Scholarship Programme

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24 Nov, 2023

Would you like to be part of the European Forum Alpbach event? Apply for a scholarship with us: You're in for a lifechanging experience!

About

Every year, hundreds of young talents from all around the world come to the annual event in the village of Alpbach. Students, young professionals and changemakers attend scientific, competence based and artistic seminars, participate in a high-level conference programme and join social and cultural activities. The scholarship holders are the only participants who stay for the whole duration of the Forum. Both EFA itself as well as the Forum Alpbach Network (FAN) award around 400 scholarships. The two weeks in summer are a unique experience for this selected group of people, providing thought-provoking content as well as inspiring encounters with decision-makers and other generations of passionate Europeans.

The European Forum Alpbach scholarship programme generates ideas and sparks action among its participants: One of our former scholarship holders describes it as "an absolutely outstanding opportunity for young minds to interact, discuss, build friendships and collaborations and promote positive changes in the future."

Forum Alpbach Network: The time spent together at the EFA connects former scholarship holders over the course of many years and across national borders: There are more than 30 alumni organisations in 21 different countries! They organise successful scholarship funding, as well as various events throughout the year and support your stay at the European Forum Alpbach event.

Scholarship services

A scholarship at EFA covers the participation fee and the accommodation for the entire duration of the event. Additionally, scholarship holders receive a daily allowance of 20,00 € per day. Some Clubs within the Forum Alpbach Network offer a reimbursement of travel costs and/or daily allowances to their scholarship holders (Please refer to their respective websites).

Qualification criteria

Our scholarship programme is for students, young professionals and change-makers who want to have an impact and become active citizens in their region. A scholarship for the European Forum Alpbach event is available to applicants from all countries and disciplines. Artists and non-graduates are invited to apply, too. Please note the following application criteria:

  • You haven not received a scholarship from the European Forum Alpbach yet and therefore qualify as a first-time scholarship holder.
  • The main language of the European Forum Alpbach is English. Therefore, fluent English language skills are required (English proficiency at a minimum level of B2 according the Common European Framework of Reference). You will be asked to provide supporting documents to prove your English proficiency (see application process).
  • You are between 18 and 30 years of age (or between 18 and 35 for African applicants)
  • All applicants must be available and ready to attend the European Forum Alpbach event for a minimum of twelve days.

We encourage candidates coming from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, members of ethnical or religious minorities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people with disabilities, and refugees or displaced persons to apply for a scholarship. If you identify yourself as belonging to one of these groups, you may indicate this in your motivational statement. We will take it into consideration in our jury assessment.

Application process

You can either apply via EFA's application portal (opening in March 2024) or via one of the FAN’s alumni clubs.

FAN clubs strive to make the Alpbach experience available to new scholarship holders from their clubs’ regions. If you have a regional affiliation to one (or even more) of the 30 existing FAN Clubs, we recommend checking out if they offer scholarships and, if yes, to apply there. You will benefit from smaller mentoring structures and immediate onboarding into our alumni network. (Note: By regional affiliation, we mean nationality or present/past residency status).

If the Club in your country does not offer scholarships, or if there is no Club in your country, then we invite you to apply via the EFA. The EFA scholarship programme is open to international applicants from all regions of the world*, with a special focus on Europe (outside Austria).

*except nationals of ROC Taiwan or permanent residents in Taiwan: Please apply via the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation.

FAQs

Find answers to frequently asked questions about the scholarship programme:

EFA24 Scholarship FAQs

If you have any further questions, please get in touch via scholarships@alpbach.org

Save the EFA24 date:

The next EFA event will take place from 17 to 30 August 2024. Application for the 2024 scholarship programme will open in March 2024. Stay tuned via this page and/or social media!

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More information on how to apply for a scholarship at EFA24 will follow in due time.

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