Applications for Scholarships
The AAI Salzburg grants scholarships to students from developing countries.
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS:
- nationality of a non-European developing country (country list)
- admission to a Master or PhD programme at a university or university of applied sciences in Salzburg or Tyrol (Uni Salzburg, Uni Innsbruck, FH Salzburg, MCI, FH Kufstein)
- for PhD students: approved disposition
- age limit: Master studies max. 30 years (mothers: 35 years), PhD studies max. 35 years (mothers: 40 years) at the time of application
- residence permit “student”
NO SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AWARDED FOR
- studies at private universities
- postgraduate study programmes ("Lehrgänge", e.g. "Universitätslehrgang" or "Fachhochschullehrgang") or other non-degree certificate programmes
- applicants with a residence title other than “student”
- non-degree programme students („außerordentliche Studierende“)
- short term visits and exchange programmes
REQUIREMENTS FOR A SUCCESFUL APPLICATION:
- Financial need
We consider own income, savings, other means of support, profession and income of parents in order to select students who would hardly be able to successfully finish their studies without financial support.
- Evidence of good progress in studies
Good study progress documented by transcript of records of current and past studies. In programmes without entry exams, students who have already completed at least one semester at an Austrian university have a distinctive advantage.
- Interest in development and according specialisation in studies
Prospective awardees are expected to show a strong interest in development related issues, which is supposed to be reflected in the choice of study fields, prior work experience, voluntary activities etc.
Possible fields of specialisation are poverty reduction, social justice, global migrations, gender equality, climate change, sustainable use of resources, food security, renewable energies, environmental protection, sustainable tourism, urbanisation, health, human rights, democratisation, good governance, fighting corruption, conflict prevention and resolution, international relations, intercultural dialogue. This list should provide applicants with an idea of relevant topics, it is, however, not exclusive.
The scholarship will contribute to exercise the right to education for those critical and intellectual young people who encounter poor conditions in their home countries. These aspects still apply more strongly to women. Regarding applications from equally qualified individuals, priority is given to female students.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Please send your complete application documents by E-Mail or by using a free data transfer (wetransfer)
- After your application has been reviewed, you will be invited for an online-interview (via skype, zoom or webex)
- The decision is taken by the scholarship committee in mid August. You will be informed about the decision shortly after.
Nationals of the following countries are eligible for a One World Scholarship (based on OECD DAC list of ODA recepients) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep., Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Congo (Rep.), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia Fiji Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana Haiti, Honduras India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran Jamaica, Jordan Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea (Dem. Rep.), Kyrgyz Rep. Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maledives, Mali, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States), Mongolia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines Rwanda Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Helena, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu Uganda, Uzbekistan Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam Wallis and Futuna, West Bank and Gaza Strip Yemen Zambia, Zimbabwe