ASEA-UNINET Project Funding

ASEA-UNINET Project Funding aims to promote bilateral and multilateral projects in the areas of research, research-led teaching and the arts between the Austrian ASEA-UNINET member universities (incl. candidate members) and member universities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

All fields of study/research are supported (natural sciences, technical sciences, human medicine, health sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts).

Target group:	Researchers (incl. arts), doctoral students, and students (only for clinical electives)
Target country:	Austria Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
Project implementation	Call 2026: 1-year projects: October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027                  2-year projects: October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2028
Duration:	Minimum: 1 week per mobility Maximum: 3 months per mobility Clinical electives: 4/6/8 weeks
Degree awarding:	No
Eligibility requirements:	At least one university has to be an ASEA-UNINET member university (incl. candidate) in Austria (lead partner) and in the ASEAN country (cooperating partner) respectively. No age limit requirement.
Applications:	The Call 2026 is open now. Link to the online application form  Applications to be submitted only by the Austrian project lead.
Closing date for applications:	Call 2026: April 23, 2026 (12:00 pm CEST)
Funded by:	OeAD-GmbH in cooperation with ASEA-UNINET on behalf of and financed by funds of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research
Additional information:	Contact for prospective applicants: The ASEA-UNINET Coordinator of the relevant Austrian or ASEAN (candidate) member university or the National Coordinator. Contact for application questions: Barbara Karahan, BA BA MA. Official call announcement: (AT to ASEAN) & (ASEAN to AT).

 

Important document Call 2026:

The obligatory templates for submitting applications are linked in the document.

 

Important documents from previous calls:

regarding the ASEA-UNINET Project Call 2025 (Implementation period 10/2025-09/2026 or 09/2027):

regarding the ASEA-UNINET Project Call 2024 (Implementation period 01/2025-12/2025 or 12/2026):

Recording of the OeAD webinar “Informationen und Updates zur Abwicklung von Kooperationsprojekten” (only in German) from December 2nd, 2025 (lecture part, 17 minutes). Note: The question and answer section will be available in written form, also here, later.