To apply for a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the following steps must be taken.
I Consideration of the general guidelines
II Entering the online form
III Preparing documents
IV Submitting documents
Next deadline für applications: 10.8. - 15.9.2022
All PhD students who have finished their Diplom / Master degree in the period after 1 January 2020 are eligible to apply.
Application language
Applications from the natural sciences, the technical sciences, and medicine are to be written in English. Applications from the humanities, the social sciences and cultural studies may also be written in German.
All application documents must be in the same language!
Compliance with the guidelines for good scientific practice
When drafting the application, the programme statutes of the DOC programme and the guidelines of good scientific practice (https://oeawi.at/en/guidelines/) must be observed.
By signing the online application form for a DOC fellowship, applicants confirm that they have written the submitted project proposal independently.
Completion of Diplom/Master's degree and Admission to doctoral/PhD studies
A requirement for applying for a DOC Fellowship is formal entitlement to undertake doctoral/PhD studies at a university in Austria.
This means that applicants must have completed their Diplom/Master’s degrees when applying (i.e. certificate must be submitted) and must have been admitted to doctoral/PhD studies at a university in Austria.
Exceptions are made in case proof is enclosed that all courses were completed and the master’s thesis graded. The final exam for the master’s degree must take place mid-October at the latest (that is, four weeks after the application deadline); the date for the exam should be communicated when applying.
Subsequent amendments
It is not possible to make amendments or submit missing documents once an application has been submitted.
Only applications fulfilling the formal criteria will be considered for assessment.
Exclusion of reviewers
Applicants may request that up to three potential reviewers who have negative conflicts of interest be excluded from the review process.
Resubmission
It is possible to re-apply to this Fellowship programme, but only once and as long as the conditions of application are fulfilled.
Applications submitted a second time must be clearly indicated as such.
In the introduction to the revised projekt description, the progress that has been made with the project since the first submission must be outlined. If the reviews of the first submission expressed criticism or suggestions for reworking, a statement must be made on this and it must be shown whether and how these suggestions have been taken into consideration.
The re-application is a new procedure: Please update all application documents and revise your proposal based on the suggestions in the reviews!
Upon receipt of the completed form, the applicant's data will be entered into the database of the Department of Fellowships and Awards.
Online Form (accessible at the next submission date)
To complete the application, it is necessary to prepare application documents and project documents.
Application documents
Project documents
The project exposé must consider:
The completed documents are to be uploaded via the online form.
Upload via online form
Fill in the online form and upload the documents as a total of 4 PDF files.
State your name and title of your thesis in both the abstract and the project exposé. Protected files will not be accepted.
The individual files may not exceed 3 MB. The files are to be given the following names:
Confirmation of submission
After you have uploaded the application documents, you will receive a PDF document by e-mail that you will have to print and sign.
Return a scan of the signed form in PDF format (single file) as an attachment to a reply to the received email (click reply button). IMPORTANT: The default subject and recipient must not be changed.
Processing
Upon receipt of your application, we will check that it is complete and meets the formal criteria and it will then be entered into the database of the Department of Fellowships and Awards with a project number (A-number).
When all applications have been checked for completeness, about 3-4 weeks after the submission deadline, all applicants will be informed about the further course of the selection procedure.
Value of Fellowship
38,000 Euros annually (before tax)
Length of Fellowship
24 / 30 / 36 months
Submission
TBD
Contact
stipref(at)oeaw.ac.at