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Student Support

The Center for Austrian Studies, working in cooperation with the University of Minnesota and other individuals and institutions, has been instrumental in helping to provide students from Minnesota and North America with support in terms of both funding opportunities and opportunities to study in Europe. In addition, the Austrian government and universities have made it possible for European students to come to Minnesota and take advantage of the University's unique educational activities. Please contact the Center for more information.

Both undergraduate and graduate students should also see Fulbright Grants. There is more information on the "Other Funding" page on this website.

Botstiber Graduate Fellowship

The Botstiber Fellowship for 2009-10 will provide a total of $32,050, including a stipend of $18,000, with the balance to be applied to tuition and insurance benefits.

Interested prospective doctoral students should contact the Director of Graduate Studies for the doctoral program in which they will study.

Departments may recommend more than one candidate. Directors of Graduate Studies in the recommending departments are asked to submit nominations, including each candidate’s (a) statement of purpose for graduate study, (b) undergraduate and any graduate transcripts, (c) GRE or equivalent examination scores, and (d) the letters of recommendation submitted for graduate admission. Nominations for 2009-10 should be sent no later January 23, 2009 to:

Botstiber Graduate Fellowship Program
c/o Center for Austrian Studies
314 Social Sciences
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
267 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

The nominations will be reviewed by a committee including three faculty members from different departments. The committee will make its selection no later than February 15, 2009.

Should you have any questions about this fellowship opportunity, please contact Prof. Gary Cohen, gcohen@umn.edu, or 612-624-3886

Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF) Doctoral Research Fellowship

Beginning with the 1992-93 academic year, Austria’s Federal Ministry for Education, Science, and Culture (BMBWK) – now Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF) – began awarding a fellowship to one doctoral student each year from an Austrian university to come to the University of Minnesota for nine months of research and/or classes. In exchange for a stipend, the student works part time at the Center on projects related to the Center’s programs. Over the years, evolving CAS priorities and the talents and interests of individual recipients have increased the variety of duties and the importance of the CAS/BMWF research fellows.

For the BMWF posting (in German), click here. For a list of past fellows, click here.

Center for Austrian Studies Travel Grants

The Center sponsors a competition for students traveling to Austria or Central Europe for language study or research projects. In recent years, travel grants have been offered to University of Minnesota graduate students. The number awarded each year varies according to available funding. Contact the Center for more information.

Research Assistantships

During the academic year and the summer, the Center for Austrian Studies regularly hires two graduate students as research assistants to work on its major projects.

Voices of Vienna Scholarship

In 1987, Kathryn and Wilbur C. Keefer created this scholarship to honor William E. Wright, founding director of the Center. Vocal performance majors at the University of Minnesota who demonstrate a readiness to initiate a singing career in Europe may compete for the award through the School of Music. In alternate years the Center for Austrian Studies holds a competition for the award for undergraduate seniors or graduate students in the social sciences and humanities at the University of Minnesota who are doing research related to Austrian, Habsburg, or Central European Studies. For details about the current competition, click here.

Student Exchanges

The University of Minnesota has partnership agreements with both Karl-Franzens University in Graz and the University of Salzburg, which call for the exchange of 1-2 students each year.

Teaching Assistant Exchange

The University of Minnesota and the University of Salzburg have an exchange agreement at the teaching assistant level. In every second year a graduate student from each institution crosses the Atlantic to do research and teach courses in his or her native language.

Carlson School of Management

The Carlson School of Management (CSOM) maintains a separate exchange program in which the Vienna School of Business and Economics (WUV) and CSOM exchange students on the MBA level. In addition, CSOM has European partnerships that have resulted in Executive MBA Programs at WUV in Vienna (VEMBA) and the Warsaw University of Economics (WEMBA) in Poland.

Center for German and European Studies

The Center for German and European Studies invites applications from graduate students for each year's Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute (TASI) This is a fully-funded fellowship program. The Institute takes place in Berlin every year in late July. For more information, including this year’s theme, dates, and deadline, please go to the CGES website.