14.10.2019

The deadline for submissions is at the end of calendar week 42!

According to § 63 Studienförderungsgesetz (StudFG) Student Support Act, scholarship grants exist to support degree programme students working on academic theses or artistic work (diploma thesis, master´s thesis, doctoral thesis).
A scholarship grant for one academic year cannot be less than € 750 and cannot be more than € 3,600. According to § 67 (2) StudFG the Department of Academic Affairs awards the grant. There is no automatic entitlement to a grant.
If a grant is awarded, the scholarship grant must be used appropriately according to StudFG, which means that a report on the statement of costs is to be submitted to the Academic Dean.

A Requirements according to § 66 StudFG:

1. The applicant has Austrian citizenship or is considered as equivalent to Austrian citizens according to § 4 StudFG.
2. An application written by the student for a scholarship grant to undertake a thesis that has not yet been completed, which includes a description of the thesis, a statement of costs and a financing plan.
3. Submission of one report by a habilitated TU Graz faculty member on the statement of costs, as well as on the candidate´s academic performance to date and his or her proposed thesis, and whether or not in the faculty member´s opinion, the candidate will be able to complete the thesis with above average success.
4. Compliance with entitlement period of the relevant stage of a degree programme according to § 18 (this is the legally defined period of study plus one additional semester), taking into account possible important reasons stipulated in § 19 (e.g. pregnancy, military service, etc.)
5. Compliance with the submission requirements: documents as described in sections A and B.

B The applicant must also submit:

A data sheet (for master's students and PhD students)
https://lampx.tugraz.at/~tcvb/ARCH/foerderungsstipendium_en/

If you have any questions or require further information, please contact the Dean's office for Architecture.