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 closed. The announcement of which projects have been selected for funding is expected to take place in July 2026. The next call (Call 2027) is expected to open in early February 2027 and will be open until April 2027.
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.