompanying family member €   5.000.- have to be provided by the scholarship recipient from own resources in order to obatin residence permit for this person.
Scholarship holders will be exempted from tuition fees in Austria
2. post-doc grants:€ 15.720.- per year for accommodation, insurance, living costs
plus travel assistance of € 870.- once (average, depends on country)
3. Indonesia on-place grants: € 1.460.- per year
Scholarship holders 1) and 2) will be invited to spend some weeks with Austrian enterprises working in their field in order to familiarise themselves with practical and industrial aspects of their discipline. They will have to report their progress, in particular their research results and publications every 6 months.

Eligible Fields of Study / Research:
Applications are accepted for all fields of natural sciences and engineering,
for economics and medicine (technology related), and 1 post-doc grant for fine arts.
 
Applications:
Through the National ASEA-UNINET Co-ordinator of the home country,
whose name and address is found on the ASEA-UNINET homepage
http://asea-uninet.uibk.ac.at  
 
Qualification of Applicants:
Master degree for Ph.D. applicants, age maximum 30 years, good command of spoken and written English or German
Doctor degree for post-doc applicants, age maximum 35 years, good command of spoken and written English or German
Bachelor (S1) degree for on-place applicants, age maximum 25 years, fair command of spoken and written English or German, eligible for S2 programme in Indonesia
Scholarship applicants can be either University staff (public and private universities) or  persons proposed by these institutions
 
For on-place scholarships, any University graduate proposed by his/her academic institution is eligible, provided his/her research proposal for the S2 thesis fits into the field criteria above. 
 
Further requirements:
Statement of acceptance by an Austrian university professor acting as host and supervisor, for Ph.D. and post-doc grants
Statement of acceptance for S2 studies by an Indonesian university for on-place grants.  
 
Deadline for Applications:
January 31 of each calendar year  
 
The final selection of candidates will be made following an interview procedure carried out by a joint committee of professors /scientists from Austria and the country of the applicant, usually in February of each year.
The scholarship programme will be administrated by ASEA-UNINET in co-operation with the Austrian Academic Exchange Service (OAD), and in co-operation with the Ministry for University Affairs in Thailand and the Department for Higher Education (DIKTI) of the Ministry for Education and Culture of Indonesia. For more information, CLICK HERE