Richard Plaschka Grant

The Richard Plaschka Grant is named after the Austrian historian who died in 2001 and worked at the University of Vienna as a university professor for Eastern European history from 1967 to 1993. Throughout his life Richard Plaschka committed himself to a cross-border and joint way dealing with the history in the eastern and south-eastern European area. The grant is aimed at researchers in the historical sciences who are primarily occupied with Austrian history. Plaschka fellows can work as visiting researchers at institutes and carry out special studies in libraries, archives or at research institutions. The grant recipients should place emphasis on cross-border collaboration in their scientific activities. The scholarship duration is four to twelve months, with an extension to 18 months possible. After a scholarship period of twelve months, there is the possibility to apply for the follow-up support programme.