Awards
The Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies is proud to administer the following undergraduate and graduate fellowships and awards. If you are eligible to apply and would like an application form please visit the Wirth Institute in suite 300 Arts building or contact us via e-mail at wirth.institute@ualberta.ca
All applications should be received by the deadline dates indicated and sent to:
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
Suite 300 Arts Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E6
Fellowships for students from Central Europe
Franz Schubert Institute Poetry and Performance of the German Lied Masterclass for Singers and Pianists
Please visit website for more information.
Teach in Innsbruck, Austria
Applications now closed for 2011
One faculty member will visit the University of Innsbruck for a 4-week teaching block in the University of Innsbruck's Spring Semester (May, 2012). Airfare is paid by the sending university and accomodation and a small honorarium are paid by the host university.
For more information.
Faculty members from all disciplines within the Faulty of Arts are invited to apply. Those wishing to apply should send a detailed C.V. together with a letter indicating desire to take advantage of this exchange, and specifying, in some detail, possible subjects of instruction and brief course descriptions to:
Joseph F. Patrouch, Director
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
Arts Building, Suite 300
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E6
patrouch@ualberta.ca
Deadline for applications: Friday, 25 November 2011
The Johann Strauss Foundation Music Awards for Advanced Study of Music in Austria
Audition Information
Audition Date: Saturday, January 7, 2011
Audition length: 20 minute performance, 10 minute interview
Applicants will be notified of their specific audition time in early December.
Please prepare a maximum of 20 minutes of music. Repertoire selected
for your audition program should relate to your proposed study program
and should demonstrate why you are the most qualified candidate for
your particular project.
Instrumentalists: All instrumentalists should perform at least one solo work.
Pianists applying to attend Lieder masterclasses, can complete the
remainder of the audition program with song literature, particularly
the German Lied, performed with a singer.
Singers: The audition program should include at least one piece in
English, and pieces in at least two (2) additional languages.
Singers applying to attend Lieder masterclasses will want to
demonstrate their ability to interpret German Lied as part of their
audition program.
Applications now closed for 2011
Awarded to student(s) with satisfactory academic standing registered in any year of an undergraduate degree program or in years one or two of a master’s degree program or years one through five of a doctoral degree program in music at any Alberta post-secondary institution planning to study music in Austria. Selection based on musical merit as demonstrated in an audition and interview. This award is given to support student expenses (travel and accommodation) incurred during the student’s study in Austria.
For more information, please contact:
Joseph F. Patrouch, Director
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies
Arts Building, Suite 300
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E6
Tel: 780-492-1444
e-mail: patrouch@ualberta.ca
Deadline for applications: Friday, 25 November 2011
Austrian Canadian Council Dissertation Prizes in the field of Austrian Studies
For best M.A. thesis $500
For best Ph.D. thesis $1,000
The Austrian Canadian Council will award up to $ 1500 per year to the best M.A. or Ph.D. theses completed at Canadian Universities in fulfillment of the relevant graduate degrees. The competition is open to all dissertations in the field of Austrian Studies (including history, music, philosophy, literature or comparative literature with an Austrian thematic dimension). Both a Ph.D. thesis prize and an M.A. thesis prize may be awarded in each year, depending on the quality and number of applications. The competition is open to all theses completed and accepted by the appropriate graduate faculty in the twelve months prior to the nomination deadline of the end of October. The prize is administered by the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies at the University of Alberta. The Institute will establish an adjudicating committee of three prominent Canadian professors of German literature to assess the nominations. Winners will be announced on or around 15 December each year. Nominations may be made by departments, thesis advisors, or authors themselves, and should be accompanied by a copy of the dissertation and a letter of support by the primary faculty advisor of the thesis. All supporting documents must be received by the Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies within one week of the nomination deadline.
Deadline: October 29
RETURN TO TOP
The Central European and Hungarian Studies Award
endowed by the Canadian Hungarian Cultural Society
Value: $800
Eligibility: Awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate student in the Faculty of Arts whose research work (generally in the form of third or fourth year research essay) in a University of Alberta course demonstrates excellence in the study of either any aspect of central Europe with a Hungarian component or any aspect of Hungarian Studies. Eligible students should contact the Director, Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, 300 Arts, for further information.
Application: Students who believe they are eligible for this award should bring the matter to the attention of their course instructor. Nominations for the award must be made by the instructor.
Deadline: April 30
RETURN TO TOP
The Joseph and Melitta Kandler Graduate Fellowship
in Austrian and Central European Studies
Value: $2,500 - $3,000
Funded by Dr. Joseph Kandler, a native of Vienna, and a graduate of the Hochschule für Welthandel, now named the Wirtschaftsuniversität Vienna, who is a former member of the Senate and Board of Governors of the University of Alberta. Melitta Kandler began her studies at the University of Graz, Austria, and graduated with an M.A. from the University of Alberta.
Eligibility: Awarded annually to a student in the M.A. or Ph.D. Programme in any department in the Faculty of Arts who will benefit from studying or researching in Austria or in any other central European country. The award, intended to cover a study period of four months, may supplement other awards or grants. Recipients must have completed one year of graduate study. A student may hold the award only once.
Application: Applications should consist of a letter by the applicant describing the project and plan of research, and three letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted to Prof. Joseph F. Patrouch, Director, Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, Arts 300, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB T6G 2E6.
RETURN TO TOP