The Ernst Mach Grant – ASEA-UNINET: Music Practice Grant funds a nine-month music study stay in Austria for students from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. OeAD-GmbH runs it for Austria’s Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) with the ASEA-UNINET university network.
Grantees study instrumental or vocal performance, conducting or composition. Auditions rotate between KUG (Graz), mdw (Vienna) and Mozarteum (Salzburg). The current call covers 2027/28.
Benefits & funding
- A monthly scholarship for 9 months; the rate is set in the call announcement and cannot be raised, e.g. for family.
- OeAD says it may not cover all costs: plan own funds for health insurance, rent, visa and travel.
- No enrolment as a regular student needed; the stay must end by June 2028.
Eligibility
- Citizens of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand or Vietnam.
- Students working toward, or holding, a bachelor’s or master’s degree in music practice: instrumental or vocal performance, composition or conducting.
- No older than 35 when applying.
- Proof of English at B2 or C1, certificate no older than one year.
- Not eligible: regular students at Austrian universities, permanent residents of Austria, people educated mainly in Austria, or anyone who lived or studied in Austria in the six months before the grant starts.
Application process
- 1Apply online via scholarships.at by 15 December 2026, 23:59 CET; this registers you for the audition. No research proposal or Austrian supervisor is needed yet.
- 2Take the mandatory audition interview (a 15-minute slot) in February 2027.
- 3If you pass, upload the auditions committee’s Letter of Endorsement by 1 March 2027, 23:59 CET.
- 4Formal check and audition result, then the ministry’s final decision.
Program timeline
Online application deadline (23:59 CET)
15 December 2026
Mandatory audition interview
February 2027
Letter of Endorsement deadline (23:59 CET)
1 March 2027
Stay must be completed
End of June 2028