# Erhard Busek Grant

> OeAD-GmbH on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry (BMFWF) — €1,300/month for 24 months + up to €1,200 travel; tuition waived by the host university (2025/26).

- **Provider:** OeAD-GmbH on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry (BMFWF)
- **Scope:** into AT
- **Levels:** master
- **Amount:** €1,300/month for 24 months + up to €1,200 travel; tuition waived by the host university (2025/26)
- **Eligible citizenships:** AF, BD, CI, CV, DZ, EG, GH, GM, ID, IN, KE, KG, LK, LY, MA, MR, NG, NP, PH, PK, RW, SD, SN, SO, SS, TD, TN, UG, UZ, VN
- **Application window:** Nominated by the host university — 2025/26 was the last announced round
- **Status:** final-year
- **Official page:** https://oead.at/en/study-research-teaching/overview-grants-and-scholarships/erhard-busek-grant
- **Researched:** 2026-08

## Summary

The Erhard Busek Grant paid €1,300 per month for the full 24 months of a two-year master's programme in Austria plus a travel allowance of up to €1,200, and the admitting university exempted holders from tuition fees. It targeted graduates of non-European developing countries, especially in STEM and English-taught master's programmes.
The OeAD page states that the information refers to the 2025/26 round and that no further call is currently planned. Treat this as a scheme to check with your university, not one to build a budget on.

## Eligibility

- A bachelor's degree obtained at a higher education institution in one of the listed countries. From our origin markets, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan were on the 2025/26 list; Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Azerbaijan were not.
- Unrestricted admission to a two-year master's programme in Austria had to be in hand — a conditional admission letter did not qualify.
- Age limit 35. The country list is set per round and has changed before, so read the current one rather than this one.

## How to apply

- Two phases, both institution-driven: universities first applied to the OeAD for scholarship places, then selected and nominated their best admitted candidates; only afterwards did the student file with the OeAD. Direct applications were never possible.
- In practice that means securing unrestricted admission first and asking the university's international office whether it holds Busek places at all.
- Before any of that, check oead.at — no new call has been announced since the 2025/26 round.

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