The competition of Ukrainian-Austrian research projects for 2023-2024 is open

Until November 21, 2022, a competition of joint Ukrainian-Austrian research projects for 2023-2024 is being held, organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalization.

Project proposals are accepted in all scientific disciplines and thematic areas.

Scientists of higher education, research institutions and enterprises are invited to participate in the competition.

To participate in the competition you need:

  • submit a cover letter (1 copy, scanned copy is not allowed). Requirements: on the letterhead of the applicant institution, addressed to the Deputy Minister of Education and Science for European Integration A. Shkuratov, free-form text indicating the name of the general project, priority area, full name of the supervisor and with a list of applications. Be sure to note that research on the topic of the project is not funded from the state budget within the framework of other competitions.
  • fill out the application form for participation in the competition (2 paper copies of the application, a scanned copy of the pages with signatures and seals from the Austrian partner is allowed; pages with signatures and seals from the Ukrainian side – only in the original). Requirements: bilingual (filled in consecutively in Ukrainian and English in one file). Requirements for all items of the application are placed in the application file.
  • submit a letter of confirmation from the Austrian partner-project leader (1 copy; a scanned copy of the letter is allowed). Requirements: on the letterhead of the partner institution, addressed to the name of the head of the applicant institution, free-form text indicating the names of the project leaders, the name of the general project, which must match the name of the project in the application form.
  • submit an examination certificate for the open publication of materials on the project topic (1 copy, a scanned copy is not allowed). Requirements: the expert commission of the institution approves the conclusion, which indicates that the materials of the project proposal do not contain information prohibited for open publication, the text is in free form.
  • submit CVs of the Ukrainian and Austrian scientific supervisors of the project (1 copy each). Requirements: CVs of each manager are drawn up in two languages ​​- Ukrainian and English, the text is in free form.
  • fill out a Google-questionnaire, to which it is obligatory to add a completed application in *.doc format. It is better to fill out a Google questionnaire after preparing all the specified documents.

In connection with the martial law, these documents are submitted by the participant of the competition in electronic form (scanned copies of the originals in *.pdf format) by e-mail: i_levytska@mon.gov.ua. All documents listed in the requirements are sent in one letter at a time with the corresponding title of the letter. The deadline for submission is November 21, 2022 (until 17:00).

The participant of the tender, recognized as the winner according to the results of the tender, is obliged to provide the original documents in paper form.

The organizers will only consider applications that meet the specified requirements and have been submitted on time.

More details: mon.gov.ua