University of Vienna 2025 The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program

The Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation established an academic exchange program to fund scholarships and fellowships for academic exchange between Austria and the US with a special focus on Universities of Applied Sciences and Technical Universities (“Fachhochschulen und Technische Universitäten”) and to open up and provide for transnational mobility.

Participants applying for a scholarship are students of Austrian and American Universities, studying science and engineering, who have an outstanding record of achievement in their field of study and plan to stay abroad at least for three months. All actions have a bottom-up approach, i.e. research fields/topics are chosen freely by the applicants.

• Table of Content
• About University of Vienna (Universitat Wien)
• The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program
• Aim and Benefits of The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program
• The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program Courses
• Requirements for The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Vienna (Universitat Wien)

The International Office serves as an information hub and service facility in the field of internationalisation and international relations at the University of Vienna. We support and advise members of the university in all international agendas, especially in bilateral cooperation requests. In close collaboration with the faculties, the International Office continually designs and promotes programmes for internationalisation for students, academics, scientists and general staff. The International Office facilitates participation by students, researchers and lecturers in mobility pr... continue reading

The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program

Aim and Benefits of The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program

The scholarship ranges between € 4,000 and € 10,000:

Minimum 90 days (3 months) – 119 days: € 4,000
120 days (4 months) – 149 days: € 5,000
more than 5 months (150 days): € 6,000
from 195 days: additional € 1,500
Master students: additional € 1,500
PhD students: additional € 2,500

The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program Courses

• Biological Chemistry
• Cartography
• Chemistry
• Developmental Biology
• Earth sciences
• Genetics
• Geo Information
• Geograghy
• Mathematics
• Media Informatics
• Molecular Biology
• Pharmacy
• Physics

Requirements for The Marshall Plan Scholarships Program Qualification

Master and PhD students who have an academic supervisor at the University of Vienna in the following fields may apply:

• Chemistry, biological chemistry
• Doctorate of technical sciences
• Doctorate of natural sciences
• Earth sciences
• Geography, cartography and geo information
• Mathematics
• Media informatics, scientific computing
• Molecular biology, genetics and developmental biology
• Pharmacy
• Physics

Applicants must remain enrolled as students at the home university during the entire research period with an outstanding record of achievement.

Documents Required for Application

• Application form
• Letter of motivation (maximum 2 pages)
• Research proposal in English (minimum 1,500 words, maximum 2,500 words)
• Curriculum Vitae (in tabular form)
• Transcript of academic records
• 2 letters of recommendation, written and signed by researchers of the University of Vienna. One letter of recommendation has to be issued by the supervisor of the Master or PhD thesis.
• Letter of acceptance from the host university in the United States. Please note that the exact period of stay (beginning and end date) has to be mentioned in the letter. Only official university letters will be accepted.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Vienna Scholarship webpage