Something about research and exchange grants in Graz/Austria.

Prof. Gundolf Haase, University of Graz, Austria

• 3+1 large universities:
• Unversity of Graz
• Graz University of Technology
• Medical University of Graz
• Montan University of Leoben
• local research (and teaching) clusters as
• NAWI Graz,
• BioTechMed Graz,
• Automotive Cluster (AVL GmbH, Magna GmbH, virtual vehicle (TUG+KFU) )
• funded in parts by universities, grant agencies  (FWF, FFG), local industry
• profile-forming areas at universities
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• Funding for single projects:
• FWF in Austria, DFG in Germany
• special grants by ministry, local government
• Christian-Doppler laboratories (Uni + Industry)
• ERC grant for outstanding researchers (EC)
• Cooperative projects
• SFB: Special Research Area, 6-12 Project investigators (also interdisciplinary, various univ.) 4+3+3 years
• DK: Graduate school, 6-12 PI  (also interdisciplinary, various univ.)  4+4 years
• international DK: Graduate school together with univ. from Germany
• COMET program: basic research in application fields is funded for 7 years
• RCPE GmbH (Research Center for Pharmaceutical Engineering)
• vif GmbH (Virtiual Vehicle)
• Horizon 2020 (EC); hot topic "HPC in Europe (hardware and software)"
• PRACE
• Exchange programs (your first step to Europe):
• Erasmus
• COIMBRA
• stipendia (master students, PhDs, potsdocs).
• ASEA UNINET
• OEAD (Austrian Academic Exchange Service): IMPULSE project with Prof. Mokhtari (IUT).
• 15 k€ + 15 k€ for exchange of lecturers and students
• Winter School in Isfahan (Jan 2019); 30 participants incl. 2 PhD students from Austria 
• Summer School in Graz (Sept 2019) incl. 2 PhD students from Iran
• Prof. Mokhtari (IUT), Prof. Chegini, Prof.Haase (KFU), Prof. Schappacher (KFU)
• Joint supervising of PhD students, joint paper!?
• Ernst-Mach stipendia (master students, PhDs, postdocs).

• Look at: grants.at (int. scholarships).