Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate student wishing to gain research experience at ISTA, or a PhD Student at ISTA wishing to broaden your experience abroad, there are a number of funding options for internships. Check them out!
Remember, if you cannot find a scheme suitable for your situation, please consult the scholarship database grants.at or us.
FEBS summer fellowships
Open to MSc or PhD students, these fellowships are intented to provide experience to young promising graduate students in an institution within the FEBS area, and in a different country from that where they are currrently studying.
Applications should be submitted online before 1 May for stays that should take place between 1 July and 30 October.
For further information, or if you are interested in applying, please consult the FEBS Summer Fellowship website and us.
ISTA hosts
BEFORE-YOU-APPLY NOTE : Choose your prospective host supervisor at ISTA, and plan with them your internship and related arrangements in advance. At ISTA, your host supervisor must be an Assistant Professor or a Professor, leading a research group. Visit Research at ISTA to help you make your choice, and contact us whenever you have questions or for further support.
FFG FEMtech Praktika
This FFG scheme supports female students (BSc or MSc) registered at an Austrian higher-education institution, to undertake an internship (1-6M) at another Austrian institution. The student must have already initiated their studies (at least 1 semester completed), and not have been active at the host institution in the 6M prior to the planned start of the internship.
There are usually two call windows per year: spring and autumn. Although deadlines apply, calls may be prematurely closed if funds are run out (first come-first served basis). In that regard, we highly recommend to submit the application as soon as the call opens.
For further information or if you are interested in applying, please consult the FFG FEMtech Praktika website and us .
ISTternships
The summer internship funded by ISTA (in cooperation with the OeAD) provides a monthly compensation for travel and subsistence costs among other benefits (up to 3 months), for BSc and MSc students wishing to “expand their scientific research experience” in any of/across the disciplines at ISTA.
The application deadline is in February every year.
Check out the ISTernship page of the ISTA Graduate School for further details and up-to-date information regarding calls and deadlines.
The Turing Scheme
A UK government’s scheme, this provides BSc/MSc students or recent graduates (⩽ 12M) with funding to study and work outside of the UK. Students of any nationality, enrolled in any of the UK higher-education institutions associated with the programme, are eligible to apply. Funding includes a contribution to living costs, calculated based on the cost of living in the host country, as well as the duration of the placement (1-12M).
For questions regarding eligibility and application deadlines, please consult your UK home institution and the Turing scheme higher-education funding website.