MAX KADE Instructions for Applicants

Fill in the online application form (Online-Erfassungsbogen) in German. After you have submitted your application documents, your data are stored in the database of the Office for Fellowships and Awards of the OeAW. Sign the printed version of the online application form and send it by regular mail together with three hard copies of all the requested documents (printed on one side only) to the Office for Fellowships and Awards. In addition, please send all documents as PDF-files by email.

You may exclude up to three potential reviewers from the review procedure. Do not use staples and put the hard copies of your documents in the order listed below. (The documents you submit will not be returned after the end of the evaluation process.)

After the application deadline it is not possible to change or add anything. Incomplete applications are not accepted.

Application deadline: May 15 each year (postmark)

Revision of rejected applications
In case you have revised and intend to resubmit an application after previous rejection, please indicate that it is a resubmission in a letter accompanying your application.
In addition, include comments on each review addressing the suggestions and criticism expressed in the review of the previous application and point out the changes that have been made. This can be done either in the accompanying letter or in the project description.

Choice of Research Institution
The Max Kade Foundation is not permitted to make a grant check payable to an individual or to any other entity except the host institute, which must be a public charity and not a private foundation according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Most universities and colleges fall into this category.

Please send by regular mail (three hard copies):

A) Application Documents:

1. Online application form (Online-Erfassungsbogen)
2. Tabular CV
   Note: Completion of a doctorate or PhD is required for the application for MAX KADE.
3. Description of academic career, incl. Education (max. 1 page)
4. Publication list
   This list should be a complete list of your scientific publications ordered inversely chronological as follows: peer-reviewed journals (incl. accepted and submitted), books, editions, published conference papers, posters.
   The list must mention for each work: all authors, full title, series/journal title, year and page numbers. Do not use abbreviations! Please also state which publications result from your doctoral thesis.
5. Confirmation by the head of the university institute or the research institution in Austria that it will be possible for the applicant to return to the institution after the project's completion (one copy must bear the original signature).
6. Invitation letter from the host institution in the USA confirming the possibility of carrying out the research project as planned (one copy must bear the original signature).
7. Submission of all relevant clearance and any permits (e.g. from the Ethics Commission or the Commission for Animal Experimentation) that are required

   B. Project Description:

8. Abstract (i.e. project summary of 1-2 pages)
9. Project description (min. 10 and max. 20 pages)
   The Project description must be structured as follows:
   • Background (description of the problem/ status of research)
   • Specific Aims
   • Research Methods
   • References
10. Work Procedure and Timetable, incl. a description of the applicant's contribution to the overall project
11. Reference letters by three persons who know the applicant's academic background (one copy of each letter must bear the original signature)

All documents that are sent by regular mail have to be sent by email as well.

Please send 2 PDF-files to application@oeaw.ac.at:

A) Application documents (pt 1-7)
B1) Abstract (pt 8)
B2) Project description (pt 9-11)

Please send three hard copies of the application documents by regular mail to the following address:
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Office of Fellowships and Awards
Postgasse 7-9
1010 Wien
Austria