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ASEA-UNINET Project Call 2024: Funding within ASEA-UNINET Projects (2025-2026)

The ASEA-UNINET Project Call aims to promote bilateral and multilateral projects in the field of research, research-led teaching or art between Austria and the following ASEA-UNINET member countries: Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

The funding is organized by the OeAD-GmbH/MPC in cooperation with ASEA-UNINET (on behalf of and financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research – BMBWF).

Deadline:

04 November 2024

Benefits:

  1. OUTGOING FUNDING (from Austria to the ASEAN partner country or Pakistan)
    • Travel allowance: Total travel allowance per stay abroadup to 1,500 Euro
    • Grant for accommodation costs
      • Doctoral students and scientists: up to 1,300 Euro / month
      • For shorter stays, the amount is reduced as follows: up to 12 working days up to 110 Euro / working day, after that the full amount
    • Grant for material costs: up to 3,000 Euro per project
    • Grant for clinical traineeships: Funding only in the field of veterinary/human medicine.
      • Duration / (One-off) grant for clinical trainees:
      • 4 weeks (minimum) / 1,000 Euro
      • 6 weeks / 1,500 Euro
      • 8 weeks (maximum) / 2,000 Euro
  2. INCOMING FUNDING (from the ASEAN partner country or Pakistan to Austria):
    • Subsidy for travel expenses: Total travel allowance per stay abroad up to 1,500 Euro
    • Subsidy for accommodation costs:
      • Doctoral students and scientists: 1,300 Euro / month
      • For shorter stays, the amount is reduced as follows: up to 12 working days 110 Euro / working day, after that the full amount

Duration:

  • Project Implementation Period:
    • 1-year projects: 01 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
    • 2-year projects: 01 January 2025 – 31 December 2026
  • The minimum length of stay per mobility is 1 week (shorter stays must be convincingly justified and approved by the ASEA-UNINET board), the maximum length of stay per mobility is 3 months.

Research Areas:

All scientific disciplines: Natural sciences, technical sciences, human medicine, health sciences, agricultural sciences, veterinary medicine, humanities and social sciences, art and music

Eligible Countries:

Austria, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam

Eligibility:

  • All universities participating in the project and receiving funding must be ASEA-UNINET (Full-)Members or Candidate Members, hereinafter referred to as member universities, of the countries listed above.
  • At least one cooperating university has to be an ASEA-UNINET member university in Austria.
  • The project application must be submitted by the Austrian side, namely by the Austrian project lead at an ASEA-UNINET member university. The following academic university members are eligible to apply, if they:
    • hold a professorship or have a habilitation, or
    • are members of the rectorate (provided they are involved in research), or
    • are the head of an organisational unit with tasks in research, development or exploitation of the arts.
  • Other academic staff (with employment), scientists and doctoral students (see page the next item for definition) are eligible to apply under the following condition:
    • They enclose a short letter of recommendation within the application. This must be issued either by a member of the rectorate of the applying university (group b) or by a member of group a or c of the assigned organisational unit.
  • All project participants in receipt of funding must be employees of the Austrian or ASEAN (incl. Pakistani) partner university/universities at the time the project is carried out. The following are eligible for funding:
    • Students (only in the course of clinical traineeships, see page 5 in the information document)
    • Doctoral students (people who are completing a doctoral degree at an ASEA-UNINET member university)
    • Scientists (people who are conducting research at an ASEA-UNINET member university, with or without a doctorate, depending on their position)
  • Only projects with a (awarded) minimum funding amount of 5,000 Euro may be funded. Projects for clinical traineeships are excluded from this rule.
  • No age limit.

How to Apply?

Applications can ONLY be submitted by members of the Austrian ASEA-UNINET (candidate) member universities – online application ONLY via the OeAD online (portal: STIP-Online).

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