Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020

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Austrian Research and Technology Report 2020
2.8. Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and
Research (OeAD-GmbH)
2.8.1 Profile and key figures 
The OeAD-GmbH, is the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education, science 
and research. Since it was founded in 2009, the OeAD-GmbH has established itself as the central agency 
for organising national and international mobility, funding and innovation programmes in the Austrian ed-
ucation system. Initially founded in 1961 as an association, the “Austrian Exchange Service” is now a broad-
based agency which also stimulates and promotes innovations in education, teaching and research through 
targeted interventions, in addition to its core mission of supporting the internationalisation of education-
al institutions through mobility and project funding.
The head office of OeAD-GmbH is located in Vienna, and there are also seven regional offices in Austri-
an university towns, partner offices in Lviv and Shanghai, and an OeAD Info Point in Baku. OeAD-Wohn-
raumverwaltungs-GmbH is a subsidiary of OeAD-GmbH that provides accommodation in student dormito-
ries and OeAD guest houses for approximately 12,000 international students, researchers and professors 
each year.
Key figures for 2018 and 2019
2018
2019
Total funding budget, disbursements in €1,000
€52,380
€54,390
Employees
2018
2019
Headcount
214
217
Full time equivalents, rounded
161
164
Source: OeAD-GmbH.
2.8.2 Indicators for 2018 and 2019 
Only those research-related activities that are funded from the federal budget under Section 31 of the 
Universities Act (UG) are included in the following indicators. These are primarily incoming and outgoing 
grant programmes, activities with our neighbouring countries of Hungary, Czechia and Slovakia, scientific 
and technical cooperative projects, development research, support for university networks with South 
East Asia, China and African countries, and the Sparkling Science programme. The OeAD-GmbH’s activi-
ties cover all phases of the project cycle, such as providing information, advertising, the application phase, 
evaluation of applications, selection, events forming part of the programme, support during the implemen-
tation phase, support and supervision of grant recipients and project implementers, receipt and review of 
interim and final reports as well as reporting, financial processing and accounting.