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About the fellowship
The University of Vienna awards the Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellowship in memory of the great Turkologist Andreas Tietze, for researchers working on Turkish Studies. The fellowship brings advanced doctoral candidates and early-stage postdoctoral researchers to Vienna for one to three months, with a monthly stipend of €1,500, a workplace with internet access and full use of the department library. It is a research fellowship, not a degree programme: you come to Vienna to work on your own project, in the department where Tietze himself worked.
The money needs a clear-eyed reading. The stipend is €1,500 a month, and that is all: travel to and from Vienna is not reimbursed, and your accommodation comes out of the stipend. For a three-month stay that is €4,500 in total, from which you pay your flight and your Vienna rent. If that arithmetic works for you, the fellowship is a good one — a funded research stay in one of Europe’s strongest Turkish Studies departments, with no teaching duties and no recommendation letters to chase. If it does not, do not apply on the strength of the “fully funded” label, because it is not accurate.
Eligibility
- Be an advanced doctoral candidate at the ABD (all but dissertation) stage, or a postdoctoral or early-stage researcher whose PhD was awarded no more than five years ago.
- Be of any nationality.
- Work on a specific topic in Turkish Studies, with an original research project.
- Have a high level of English; German is an advantage.
- Projects that require a stay in Vienna or complement the department’s focus — environmental history, history of technology, digital humanities, consumption history, history of tourism, cultural heritage — are particularly welcome, but the call is not limited to those topics.
Benefits
- €1,500 a month for one to three months (a total of €1,500 to €4,500), the same for doctoral and postdoctoral fellows.
- A workplace with internet access and full use of the department library.
- Start dates of 1 March, 1 May, 1 September or 1 November 2027.
- A research stay in one of Europe’s strongest Turkish Studies departments, with no teaching duties.
- Note that travel is not reimbursed and accommodation comes out of the stipend.
Documents to prepare
- A cover letter.
- A CV with your academic achievements and publications.
- A 3 to 5 page research project outline.
- The names and contact details of two referees — recommendation letters are not required.
- Combine everything into one PDF, in English or German.
How to apply
- Write your 3 to 5 page research project outline for a specific Turkish Studies topic, and prepare your cover letter and CV.
- Collect the names and contact details of two referees — no letters are needed.
- Combine all documents into one PDF, in English or German.
- Email the PDF to Dr. Julia Fröhlich at julia.froehlich@univie.ac.at — the address given in the fellowship announcement. The official fellowship page was down for maintenance at the time of checking, so confirm the address on the official page when it is back.
- Send it by 30 November 2026.
FAQs
No. It pays €1,500 a month for one to three months, with a workplace and full library use. Travel to and from Vienna is not reimbursed, and accommodation comes out of the stipend.
Advanced doctoral candidates at the ABD stage and postdoctoral or early-stage researchers whose PhD was awarded no more than five years ago, of all nationalities, working on a specific topic in Turkish Studies, with a high level of English.
30 November 2026. No time of day or timezone is published, so send the application well before the end of that day.
A cover letter, a CV with academic achievements and publications, a 3 to 5 page research project outline, and the names and contact details of two referees — all combined into one PDF, in English or German. Recommendation letters are not required.
Fellowships start on 1 March, 1 May, 1 September or 1 November 2027.
Email the single PDF to Dr. Julia Fröhlich at julia.froehlich@univie.ac.at by 30 November 2026. The address is given in the fellowship announcement; confirm it on the official page when it is back online.
Verified 25 Oct 2026: orientalistik.univie.ac.at/en/research/fellowships/andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship/ (official University of Vienna fellowship page — unreachable at check time, university webserver maintenance page); fundit.fr/en/calls/andreas-tietze-memorial-fellowship-turkish-studies (mirror of the official text); Bright Scholarship, Europe Scholarships, educatewithguide.com, opportunitiesforyouth.org — deadline 30 November 2026, €1,500 a month for 1–3 months, travel not reimbursed, accommodation from the stipend, start dates 1 March / 1 May / 1 September / 1 November 2027, documents (cover letter, CV, 3–5 page outline, two referees, one PDF), email address julia.froehlich@univie.ac.at. The email address is per the fellowship announcement, not confirmed on the official page at this check.
