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bridges vol. 13, April 2007 / News from the Network: Austrian Researchers Abroad by Ines Pree  In this age of "Googling," seeking for funding information has become easier and less cumbersome. Finding the right information that fits you, however, is another story . . . For those who say, like Picasso, "I do not seek. I find," www.grants.at is the virtual place to go in order to find exactly the grant you want. Integrated into the Researcher's Mobility Portal Austria (www.researchinaustria.info), grants.at is Austria's most comprehensive database for scholarships and research funding. So wherever you come from - and, even more importantly, wherever you want to go to - simply type in keywords or select search options to tailor the grant to your requirements. grants.at does the searching for you and directly transfers you to all available funding, only one click away from application forms, deadlines, etc. grants.at is financed by funds from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (BMWF) and the EU. Julia Tschelaut from the BMWF enlightens bridges in the following interview about its worldwide funding opportunities, the implementation, and the surveillance of this database. bridges: How long has the database existed? Who initiated it and what is its main goal? grants.at has been online for eight years and was extended within the framework of the "Researcher's Mobility Portal Austria."  Since December 2005, the final version of the grants database with a new and very user-friendly layout has been up and running. This final user-friendly version of grants.at now provides information in a much better way for mobile researchers and eases access to information on grants, stipends, and scholarships available in Austria in a "one-stop shop" for incoming, domestic, and outgoing researchers. bridges: According to the Web site, the database is no longer updated by the Austrian Exchange Service (ÖAD), but online by the institutions awarding grants themselves. Is there an online registration for those institutions and how does it work? Access to the full article is free, but requires you to register. Registration is simple and quick – all we need is your name and a valid e-mail address. We appreciate your interest in bridges. |
