#27 Newsletter Graduate Center
☞ PhD-Co-Writing-Session
The Graduate Center listened carefully to the outcomes of this year's Klausur der Wissenschaften (KdW) and, together with the moderators of the PhD group, Vera Djemelinskaia and Abby Wagner, initiated the much needed co-writing space. We will start this pilot with sessions once a month, always on a Friday morning from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a group study room in the library. Seats are limited and reserved on a first-come, first-served basis, so it would help us immensely if you could please indicate with a quick email to graduiertenzentrum@mdw.ac.at which dates you would like to attend.
Friday, May 8, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, June 5, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, July 3, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m..
Friday, July 31, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Friday, September 4, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
If there is interest, we can also consider a hybrid format and enable participants to join online.
☞ isaResearch Summer School: Across Moving Grounds
Music, Performing Arts, and the Politics of Mobility
isaResearch is the yearly international, interdisciplinary summer school of mdw and part of isa - International Summer Academy. It is a forum for negotiating the annual isa theme theoretically and discursively along current discourses and embedding it in the diverse contexts of Vienna's urban space. The isaResearch Summer School for Early Stage Researchers takes place at the same time as the artistic masterclasses and the festival on campus. Here you can find more information.
July 22 - 26, at mdw University
Application deadline: April 30
☞ Workshop: From Idea to Funded - Grant-writing Strategies for Researchers
The LBG Carrer Center offers a two-part workshop, where you’ll learn what reviewers and panels expect to see in research proposals, why understanding the details and realities of the review process is so critical for shaping a good proposal, and why even great proposals get rejected.
You’ll leave this workshop with detailed examples of how to draft compelling proposal sections, a checklist and timeline for completing your proposal before the deadline that focuses your effort and limited time on essential aspects of your application, as well as understanding of where good researchers go wrong in writing proposals and how to give yourself the best possible chance of success.
Thursday, April 23, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Friday, April 24, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Registration deadline: Thursday, April 16, 12 p.m.
☞ For the spontaneous, deadline in two days!
SSHN Scholarship for Short Scientific Stays
In 2026, the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Institut français d'Autriche are renewing their excellence scholarship program for high-level scientific stays (1 to 6 months) in France.
These scholarships enable young researchers to deepen their work in France and develop new collaborations. French researchers are not eligible. More information can be found here.
Application deadline: April 15, 2026
☞ Doctoral Fellowship Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
The DOC Fellowship Program of the Austrian Academy of Sciences offers funding for highly qualified doctoral candidates in all areas of research. The fellowships are intended to allow young researchers to dedicate themselves to working in focused fashion to complete their doctoral thesis within a clear timeframe.
Here you can find more information on the call. For further information, please contact the mdw's research support office.
Application deadline: September 15, 2026
☞ Mannagetta Fellowship
Mannagetta Fellowships support the completion of a doctoral thesis and target young, highly qualified doctoral candidates who are pursuing their doctoral studies at a university in Austria. The amount of the fellowship is 25.000,- Euro (super gross).
The fellowship is intended to help cover living expenses. Further costs, such as travel or printing allowances, cannot be applied for.
Here you can find more information on the call. For further information, please contact the mdw's research support office.
Application deadline: October 20, 2026
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