Tourism scholarship
Course costs, travel costs and money to live on
Are you doing a course? We can support you. You can apply for three things – separately or together: course costs, travel costs and money to live on. You can get travel costs even if we did not fund the course, as long as you completed it.
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How much?
Up to €5,000 for the course
Plus travel costs and money to live on:
- Course costs (50%)
- up to €5,000
- Travel costs per month
- up to €116
- Money to live on per month
- €551.10
What you can apply for
Part 1
Course costs
We refund 50% of the course costs, up to €5,000 per person. You get the money once the course has finished.
Part 2
Travel costs
We pay for your public transport tickets to and from the course. You must live in Austria, and the course must take place in Austria. You get the money once the course has finished.
Part 3
Money to live on
You get €551.10 per month for as long as the course lasts. To get it, you must earn less than €1,878 net per month. The course must last at least 2 weeks, with at least 16 hours per week. Each person can receive this monthly support only once.
Who can get funding?
- You work in a hotel or restaurant – including while on parental leave or unpaid leave.
- Do you work in a marginal job (geringfügig)? Then you must not, at the same time, attend AMS retraining or labour-market reintegration measures and receive an AMS allowance towards your living costs.
- You earn no more than €2,700 gross per month.
What you need for your application
- Photo ID (e.g. passport or identity card)
- Insurance data extract (Versicherungsdatenauszug) or employment contract and payslip
- Course registration and certificate of completion
- Invoice for the course
- For travel costs, also: registration certificate (Meldezettel) · information from the provider on where the course takes place · public transport tickets
- For money to live on, also: your current payslip · a monthly confirmation that you are attending the course
Which courses are funded?
- The course would also be useful to you in a different business.
- It costs at least €150 (including the exam fee).
- The provider works with us and is on our list.
Which courses exactly?
On the “Courses” page you can see which topics are funded and where to find suitable courses.
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