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Grants and Scholarships

Merit-based scholarship grants

As soon as a new call for applications is released, the application form will be made available here.

Need-based scholarship grants

Mobility grants for doctoral/PhD candidates

Mobility grants for doctoral/PhD candidatesare intended to help cover travel expenses and encourage mobility. For mobility scholarships, there is no set application period - applications can be submitted throughout the year, before or after the stay abroad. To apply, please submit the completed application form and the necessary documents listed in the guidelines to the Doctoral Office (Building LC, 2nd floor, Study Service Center). The scholarship is awarded by the Vice-Rector, Academic Programs and Student Affairs, once a year (in the second week of October).

Doctoral seminars on a European level

Doctoral seminars on a European level are offered by the European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration (EDAMBA), a network to further student exchange and to promote scientific cooperation between doctoral students in the Economic and Social Sciences.

More information on EDAMBA and its programs and activities

The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM) is another international network for management research and teaching. The Institute organises conferences, seminars and workshops and promotes interdisciplinary research initiatives and the development and quality of European doctoral programs.

Further information on EIASM, its projects and its members 

Research funds for WU's academic staff

Informationen about research funds for academic staff of WU are available in the research funding databasehttps://bach.wu.ac.at/d/grants/.

External Funding

In this section you will find a number of scholarships, grants, prizes and awards.

  • stipendium.at: federal aid for students in Austria

  • grants.at: Austria's largest online database for national and international grants and scholarships

If you have quesions about the external funding sources mentioned in this section, please email us.

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