Master’s Opportunities in Literature in Austria

The William S. Phillips Fund award supports postgraduate study in art and design at the University of Dundee’s College of Art and Design, part of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. This scholarship is intended for students entering a one-year Master’s programme and covers the full duration of that year. The award is rooted in a foundation established from the estate of William Sangster Phillips, a Dundee-born benefactor, and is designed to help talented home students pursue advance...

The University of California, Berkeley’s two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art Practice supports approximately 12 graduate students per year and is designed for working artists pursuing sustained creative, critical, and cultural impact. Students develop their individual creative practices through graduate coursework, independent study, peer critique, and interdisciplinary collaboration. The program encourages engagement with university-wide and cross-disciplinary research connected to areas such a...

The SofinaBoël Fund for Education and Talent offers scholarships for students who want to spend 6 to 12 months at a top university abroad for further study or research. The opportunity is open across disciplines and is designed for students with an existing connection to a Belgian university. For doctoral applicants on the FWO/FNRS track, the scholarship supports a stay at a host university anywhere in the world outside the United States. The funding is managed through the King Baudouin Foundati...

VinUniversity’s College of Engineering and Computer Science is offering places through its Graduate Research Excellence Program for master’s study in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence . The program is designed for graduate researchers interested in developing advanced technical and research capabilities. Relevant preparation may include programming, data analysis, and academic writing, providing a foundation for work across computing, a...

This fully funded scholarship supports three-year, full-time master’s study at Shanghai Ocean University in China through the College of Foreign Languages. Applicants may pursue the Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI), a Chinese-taught professional programme, or an Area Studies master’s programme. The advertised thesis themes span multilingual communication, translation technology, regional languages and cultures, politics, economies, ocean civilisation and global governance. The opport...

This scholarship supports research stays at the NIKI / Art History Institute in Florence for students and researchers in art history and closely related fields. Award holders can spend one to three months in Florence and use the institute’s research facilities, including its library, which is available around the clock. The main monthly grant is aimed at BA and MA students, recent graduates working on a publication or PhD proposal, and PhD candidates. In parallel, the foundation also offers a se...

The Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR) offers funded research stays in Rome for students and early-career researchers whose projects benefit from access to the city’s libraries, archives, museums, and broader scholarly environment. The stay is designed to support work connected to Italian culture, history, and archaeology, with accommodation inside the institute and access to its academic life. Selected participants stay in KNIR for either 7 or 10 weeks depending on the category of appli...

The Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA) offers scholarships that support short research stays in Athens of up to three months. The institute is a joint research institute of six Dutch universities and part of the network of foreign archaeological schools in Athens. These awards are designed for researchers whose work is connected to Greece and for whom a period in Athens will materially strengthen the project. The scheme includes several strands, including support for PhD students and recent P...

Cultuurfonds visual arts scholarship supports students who want to pursue a master's degree in visual arts abroad. The award is offered by het Cultuurfonds, one of the largest private cultural foundations in the Netherlands, and is intended to help cover part of the costs of studying and living overseas. The scholarship is aimed at a broad visual arts profile, including areas such as painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and product design, social design, architecture, fashion, textiles, cer...