Fulbright Austria offers up to 23 awards. The majority of awards are anchored at specific Austrian institutions and correspondingly dedicated to host institutions' specific fields of interest, ranging from natural and life sciences, engineering, and business and economics to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. Fulbright Austria hosts two US scholar cohorts per year, with the majority of scholars arriving in spring.
In recent years, Austria has established itself as one of the top-ten destinations for Fulbright US Scholars, a success which is largely due to the excellent partnerships the Austrian Fulbright commission has built with institutions across the country. As enthusiastic supporters of the Fulbright program, Austrian institutions are excited to welcome US scholars to their campuses and to expand their professional networks.
Please note that Austrian institutions will be on summer break from July 1 until September 30. If you contact faculty and staff, please consider that turnaround times will potentially be longer as of early July.
Fulbright Austria (the Austrian-American Educational Commission) evaluates proposals in terms of their potential to fulfill the program's mandate of promoting mutual understanding between the peoples of Austria and the United States. Proposals for flexible combinations of teaching and research will be evaluated for their scholarly excellence, comparative approaches, bilateral relevance and potential for establishing or enhancing institutional relationships. As a rule, the quality of an applicant's proposal is more important to the Austrian-American Educational Commission than the academic rank of the applicant.
Fulbright Austria expects applicants to take all possible measures to avoid plagiarism. For resources on plagiarism, please visit these external resources:
• The Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research’s Best Practice Guide for Research Integrity and Ethics
• The Austrian Agency for Research Integrity’s website
Grantees to Austria are responsible for costs related to obtaining a visa in the US (processing fees, hotel, travel, etc.).
In country, the first grant payment will be disbursed at the start of the grantee's assignment, pending submission of the Austrian bank information form. Bank processing times for the first grant payment may take up to two weeks from the date of submission. Grantees should be prepared to cover their own expenses for this period. No dependent support is available.
For an estimated overview of the cost of living in Austria, please visit: https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/country/austria.
For further information on life in Austria, please visit the U.S. Embassy Vienna's website and the Austrian Embassy Washington's website.
Dr. Franziska Brunner, Scholar Program Officer
Fulbright Austria (Austrian-American Educational Commission):
Email: fbrunner@fulbright.at
Address: Fulbright Austria, MQ, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria
Website: www.fulbright.at
The University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Burgenland attaches great importance to enabling a good work-life balance between work and family or study and family. The University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Burgenland is a state-certified prizewinner in this area.
Grant activities are supported by excellent laboratory equipment, both for experimental examinations as well as for computer simulations. In addition and most importantly, visiting professors are part of the university family from day one. Everyone at UAS Burgenland is perceived as an individual, no one is a number - whether professor or student - and everyone works together as a team in a relaxed but focused manner. The teaching situation at UAS Burgenland also fits in with this: teaching is held in small groups in almost all cases, and the ratio of professors to students is excellent. The university also shows entrepreneurial spirit in teaching and research.
In addition to the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) Burgenland, two research companies are located directly on the Pinkafeld campus, which enables further thematic exchange and networking. The same applies to industrial and commercial enterprises in the area of research, which are located at the site or in the immediate vicinity.
Sustainability is a trademark of Burgenland. For example, the region strives for energy self-sufficiency based on renewable energy and has already achieved this target for electrical energy (mainly wind energy). Burgenland is therefore considered a role model for energy policy processes. The department is actively involved in related activities and therefore offers an authentic and innovative research environment.