Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2024/25

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024, 11:00am

The dissertation scholarship for the final phase aims to support doctoral students in the last phase of their dissertation until completion.

Funding for:

• Regular students (“ordentliche Studierende”) of all doctoral and PhD studies of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna or of the University of Art and Design Linz can apply for the fellowship.
• The applicants should convincingly convey that the successful finalization of the dissertation or the PhD project is possible during the fellowship.
• The expected quality of the dissertation or the PhD project is a central criterion in the selection process.

Requirements:

• The fellowship can only be awarded once per person during the whole doctoral/PhD study period.
• Applications can be submitted either in German or in English.
• The fellowships have to be started within six months after the applicants have been informed about the award of the fellowship (between January and June 2025).
• The net income or the amount of other sources of funding (e.g. grants, fellowships, etc.) must not exceed EUR 923,-- per month on average during the fellowship. This amount represents the highest stipend according to the Studies Grant Act.

Application:

• Completed application form in the online submission platform

The following documents need to be uploaded:

• Current certification of enrollment
• Approved Dissertation Agreement / PhD-Project Agreement / Supervision Agreement (Dr.techn) (Academy of fine Arts Vienna) or PhD-Supervision Agreement (University of Art and Design Linz) -- incl. signatures and exposé
• CV of the doctoral/PhD candidate, including publication list and/or listing of previous artistic activities and artistic portfolio
• Abstract of the dissertation or the PhD project (max. one page)
• Detailed work and time plan for the completion of the dissertation or the PhD project, including the planned date of completion.
  It has to be convincingly conveyed that the dissertation or the PhD project can be completed during the fellowship.
• Annotated table of contents of the dissertation or project outline of the arts-based PhD project, indicating which chapter has been completed and to what extent 
• Existing parts of the dissertation or the PhD project, e.g. completed chapters, a video project, the documentation of a performance, etc.

Furthermore, a letter of recommendation of the supervisor is necessary, which particularly addresses the following aspects: scientific/artistic qualification of the applicant, expected quality of the dissertation or the PhD project, as well as an assessment of whether the completion of the PhD is feasible within the indicated time frame.

The signed letters of recommendation have to be sent as scans by the supervisors directly to doktoratszentrum@akbild.ac.at via e-mail until submission deadline.

Amount of the scholarship

Overall, six fellowships for six months each can be awarded (4 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2 University of Art and Design Linz). The amount of the fellowship is EUR 1.200,-- per month.

Funding from third parties (stipends, grants, etc.) has to be announced immediately.

Should the requirements and conditions of the fellowship not be met by the recipients of the fellowship (for example, by exceeding the allowed maximum income, through missing documents, etc.), the fellowship has to be repaid.

No later than two months after the fellowship has ended, a final report (1-2 pages max.) has to be submitted per e-mail.

Deadlines:

There is one deadline per year.

Deadline 2024: Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 11:00 a.m

Criteria for the awarding and decision-making process:

The awarding is decided by a jury for the fellowships on the basis of a review of all applications. The jury meeting will take placeon December 6, 2024.

The scholarship is awarded on the basis of the submitted documents and according to the financial possibilities. The expected quality of the dissertation or the Ph.D. project and the convincingly outline that the successful finalization of the dissertation or the PhD project is possible during the fellowship are the central criteria in the selection process.

The applicants enjoy no legal right to funding.

The applicants will be informed by email about the results of the selection procedure shortly after the meeting of the panel of experts.

Incomplete and not timely delivered submissions cannot be considered for funding.

For further information please contact Sabine Priglinger (s.priglinger@akbild.ac.at, +43 1 588 16-1115)

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