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International Day, Montanuniversität Leoben January 11, 2016

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Previous Fulbright Austria Newsletters

Fulbright Austria newsletters dating back to 2010 are archived on our website.

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Fulbrighter wins Austrian Academy of Sciences 2015 Prize on Migration Research

Congratulations to Fulbright Austria Student Fabiane Baxewanos for winning the Austrian Academy of Sciences' 2015 Prize on Migration Research for her dissertation on “Closing the Gap: State Responsibility in Europe’s Extraterritorial Migration Control.”

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Video: Fulbright Austria in Action

Have you ever wondered what kind of projects Fulbrighters in and from Austria are working on? This short video follows a few of our Austrian and American Fulbright students, scholars, teaching assistants (‎FLTAs and USTAs) and an alumna through their classrooms, labs and lives.

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Screening "Where are We? Works by Fulbright Alumna Lisa Truttmann, December 9-10

Fulbright Austria Alumna Lisa Truttmann will be presenting a selection of short videos developed between 2013 and 2015 during her stay in the U.S.

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Halls renew support for Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Austria

The Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation has extended its support for the Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe at the WU – Vienna University of Economics and Business with an award of $ 150,000 for an additional three years: 2016-17 to 2018-19.

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International Fair TU Wien December 1, 10:00-15:00, 2015

Fulbright Austria EducationUSA Educational Advisor Molly Roza and Program Assistant Elizabeth Akins will be participating in the International Fair at TU Wien (Freihaus, Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10) on December 1, 10:00-15:00. Austrian Student Program Officer, Martina Laffer will be giving a talk on "Studieren in den USA mit Fulbright Stipendien".

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Fulbright - Q21/MQ Artist-in-Residence Keith Kovach publishes "Vienna in the Winter"

Fulbright Austria is pleased to announce that Keith Kovach, the 2015 Fulbright-Q21/MQ Artist-in-Residence from the University of Central Florida, has published a book entitled “Vienna in the Winter: A Visceral Experience of Time and Place" based on images he created during his grant from Fulbright Austria and Q21/Museumsquartier.

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Botstiber Foundation Extends Funding for Fulbright-Botstiber Scholar Awards

The Austrian-American Educational Commission is pleased to announce the board of the Dietrich W. Botstiber Foundation’s Institute for Austrian-American Studies has awarded the Austrian Fulbright Commission $ 120,000 to extend funding for Austrian and American Fulbright-Botstiber Scholar awards for an additional three years.

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Talk: "Studieren in den USA - Fulbright - Stipendien und andere Optionen" November 24,2015

Austrian Student Program Officer, Martina Laffer and EducationUSA Advisor, Molly Roza will be giving a talk on "Studieren in den USA - Fulbright - Stipendien und andere Optionen" at the OeAD (OeAD-GmbH, Ebendorferstraße 7, 1010 Wien) on November 24, 6 pm. Admission is free.

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Celebrate 65 Years of Fulbright Austria

We are pleased to invite our current program participants, all alumni, and many institutional partners to take part in celebrating 65 years of Fulbright Austria! Register now to join us in the MQ on November 19:

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LLM Fair in Vienna November 10, 2015

We were pleased to host part of the first EducationUSA LLM tour in Western Europe on November 10, 2015! The LLM Fair at the Juridicum Wien provided an opportunity for local students to meet representatives from 20 US law schools; and, in turn, enabled US representatives to meet highly qualified and motivated European students.

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Study Abroad Fair 2015 at TU Graz October 15, 2015

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University of Graz Information Fair October 14, 2015

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NAWI Graz Fulbright Inaugural Talk - Prof. Dr. Andrew Proctor October 13, 2015

Fulbright-NAWI Graz Visiting Professor in the Natural Sciences, Prof. Andrew Proctor, from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, will be giving his inaugural talk on “Integrating Basic and Applied Sciences to Develop Competitive Research & Education Programs: A Personal Perspective” on Tuesday, October 13th 2015, 5:00 PM at the University of Graz (SR 03.K1, Universitätsplatz 1). RSVP: info@nawigraz.at

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USTA Second-Year Kick-Off October 8, 2015

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Celebrating 65 Years of the Fulbright Program in Austria at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC October 3, 2015

The Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC welcomed friends and alumni of Fulbright Austria to a reception celebrating 65 years of the Fulbright Program in Austria, held in conjunction with the 39th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, on October 3, 2015:

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USTA Orientations September, 28- October 2, 2015

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Ambassador's Reception, September 23, 2015

H.E. Ambassador Wesner and her husband Blaine invited the newly-arrived US Fulbright students and scholars; recently-returned Austrian Fulbright students, scholars and TAs; and friends and partners of Fulbright Austria to a festive and cordial reception at their home in honor of The Fulbright Program.

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Fulbright Orientation in Vienna September 22-25, 2015

Twenty-one new US Fulbright student grantees and four scholars participated in the fall 2015 US Fulbright orientation, which included lectures and discussions in Fulbright Austria's Q21 offices, a reception held by H.E. Ambassador Alexa Wesner, a walking tour of Vienna's Ringstrasse, and a field trip to the beautiful Wachau valley.