Uni:Docs Fellowship Programme

The uni:docs fellowship programme is an individual scholarship which aims at financing excellent doctoral candidates for a period of three years. The scholarship will provide outstanding early stage researchers with conditions that allow them to focus exclusively on their research and thus make substantial contributions to science. The fellowship programme will be offered once a year. It will be awarded on the basis of a multilevel review process. Currently, three calls for applications are planned.

Eligibility for Uni:Docs Fellowship Programme:

• The fellowship programme is open to doctoral candidates of all disciplines. 
• Applicants need not necessarily already be enrolled as Ph.D. candidates at the time of application.
• Already enrolled applicants: If the applicant is already enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna, the admission has to have occurred no earlier than the summer semester 2019.
• Not yet enrolled applicants: If the applicant is not yet enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Vienna, the admission needs to take place before October 2019. All information about requirements and the admission process can be found Opens external link in a new window.
• If funding for a duration of at least 2 years has been granted from elsewhere, then it is not possible to apply for the uni:docs scholarship.
• Applicants need a supervisor at the University of Vienna who is working in the field of the planned thesis. At the time of their application, applicants already have to be accepted by this supervisor as a Ph.D. candidate.
• The supervisor needs to fill out an online form (see application documents) to complete the application process.

Value of Scholarship:

• The recipient of Uni:Docs Fellowship Programme will get a salary for the duration of the fellowship.

Deadline:

• The deadline for Uni:Docs Fellowship Programme's application is 16th January, 2019.