The Austrian-American Educational Commission is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 120,000 award in August 2011 from the Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation to fund two one semester Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professors of Austrian-American Studies – one for Austrian scholars to be hosted by institutions in the U.S. and one for U.S. scholars to be hosted by institutions in Austria – for three years starting with the 2012-13 academic year. The awards will function in a mirror reverse manner. Grant proposals require the collaboration of potential Fulbright-Botstiber scholars and potential host faculty from institutions in Austria or the United States, respectively.
For additional information on the Botstiber Foundation consult www.botstiber.org.
For information on the Fulbright-Botstiber Award for U.S. scholars in Austria, consult www.cies.org.
Description
The purpose of the Fulbright-Botstiber Award in Austrian-American Studies in the United States is to promote the understanding of the historical relationship between Austria and the United States. Therefore, it is open to all scholars of Austrian and American Studies whose project proposals contribute toward this objective in terms of combinations of teaching and scholarship. The Austrian Fulbright Commission and the Botstiber Foundation are particularly interested in soliciting applications in the fields of history, the social sciences, economics, and law but also welcome qualified applications from other disciplines, including but not limited to literature, music, and the arts.
Grant proposals require the collaboration of potential Fulbright-Botstiber scholars from Austria and potential American host faculty, who will be responsible for effectively anchoring visiting Fulbright-Botstiber scholars in the curriculum, host department, and other activities of a host institution in the United States.
Project proposals require a detailed letter of invitation from potential host departments and/or institutions, the quality of which will be among the important criteria in the evaluation of grant proposals.
Flexible combinations of lecturing and research are conceived to allow Fulbright-Botstiber scholars to reach out to students and to make scholarly contributions to their disciplines at the same time.
Awards also may be conceived to develop new or to promote existing institutional relationships.
Grant Activity
A flexible combination of teaching, advising students, collaborative research and/or enhancing institutional collaboration that entails teaching or team-teaching one or more class sessions per week consisting of 90 minutes each (two Austrian academic hours). Format, content and level of the individual courses (advanced undergraduate and graduate), associated activities, and research focus are negotiated on a consensual basis with the host institution, contingent upon the grantee’s interests and expertise and host institution’s needs.
Benefits
With the support of the Botstiber Foundation, the Austrian Fulbright Commission will provide grantees with a maintenance grant of $20,000 ($ 5,000 per month for 4 months); a health and accident insurance policy with a maximum coverage of $100,000; a lump-sum travel grant of € 800; and support for accompanying dependents (up to three: € 145 per month).
Eligibility
Austrian citizens are eligible to apply. Applications from qualified junior as well as senior faculty from all accredited universities and post-secondary institutions are welcome. All applicants should hold a doctorate and, ideally, at least five years experience teaching at the university/post-secondary level.