The Austrian National Committee for the IGBP, WCRP and IHDP has the task to co-ordinate funding of internationally renowned projects within the frame of the Global Change Programme. An essential component of these agreements is the exchange of scientists. The Austrian Academic Exchange Service is the biggest non-profit service institution of Austria in the area of academic mobility. It attends to students and researchers from all over the world who intend to study or carry out research in Austria, as well as Austrian students and scientists who wish to stay abroad in the framework of one of the Exchange Service's programmes. The Austrian Academic Exchange Service was commissioned to administrate international scholarship, exchange and mobility programmes by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Transport, the Federal Ministry for Education and Cultural Affairs, the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry.
Applications are to be submitted to the Austrian diplomatic mission in the applicant's country.
Eligible are postgraduate researchers and professionals from developing countries. Approximately 270 scholarships are offered every year. 9020 Klagenfurt, Tel. Studies in all subjects can be supported. The scholarship is meant to train highly qualified professionals and scientists at Austrian universities and to enable them to contribute to the improvement of livelihoods in their home countries.