Ernst Mach Grant - Worldwide 2026 | Worldwide Scholarships

Ernst Mach Grant - Worldwide

A 1-9 month research grant in Austria for PhD students, postgraduates, postdocs and researchers under 35, from any country except Austria. OeAD's own page does not publish a specific monthly amount for this grant, unlike some of its sibling programmes.

Checked 11 Sept 2026Share

Who can apply

PhD student, postgraduate, postdoc, or researcher in any discipline, from any country except Austria, currently affiliated with a university outside Austria
Age limit of 35 years
Not a regular, degree-seeking student at an Austrian university, and not already permanently resident in Austria or educated mainly in Austria
Research or study period of 1 to 9 months at an eligible Austrian host institution; extensions beyond the approved period are not possible
Must provide evidence of own funds and living costs in Austria as part of the application, per OeAD's own FAQ

What OeAD’s own page still doesn’t tell you: a monthly amount

The most useful thing to know about this grant before you apply is what OeAD’s own page doesn’t tell you: a monthly amount, still true as of this check. The now-ended Ernst Mach Ukraine variant stated its rate plainly on the same overview page, 715 euros a month, but that programme closed permanently on 30 June 2026. The worldwide variant has never gotten the same treatment: no figure appears anywhere on OeAD’s official overview or FAQ pages, even though third-party scholarship databases circulate a figure of roughly 1,300 euros a month. Until OeAD publishes that number itself, treat it as unconfirmed and budget conservatively.

A gap in the published amount that lines up with a “bring your own funds” FAQ

That gap lines up with something else in OeAD’s own FAQ: it has dedicated questions asking why “own funds” are required for this scholarship and what evidence of your living costs in Austria you need to submit. Read together, this points to a grant that is not designed to be your only source of funding for the stay; plan for it to supplement savings or another funding source rather than cover everything on its own.

Named for an Austrian physicist and philosopher

The programme, and all its variants, is named for Ernst Mach (1838 to 1916), the Austrian physicist and philosopher whose work on shock waves gave the Mach number its name. That naming is the one thing every Ernst Mach grant shares; the eligibility rules underneath diverge sharply by variant.

Don’t confuse this with OeAD’s other Ernst Mach programmes

Don’t confuse this with OeAD’s other Ernst Mach programmes. The Fachhochschule variant is for a semester or two at an Austrian university of applied sciences and closes 1 February; the Follow-Up Grant is only for postdocs who already held an OeAD scholarship before; the ASEA-UNINET variant is restricted to five Southeast Asian countries with a 1 March deadline; and a separate ASEA-UNINET Short-Term Research Grant, for postdocs only from eight Southeast Asian countries, runs on a rolling, ongoing basis with no fixed deadline at all. This entry covers the “worldwide” grant specifically: 1 to 9 months, open to any nationality except Austria, age 35 or under, closing 1 December.