POST-DOC-TRACK-Auswahl

Selection

The fellowship holders are selected by an awarding committee, whose members are nominated by the OeAW and the Austrian Universities Conference (uniko).

At least one review is obtained for each application; on the basis of these reports, the fellowship committee decides on the awarding of the fellowships.

The selection process takes about five months. The decision is made in April (submission deadline in November) or in October (submission deadline in May).

Applicants do not have recourse to legal action.

Selection Criteria

1. Applicant’s academic qualifications and career development

• competitive course of study (Diplom/Master, Dr./PhD)
• publications (peer review)
• (international) mobility
• other prizes, awards, etc.

2. Scientific quality of previous research achievements

• originality and relevance for the field, esp. of the research questions and results of the doctoral thesis
• quality of journals or publishing houses
• collaboration with other scholars or working groups (including in other disciplines)
• (international) cooperation within the framework of research projects

3. Scientific quality of the proposed project

• Application to complete publications from the dissertation:
  Relevance of the planned publications to the field and the applicant's further career development; quality of the intended journals or the publishing house
• Application for funding for developing an application for third-party funding:
  Originality and relevance to the field; clarity of research questions and methodology; assessment of the prospects of obtaining funding in the selected funding line on the basis of CV and list of publications
• Application for funding of networks:
  Assessment of the planned (international) cooperation/networks, esp. quality of the proposed research institution and scholarly potential of the planned stay abroad, with regard to the applicant's further career development