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

9 October 2024

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)
    a. Travel allowance: Total travel allowance per stay abroad up to 1,500 Euro
    b. 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
    c. Grant for material costs: up to 3,000 Euro per project
    d. Grant for clinical traineeships: Funding only in the field of veterinary/human medicine.
    • Duration / (One-off) grant for clinical trainees:
    o 4 weeks (minimum) / 1,000 Euro
    o 6 weeks / 1,500 Euro
    o 8 weeks (maximum) / 2,000 Euro
  2. INCOMING FUNDING (from the ASEAN partner country or Pakistan to Austria):
    a. Subsidy for travel expenses: Total travel allowance per stay abroad up to 1,500 Euro
    b. 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.

For more eligibility information, please refer to this link https://asea-uninet.org/scholarships-grants/project-support/ or the information document.

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).

For more information: