The Center helped to establish two faculty exchange opportunities between the University of Minnesota and the Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz.
Track One
A one-semester exchange of faculty from the University of Minnesota with the Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz. Each participating faculty member will receive her/his home salary plus a stipend from the host institution of $10,000 (or the equivalent in EUROs) for living expenses.
Faculty interested in the Track One exchange must apply before mid-November of the year preceding the academic year in which the exchange will take place.
Applications will be reviewed by the exchange coordinator at the home institution (the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, College of Liberal Arts, at Minnesota) and the Director of the Center for Austrian Studies. No more than three applications for the Track One faculty exchange to the host institution will be forwarded each year to Graz. A selection committee at the University of Graz will make the final selection of the Minnesota faculty member for the next academic year's exchange.
Send applications to:
Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
College of Liberal Arts
212 Johnston Hall
101 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: (612) 624-9839
Track Two
Direct, bilateral agreements between individual University of Minnesota CLA departments and their counterparts at the Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz to make exchanges of faculty for one-semester visits at the other institution. Each participating faculty member will be paid the normal salary from the home institution along with the minimum payment for instruction mandated in Graz of around € 2,000 for a two-course load or the dollar equivalent per course on the Twin Cities campus.
For purposes of scheduling, the Minnesota department and its counterpart in Graz must notify the faculty exchange coordinators in University of Minnesota/CLA and KFUG, respectively, of the agreement to exchange faculty by the end of November in the year preceding the academic year in which the exchange will take place. Screening of applications/nominations for the Track Two exchanges will take place at the departmental level only.
There is no limit on the number of bilateral exchanges under Track Two which can take place each year.
For general information on faculty exchanges, please visit the CLA Faculty and Research website.
Faculty members should also see Fulbright Grants.