Support for Austrian Schools Abroad

The funding of Austrian schools abroad specifically supports investments in Austrian schools abroad as well as selected socio-cultural school projects with an Austrian connection. Recipients of funding can be independent schools abroad as well as non-profit associations of Austrian schools abroad and initiative groups that implement educational projects with a clear Austrian reference on a socio-cultural level. Applications can be submitted continuously and without limitation, ensuring flexible planning and implementation of educational measures and infrastructure projects. Financial resources are available as grants, primarily for the acquisition of teaching and learning materials, the modernization of school buildings, and the development of intercultural programs. This offer is explicitly aimed at educational institutions and organizations that wish to represent and further develop the Austrian education model in the international context.

The core of the funding strategy is to increase the performance and educational level of all learners, as well as to promote needs orientation, equal opportunities, and gender equality in the school system. Furthermore, efficiency and effectiveness in school organization and educational administration are to be optimized in order to build sustainable structures in the long term. By providing direct grants, the program enables sustainable impulses for didactic innovations, interdisciplinary teaching formats, and institutional modernization. Combined with a clear focus on non-profit sponsors, this funding contributes to strengthening global educational networks and sustainably deepening the exchange between Austria and its schools abroad.