Early career researchers

This call is directed at early career researchers in Vienna, who want to conduct a six-month research stay at a research organization (in Vienna or abroad). Mobility is mandatory, it is not a local fellowship!

The topic of the call is ME/CFS. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a complex and poorly understood chronic disease. The programme provides a stipend for fellows to learn new methods and techniques in renowned laboratories in Vienna or abroad, to advance the understanding of post-acute infectious diseases such as ME/CFS

The fellowship should help young researchers forge and strengthen international connections early in their career. The duration is fixed to six months, and the project if accepted must start at latest in June 2026.

Eligible are:

- early career researchers starting at a PhD level

- be currently based in Vienna and seek to conduct a stay outside Austria, or

- be outside Austria and seek to conduct a stay in a Viennese organization

- the government of NÖ will fund additionally two positions. Meaning that the researchers can also come move from/be hosted in Lower Austria (instead of Vienna).

Eligible costs are:

  • Each fellowship can be up to 40,000 Euro
  • It can cover personal and non-personal costs
  • But with a maximum of 30 % of non-personal costs

This is a 1-step call, with the deadline for full proposals on the February 3, 2026.

The projects are submitted online, via the WWTF Funding Portal.

Call specifications are available here.

For interested applicants, an online session was held by WWTF on October 22, 2025. Please, find the slides here.

 

The BOKU Pre-Award Team of the Research Support, Innovation & Technology Transfer assists researchers interested in submitting FWF projects. You can contact us for any question projektsupport(at)boku.ac.at

Do not hesitate to also check regularly our webpage, where we inform researchers about upcoming calls: https://boku.ac.at/fos

10.11.2025