Staff Mobility - Outgoing
Would you like to teach, acquire new skills or conduct research at another higher education institution abroad for a limited period of time? The International Relations Office supports staff members from the University of Innsbruck in planning their mobility projects and in finding funding opportunities for teaching, research and training stays abroad. The available grants are aimed at researchers, teachers, as well as general university staff and allow you to gain international work experience as well as to get new inputs for your own teaching and research activities, professional development, networking in the scientific community and the participation in international research projects with financial support for stays abroad as part of your employment at the University of Innsbruck.
Mobility formats acc. to travel purpose or target group
Teaching
Here you will find information on mobility programmes and funding opportunities for academic staff at the University of Innsbruck, which are handled directly through the International Relations Office:
Grants for travel abroad
Grants within the framework of partnership agreements, scientific cooperation, teaching and research activities abroad
Erasmus+ Mobility for Teaching
Short teaching stay at a partner university (subject to a valid Erasmus+ agreement)
Erasmus+ BIP
Blended Intensive Proramme = short, intensive cross-border course with joint online and face-to-face elements
Aurora Mini Grant
Low-threshold funding opportunity for joint scholarly activities with Aurora partner universities.
Further mobility programmes and scholarships
Further mobility formats can be found on the websites of the centres for specific countries and the Project Service Office of the University of Innsbruck as well as in the Database for Scholarships and Research Grants (grants.at) of the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD), whereby the following list is by no means exhaustive:
CEEPUS Teacher Mobility
Teaching in Central or Eastern European countries (at least 6 teaching hours per 5 working days at the host institution)
Austrian Fulbright Scholar Program
Visiting professorships and grants for teaching and research in the USA
Research (incl. PhD-students)
Here you can find information on mobility programmes and funding opportunities for academic staff at the University of Innsbruck, which are handled directly by the International Relations Office:
Grants for travel abroad
Grants within the framework of partnership agreements, scientific cooperation, teaching and research activities abroad
KWA-scholarship
Scholarship for short-term academic work abroad (Master's Theses, Diploma Theses, Dissertations, Post-Doctoral Theses)
Marshall Plan Scholarship
Scholarship for research in the USA within the scope of Master's Theses, Diploma Theses and Dissertations in the technical sciences
Aurora Mini Grant
Low-threshold funding opportunity for joint scientific activities with Aurora partner universities
Aurora PhD Thesis Grant
Scholarships and travel grants for research abroad in the Aurora Pilot Domains
Other mobility programmes and scholarships
Further mobility formats and funding can be found on the websites of the centres for specific countries and the Projekt Service Office of the University of Innsbruck as well as in the Database for Scholarships and Research Grants (grants.at) of the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD).
Bilateral actions
Promotion of scientific exchange between Austria and Slovakia/Czech Republic/Hungary
Marietta Blau-Scholarship
BMBWF scholarship for PhD students to optimise their Dissertation abroad
UC Berkeley Program
Research work in the USA for PHD students in social sciences and economics
Monbukagakusho‐Scholarship
Scholarship for graduates and postgraduates for research or a full Master's/PhD scholarship at a Japanese university
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Scholarship
Postdoctoral Fellowship for a longer research stay in Japan
Taiwan-Scholarship
Establishing contacts for future scientific cooperation in research and teaching with Taiwanese higher education institutions
General staff
Erasmus+ trainings stays
Training stays for administrative staff at a European university with ECHE or a non-European Erasmus+ partner university
SUCTI-Training (Aurora Alliance)
One-week intensive training for the acquisition of competences in the field of internationalization at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
The information on this website is primarily intended for persons who are employed by the University of Innsbruck and who would like to complete a temporary stay abroad as part of their employment.
Further mobility formats and funding can be found on the websites of the centres for specific countries and the Projekt Service Office of the University of Innsbruck as well as in the Database for Scholarships and Research Grants (grants.at) of the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD).
We urgently draw your attention to any travel warnings and advise you to take these into account when planning your trip. Should you embark on a stay abroad despite travel warnings, you do so at your own risk and your own responsibility.
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