ADVANCING MUSIC AND MINORITIES RESEARCH
A Seed Money Initiative for Research Project Development
Call for Applications
Deadline: 15 January 2023
What do we support?
AMMR supports primarily the development of applications to the following funding programs (follow the links for detailed information on each program and study the respective guidelines closely):
- FWF ESPRIT Career Advancement for Postdocs
- no application deadlines
- project duration of 36 months
- doctoral degree awarded no more than five years prior to the time of application (with the exception of justified career breaks)
- no territoriality principle: applicants may at the time of application (and before) reside in any country
- FWF Stand-Alone Projects
- no application deadlines
- project duration of up to 48 months
- Applicants need to fulfil the territoriality principle: Either the researcher’s main residence must have been in Austria for at least three of the past ten years at the time when the application is submitted, or the applicant must have been working continuously as a researcher in Austria for at least two consecutive years preceding the submission of the application.
- FWF Elise Richter Programme
- no application deadlines
- project duration 12 to 48 months
- eligible are only female senior postdocs
- Applicants need to fulfil the territoriality principle: Either the researcher’s main residence must have been in Austria for at least three of the past ten years at the time when the application is submitted, or the applicant must have been working continuously as a researcher in Austria for at least two consecutive years preceding the submission of the application.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – European Postdoctoral Fellowships
- one call per year, deadline in September/October
- project duration 12 to 24 months
- Applicants must have a maximum of 8 years experience in research, from the date of the award of their PhD degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks will not count towards the above maximum, nor will years of experience in research in third countries, for nationals or long-term residents of EU Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries who wish to reintegrate to Europe.
- Applicants must comply with the mobility rule: They must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Austria for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.
The proposed projects should have a prospective duration of more than 12 months and a project budget of 100,000.00 to 400,000.00 EUR, depending on the provisions of the given funding program. If a given funding program allows for this option, proposed projects may include further project staff in addition to the principal investigator. The development of funding applications for projects with a shorter duration or a lower budget is not supported by AMMR grants.
A note on other funding programs:
MMRC may consider to support applications to other, comparable funding programs within which a research project at MMRC may be funded. This may include, for example, applications for ERC grants, applications to national funding agencies in countries around the world, or also applications to foundations and other private funding bodies. Minimum conditions for the support of applications to other funding programs are:
- The program funds research projects hosted by MMRC, i.e., by a research center that is part of an Austrian public university.
- The program funds research projects with a duration of more than 12 months.
- The program funds research projects with a budget of more than 100,000 EUR.
In such a case, candidates have to inquire in advance with MMRC’s research coordinator Malik Sharif (sharif@mdw.ac.at) whether the development of an application to the respective funding program would be eligible for an AMMR grant.
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