This Fulbright U.S. Student Program partnership award is run by Fulbright Austria (the Austrian-American Educational Commission) and funded by the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation.
Grantees carry out their own full-time research project in science, technology, engineering or mathematics while enrolled at an Austrian university. It is meant mainly for PhD candidates, but strong graduate students and recent graduates are also considered.
Benefits & funding
- €1,300 a month for nine months (October–June), plus a €2,000 travel and relocation allowance
- Tuition waived at Austrian public universities; accident and sickness cover up to US$100,000
- No support for dependents
- Duty: a final research paper of at least 7,500 words
Eligibility
- US citizens or nationals at the deadline; permanent residents are not eligible; dual nationals only in special circumstances
- A bachelor’s degree before the grant starts (graduating seniors may apply)
- Not eligible: PhD holders, or anyone who lived abroad five or more of the six years before the deadline
- Not eligible: residence in Austria in the year before the grant
- Not eligible: projects in medicine or veterinary medicine
- Intermediate German recommended, depending on the project
Can you apply?
Here's who can apply
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“Applicants who currently hold or will hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) by the national application deadline. … Anyone who has resided abroad for five or more years in the six-year period preceding the national application deadline.” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
USA
Education required
Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor
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Application process
- 1Contact Austrian host institutions about equipment and facilities, and get a letter of affiliation; an application without one is incomplete.
- 2Submit the Fulbright online application with three recommendations by 6 October 2026 (Fulbright Austria lists 7 October, 17:00 ET); applicants through a US institution usually have an earlier campus deadline.
Program timeline
6 October 2026
Fulbright deadline (2027–28 cycle)
recommended / not recommended notice
End of January 2027
final selections, on a rolling basis
Spring 2027
orientation in Vienna
Mid- to late September 2027
grant period
1 October 2027 – 30 June 2028