Austrian Studies Fund

Prize and Stipend

The Austrian Studies Fund awards a prize and a stipend for talented students of Dutch and Flemish universities: the Hugo Weiland Prize and the Austrian Studies Fund Stipend.

Mr. Hugo Weiland Prize

The Austrian Studies Fund invites lecturers of Dutch and Flemish universities to nominate talented students whose thesis investigates aspects of East-Central European history, politics and culture (i.e. the former lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; the Habsburg monarchy and its connections) for the Mr. Hugo Weiland Prize. This prize, established in honor of the founding president of the Leiden Austrian Studies Foundation, is awarded to promising BA or MA theses. Each year BA and MA theses can be submitted; the committee will consider both categories, and can also decide to nominate a prize winner for each category. Candidates can be recommended by their supervisors after the completion and grading of their thesis.
The deadline for the next prize will be December 1, 2024. Theses written between December 1, 2022 and December 1, 2024 can be submitted. Supervisors are asked to send the thesis as a PDF in an email, which also shortly explains the merits of the work to: weilandprijs@hum.leidenuniv.nl. 

A sum of € 500,- is attached to this prize.

Committee for the Mr. Hugo Weiland Prize:

• Prof. dr. S.A. Cramsey
• Dr. P.G.C. Dassen
• Dr. F. Rosu
• Q.O. Somsen MA
• Dr. N.A.L. Truan
• Dr. F.L. Laczó (Maastricht University)
• Dr. M.K. Williams (University of Groningen)

Previous Mr. Hugo Weiland Prize winners:

Foundation for Austrian Studies Stipend

MA and PhD students can apply for a subsidy from the Foundation for Austrian Studies for research into Central-European history, and in particular Austrian history. With this subsidy students can visit relevant libraries and archives for their research. This subsidy can be awarded all year round and will usually be around €500, but can go up to €2000 depending on the submitted research proposal. For the application students need to submit:

• A motivation letter
• Curriculum Vitae, including University transcript with grades
• Research Proposal (2 pages) consisting of:
  • Description of research theme and question(s)
  • Scientific relevance
  • A time schedule
  • A list of libraries and archives that are to be visited
• Budget

After the research trip students need to send in a final report no later than two months after their return. This should include a financial report, a brief summary of the trip (2 pages max.), and relevant photographs.

Committee for the grants:

• Prof. dr. S.A. Cramsey
• Dr. P.G.C. Dassen
• Dr. F. Rosu
• Q.O. Somsen MA
• Dr. N.A.L. Truan
• Dr. F.L. Laczó (Maastricht University)
• Dr. M.K. Williams (University of Groningen)

Previous grants awarded: