Scholarships
There are several scholarship options for a semester or a year abroad at the University of New Orleans:
General Information
The documents must be submitted digitally as individual PDF-files to Center New Orleans until the due-date. If you submit them earlier, there will be more time to go over and check them in case of discrepancies.
Please contact us immediately if any problems or delays in the acquisition of information or files become apparent.
New Orleans Performance-Scholarship
The scholarships are awarded to Innsbruck students due to the longstanding successful partnership between the University of Innsbruck and the University of New Orleans, in order to enable outstanding students in need to go on an exchange to New Orleans.
Amount
Four scholarships per semester or eight scholarships per year can be awarded, amounting to 2500.-€ each.
If your application is granted you will receive a part of the sum every month of your stay.
Depending on availability a Tuition Waiver can be awarded. Studying with one means that you will not be charged any tuition for one semester at UNO. The Tuition Waiver supersedes the Performance-Scholarship.
If one is available, one person will be selected from the group of scholarship-applicants.
Selection Criteria
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Academic Results (see lfu:online > My examinations > Academic Record)
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Financial Situation (Letter of Motivation)
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Impact (e.g. volunteer work, involvement in social projects, etc.)
Application documents
- Application form
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of motivation (min. least two pages, max. font size 12Pt)
- Transcript of Records (complete, all grades included)
- Preliminary Course Selection (min. 16 ECTS, no signature necessary yet)
Prerequisites
- Regular students of the University of Innsbruck
- Finished first year / two semesters at the University of Innsbruck
- Nomination by CNO (see Application)
- Accepted at UNO
- Completion of courses amounting to 16 ECTS at UNO
Application deadline
Spring Semester 2024: October 15th, 2023
Submission
Center New Orleans
University of Innsbruck
Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, 1. Stock
6020 Innsbruck
Center Austria Fellowship
The Center Austria at the University of New Orleans awards a scholarship for students of the University of Innsbruck who would like to go to the UNO for two semesters annually. The fellowship is very well received and also enables you to gain insights into the american university system through work at Center Austria.
Since this is not a research fellowship, you will be required to attend classes at UNO.
Amount
The wages will be paid based on a 20 hour week at the Center Austria at a rate of $14.50 per hour before deductions.
Application documents (in English)
- Cover letter
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae (with photo)
- Academic record (complete, including negative grades)
- Letter of recommendation (not required)
Prerequisites
- Students of the University of Innsbruck (Bachelor, Master, Diploma and teacher training programs, but no doctoral students)
- Nomination by CNO (see Application)
- Accepted at UNO
- Completion of courses amounting to 16 ECTS at UNO
- Two semesters at UNO (August-May)
- 20 hours of work at Center Austria per week (support of the Innsbruck students and co-organization of the Center Austria events)
- Good computer skills
- Good English skills
Application deadline
currently unavailable
Submission
Center New Orleans
University of Innsbruck
Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, 1. Stock
6020 Innsbruck
Nick Mueller Fellowship
Every year, the State of Tyrol and the City of Innsbruck award a scholarship in honour of Prof. Gordon "Nick" Müller, the founder of the UNO Innsbruck International Summer School and co-founder of the UNO Innsbruck University Partnership. Gordon "Nick" Müller also founded the Center Austria at the UNO in 1997. Today, he is the Director of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. The aim of the research fellowship is to enable Innsbruck or Tyrolean students to complete a research stay at the UNO.
Since this is a research fellowship, you will not attend classes at UNO.
Amount
€ 10,000
Application documents (in English)
- Cover letter
- Letter of motivation
- Curriculum vitae (with photo)
- Academic Record (complete, including negative grades)
- 3 letters of recommendation
- Exposé of the research paper
Prerequisites
- Tyrolean
- Advanced Students of the University of Innsbruck
- Working on a research paper (diploma, master thesis or dissertation) ideally focusing on a research topic related to the USA
- Stay of two semesters at UNO (August-May)
- 10 hours of work at the Center Austria per week
- Final report
Application deadline
Academic Year 2023/25: February 29th, 2024
Submission
Center New Orleans
University of Innsbruck
Herzog-Friedrich-Str. 3, 1. Stock
6020 Innsbruck
Marietta Blau-Grant
Financial support for doctoral/PhD students currently enrolled at an Austrian accredited university who want to spend 6 to 12 months abroad with the intent to optimise their thesis. Applicants must pursue their PhD studies in Austria. This grant does not support applicants enrolled in programmes which are pursued mostly or completely from abroad at the time of application.
- To optimise the doctoral thesis by way of a continuous and specific long-term visit abroad.
- To support young Austrian academics in the early years of their scientific career and their internationalisation respectively.
- Strengthening Austria’s status in science and research.
Amount
Monthly amount of up to 1,660 euros (for 10 months) - Partial grant; own funds necessary
Application
Application Deadline
01.09.2024
Marshall Plan Scholarship
The extremely well-endowed Marshall Plan Scholarship of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation aims at students of all technical sciences who are considering research in the USA for their master's / diploma or dissertation work. The minimum stay must be three months (maximum funding period is 5 months).
Duration
3 - 5 months
Amount
3,000 - 10,000 Euro
Prerequisites
For further information please contact the International Relations Office or see Marshall Plan Scholarships.
Further support
The study allowance can also be obtained during a stay abroad. In addition, there are other support options:
Beihilfe für ein Auslandsstipendium (BAS)
Reisekostenzuschuss (currently unavailable)
In addition, students are advised to seek fellowships for their stay abroad (scholarship database, BAföG, federal states and municipalities, etc.):
Österreichische Datenbank für Stipendien und Forschungsförderung