Fellows
Fellows supports younger and experienced researchers in Vienna through Holocaust research and scholarly exchange, including a joint oral history fellowship that explores and contextualizes survivor testimony.
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Funder: Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies
Due Dates: January 17, 2027 (VWI-Fortunoff Research Fellowship 2027/28)
Funding Amounts: VWI-Fortunoff: €2,200 monthly for eight months, housing costs up to €600, and round-trip travel
Summary: VWI fellowships bring younger and experienced researchers to Vienna for scholarly exchange and research, including a joint Fortunoff fellowship focused on Holocaust oral history.
Key Information: VWI-Fortunoff fellows must be regularly present at VWI and produce a research paper and annotated testimony.
Description
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) runs an annually advertised fellowship programme comprising Senior, Research and Junior Fellowships. It brings researchers from Austria and abroad to Vienna for temporary stays, fostering dialogue across career stages, disciplines, regional backgrounds and methodological approaches. Fellows develop research questions, share findings through conferences, lectures and publications, and contribute to the institute’s research and educational work.
For 2027/28, VWI and the Fortunoff Archive at Yale University offer a joint research fellowship focused on Holocaust oral history, particularly the Fortunoff testimony collections. The fellow conducts research in Vienna using the archive’s digital collection and relevant VWI resources. Within that focus, applicants may choose their own topic, approach and methodology. The funding, application requirements and deadline below concern this joint VWI-Fortunoff fellowship.
