The Fulbright-Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe is a flexible combination of teaching and research at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) that entails teaching two courses (classes meet once a week for 90 minutes) and guest lectures (or one course as a guest lecturer) at another university in Central Europe affiliated with the host institution in the scholar's area of expertise, as agreed with the scholar.
Fulbright-Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe
Type
Distinguished-chair program
Application Period
No applications accepted for 2025–26
Grant Length
4 months
Starting Date
Grant only available until 2023–24
Generously funded by the Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation
Grant summary
Grant amounts & benefits
- $10,000 per month for four months
- Travel and relocation allowance of €1,000 (approx. $1,100; exchange rates may fluctuate)
Qualifications & eligibility
This teaching and research grant is open to associate and full professors.
All applicants must have US citizenship. (Having a US green card, permanent residency, or a residency permit is not sufficient.)
Instruction 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 Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research’s Best Practice Guide for Research Integrity and Ethics
Catalog text
The IIE catalog with the official grant text is no longer available.
I loved my time in Vienna [...] It was simply an amazing experience academically and personally.
-Julie Elston, 2019–20 Fulbright-Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe
History of the award
The Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair—which is among the most generous awards available to US scholars under the auspices of the Fulbright Program— was established shortly after Kathryn Hall completed her tenure as the US ambassador to Austria (1997–2001) and was informed by Craig Hall’s interests in entrepreneurship and the special challenges economies in transition have confronted since the collapse of communism. It initially "floated" between Fulbright commissions in Central Europe over a five-year period, starting in the 2004–05 academic year from Poland to Bulgaria, followed by a split-site appointment in Vienna and Bratislava before moving to the Czech Republic and Hungary.
As of the 2009–10 academic year, Fulbright Austria suggested that the Fulbright-Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship be anchored at the Department for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at WU for three years combined with guest lecturing in Central and Eastern Europe to give it a regional presence, and the success of this collaborative arrangement has encouraged the trustees of the Craig and Kathryn Hall Foundation to extend this relationship.
Recipients of this Fulbright grant
2004–05
Garry Bruton
Texas Christian University
Warsaw
2005–06
Dennis Ray
University of St. Thomas
Sofia
2006–07
Anthony Warren
Pennsylvania State University
Vienna–Bratislava
2007–08
Richard Becherer
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Prague
2008–09
Emeric Solymossy
Western Illinois University
Budapest
2010–11
Anthony Di Benedetto
Temple University
Vienna–St. Petersburg
2011–12
Charles Snow
Pennsylvania State University
Vienna–St. Petersburg
2012–13
Julie Elston
Oregon State University
Vienna–Bratislava
2013–14
Charles Weber
Portland State University
Vienna–Bratislava
2014–15
Dianne Welsh
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Vienna–Bratislava
2015–16
Kenneth Swan
College of William and Mary
Vienna–Bratislava
2017–18
Garry Bruton
Texas Christian University - Forth Worth
Vienna–Bratislava
2018–19
Mark Johnson
North Carolina State University
Vienna–Bratislava
2019–20
Julie Elston
Oregon State University
Vienna–Bratislava
2020–21
Carol Reeves
University of Arkansas
2021–22
Julie Elston
Oregon State University - Cascades
2022–23
Paul Leonardi
University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Person
Franziska Brunner
Scholar Program Officer
Liaison for the Fulbright Specialist Program, Intercountry Lecture Program, and Fulbright Schuman Program
Recording Secretary
TEL. +43-1-236 7878 - 15
FBrunner@fulbright.at