Research Support Grants
Research Support Grants can be applied for by postdocs of the Faculty of Life Sciences to support (i) the presentation of results at scientific meetings, (ii) participation in special methods courses, workshops and research trainings, (iii) short-term stays (up to three months) outside Vienna to acquire new methodological expertise or continue experimental work in the research group of a collaborating partner, and (iv) urgently required consumables, which cannot be purchased by other funds (in this case extra separate justification by the PI is necessary). A total of 10 grants per year are available.
Eligiblity:
Postdoctoral researchers with an ongoing fixed-term employment contract (not Senior Scientist, Senior Lecturer or Assistant Professor TT) can apply. Ongoing employment means that the applicant must be employed at the faculty at the time of application and at the time of use of the funding (i.e., scientific meeting, training/workshop, etc.).
- The signature of the respective PI is necessary for each application, in case of self-financed employment the signature of the hosting PI is required.
The Dean´s office will check formalities and decide based on need, clear and detailed justification, and available financial resources. Only one application per postdoc is possible per calendar year.
No deadline applies, but the application has to be sent to dekanat.lewi@univie.ac.at at least 8 weeks before the trip, purchase of laboratory reagents or the trainings and workshops. It is not possible to retroactively apply for a grant.