Search tips

relates only to names/titles of grants in the database – it is NOT a full-text search! NO combinations (e.g. word1 and/or word2) are possible, the search is not case-sensitive!

Tips & Tricks

• Only enter parts of the name or parts of words – be careful about singular/plural
• Try different ways of spelling and different words
• A search for grant-awarding authorities is useless in most cases as these often do not feature in the name of the grant.
• If a specific field of study is not listed in the drop-down list, it is sometimes useful to search for part of the name of the – often interdisciplinary – special field, e.g. energy, nano, environment, tourism or climate.

Examples

• If you are looking for the “Paul-Urban-Foundation….” just search for “urban” since by searching for “paul urban” (without hyphen!) the entry will not be found.
• Typing in “fin” will yield both “…Finland…” and “…Finnish…”.
• Use different words – e.g. ‘communic’ and ‘journal’ for Communication Studies/Journalism.

Country of origin can mean your nationality – but also your place of residence or study.

If you are studying in Austria, select once your nationality and in a second search your place of residence "Austria".

Grants for whole degree programmes in the target country:
Grants/scholarships for students who are going to complete an entire study programme (degree programme) in the target country (“study scholarships/grants”); these may cover the entire study period or only parts of it (semesters, individual years)

Semester and/or one-year grants:
“Study abroad scholarships/grants”; grants/scholarships for study mobility – one semester or year (for credit programmes – e. g. Erasmus+ Grants for study mobility or CEEPUS )

Grants for summer courses: Grants for study visits in the summer, Summer Schools, Sommerkollegs, etc.

Practical trainings: Funding for practical training / internships / work placements

Subsidies, Allowances:
Support for events, publications, printing costs, travel expenses, writing of a final paper (bachelor’s, master’s, or traditional degree (“Diplom”) thesis or dissertation), childcare, acquisition and improvement of foreign language skills. Subsidies for printing costs and final papers are sometimes granted in the form of prizes.
Subsidies/allowances do not cover the full living costs!

Awards, prizes: Awards/prizes for persons and institutions

Research grants: Grants for personal research activities; fellowships; working scholarships (in the arts)

Research allowances: Support for project-related research and development (R&D) activities

Undergraduates: Students in a bachelor programme

Graduates: Students in a master or diploma programme

Postgraduates: Persons having completed a master or diploma programme

PhD students:  Students participating in a PhD or doctoral programme

PhD holders, Postdocs: Researchers after PhD programmes

Researchers: Researchers regardless of PhD programmes

Companies / Scientific institutions: Support for companies or scientific institutions (only institutional support)

If you select a superordinate term it will also include all subordinate ones.

The following areas are available for selection:

1    Natural Sciences

101    Mathematic
102    Computer Sciences
103    Physics, Astronomy
104    Chemistry
105    Geosciences
106    Biology
107    Other and Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences

2    Technical Sciences
201    Construction Engineering (incl. Architecture, Transportation)
202    Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Information Engineering
203    Mechanical Engineering
204    Chemical Process Engineering
205    Materials Engineering
206    Medical Engineering
207    Environmental Engineering, Applied Geosciences (incl. Mining)
208    Environmental Biotechnology
209    Industrial Biotechnology
210    Nanotechnology
211    Other and Interdisciplinary Technical Sciences (incl. Metallurgy)

3    Human Medicine, Health Sciences
301    Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
302    Clinical Medicine
303    Health Sciences (incl. Nutritional Sciences, Hygiene)
304    Medical Biotechnology
305    Other and Interdisciplinary Human Medicine, Health Sciences

4    Agricultural Sciences
401    Agriculture and Forestry, Fishery
402    Animal Breeding, Animal Production
403    Veterinary Medicine
404    Agricultural Biotechnology, Food Biotechnology
405    Other and Interdisciplinary Agricultural Sciences

5    Social Sciences
501    Psychology
502    Economics
503    Educational Sciences
504    Sociology
505    Law
506    Political Science
507    Human Geography, Regional Geography, Regional Planning
508    Media and Communication Sciences
509    Other and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

6    Humanities
601    History, Archaeology
602    Linguistics and Literature
603    Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
604    Arts (incl. Art History)
605    Other and Interdisciplinary Humanities

7    Arts

The struture of the areas is based on the Austrian Systematic of Science Branches © Statistik Austria.

For Austria (in German only)

Der Förderkompass – ein Service des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie (BMVIT): www.foerderkompass.at

Overview of Austrian research and business development programmes: www.foerderpilot.at

Förderdatenbank der Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (WKO)

Datenbank zur Weiterbildungsförderung (Grants for futher education): www.erwachsenenbildung.at

Funding database for fine arts, performing arts, film and video, literature and music in Austria: www.smartatmobility.com
 

National databases of other countries

Australia: www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/scholarships

New Zealand: www.studyinnewzealand.govt.nz/how-to-apply/scholarships

China: http://en.csc.edu.cn/Laihua/scholarshipen.aspx

Canada: www.scholarships.gc.ca

Germany:
DAAD – Scholarship Database
Stipendienlotse – Die Stipendiendatenbank des BMBF (in German only)

France: http://campusbourses.campusfrance.org/fria/bourse/#/catalog

The Netherlands: www.grantfinder.nl

United Kingdom: Study UK: Discover You

Europe-wide and regional

Euraxess Jobs: a job database with updated job vacancies and fellowships for researchers and PhD students throughout

Europe European funding database: www.european-funding-guide.eu

Database of EU calls: EUcalls.net

Scholarship Database for Western Balkan Countries: www.s4wb.eu

International International

Financial Aid and College Scholarship Search: www.iefa.org/scholarships

Database for research funding opportunities worldwide, and links to projects supporting the EU policy dialogue with those countries that have a science and technology agreement with the European Union: www.bilat.eu