Generously funded by the Natural History Museum Vienna
All applications for the US Fulbright Scholar Program must be submitted using the online platform managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE). Be sure to read the grant-specific information below before beginning your application.
Applications are not currently being accepted. The link to the online application management system will be available on this page when the application period starts.
Recipients of this award conduct scientific research at the Natural History Museum Vienna, one of the premier research museums in the world, which houses over 30 million artifacts in its extensive and precious historic collections in the fields of anthropology, botany, geology, mineralogy, meteorites, paleontology, and zoology. It is equipped with modern electron microprobe and electron microscopy as well as DNA laboratories.
This research grant is open to all academics and professionals with appropriate terminal degrees and expertise.
All applicants must have US citizenship. (Having a US green card, permanent residency, or a residency permit is not sufficient.)
Research is in English. Some knowledge of German is advantageous for Fulbright scholars, but not required.
Fulbright Austria expects applicants to take all possible measures to avoid plagiarism. For resources on plagiarism, please visit these external resources:
The IIE catalog with the official grant text and full award details is available from early February to mid-September.
The freedom to wander through the Natural History Museum Vienna’s amazing collections of animals and mushrooms and to work with scientists at the museum and at several universities in Vienna has inspired several new research directions that weren’t on my radar before.
-Erik Hobbie, 2021–22 Fulbright-Natural History Museum Vienna Visiting Researcher
Tomasz Baumiller
University of Michigan
Kevin Nick
Loma Linda University
Erik Hobbie
University of New Hampshire
Tricia Achleitner-Goulding
Smithsonian Institution
