Master
Before or during your master’s thesis
NAWI - Leistungsstipendium
Stipend of the Natural Science Faculty (we have mixed experiences with it)
NAWI - Förderstipendium
Stipend of the Natural Science Faculty
Grazer Universitaetsverbund
No experience so far
BioTechMed-Graz lab rotation program
This is suitable if you would like to go to another lab and learn a new method or to potentially check out PhD options elsewhere
https://biotechmedgraz.at/de/programme/lab-rotation-program/
Two of our students previously got a lab rotation stipend.
If you would like to apply for a PhD stipend after finishing your Master’s thesis
There is a possibility to apply to the Austrian Academy of Sciences, but it has to be done well in advance:
https://stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/stipendien/doc
See the page on Funding for details.
After finishing the thesis
Initiative Gehirnforschung Steiermark
IngeSt Prise in the category “Masterarbeit/Diplom”
https://gehirnforschung.at/nachwuchsforderung/forschungspreis/
Prises of the Austrian Society for Neurpsychology (Gesellschaft für Neuropsychologie Österreich)
Advertised x1 per year via Email, look out for an email from Natalia
Experience: We have been shortlisted several times, but without a final success
PhD
Josef-Krainer-Förderungspreis
deadline typically in September
Experience: awarded to one former doctoral student
Initiative Gehirnforschung Steiermark (PhD)
IngeSt Prise in the category “Dissertation”
https://gehirnforschung.at/nachwuchsforderung/forschungspreis/