Special Application Procedure

Application procedure

Step 1: Academic admission to the programme

Candidates seeking admission to the programme are requested to complete the enclosed application form and mail it before August 1 to the IPGL-OFFICE, Institute for Limnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences,Mondseestrasse 9, A-5310 Mondsee, Austria.
A certificate of academic admission is sent to the candidate who satisfies the admission requirements.

Step 2: Application of fellowships

For this programme there are several possibilities to obtain a fellowship.

1. The Netherlands Government has an attractive fellowship programme called the Netherlands Fellowships Programme (NFP). This programme is open to all candidates from developing countries. Candidates who are interested in this fellowship should contact the Netherlands Embassy in their country for an application form.

The deadline for submission of the NFP application is March 1 st .

2. The Austrian Government is also offering fellowships to applicants seeking to specialise in Limnology and Wetland Ecosystems. Fellowships are given with priority to applicants from the following countries: Nicaragua, Cape Verde, Uganda, Rwanda, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Bhutan; El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, Nepal, Pakistan. Fellowships may also be granted to applicants from other countries, particularly countries from which IPGL repeatedly had participants in former courses, such as Bangladesh, PR. China, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey and Zambia. The Austrian fellowship programme does not provide for family members.

Application forms for Austrian fellowships can be obtained via the IPGL-OFFCE, Institute for Limnology, Mondsee ( ipgl.mondsee@oeaw.ac.at ). The deadline for submission of the Austrian fellowship application forms is also March 1 st .

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Candidates are also advised to check with their employer or with their own government to determine if financing for their studies could be provided from local or other sources, including part of a training component in a project in which they are already involved. Information about other fellowships can also be found on the website of this programme.