Skilled Workers Scholarship (shortage occupations)
Fachkräftestipendium
Paid by Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) · 🇦🇹 Austria
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 2 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Solange die Ausbildung dauert, längstens aber 3 Jahre.
A researcher has read this record against the official page.
Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.ams.at
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Other work & employment support in Austria
17 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Emergency Assistance (after unemployment benefit)
- Educational Leave: Continuing Education Allowance (successor of 'Bildungskarenz')
- AMS Childcare Allowance
- Partial Retirement Scheme
- Integration Allowance (wage subsidy)
- Combined Wage Subsidy for Long-Term Unemployed
- Business Start-Up Programme for Unemployed People
- Basic Subsidy for Apprentice-Training Companies
- AMS Apprenticeship Subsidy for Disadvantaged Groups
- Youth Coaching for Disadvantaged Young People
- Vocational Assistance for People with Disabilities
- Personal Assistance at the Workplace
- Short-time work subsidy
- Insolvency income protection (Insolvenz-Entgelt-Fonds)
- Educational leave: Weiterbildungszeit and Weiterbildungsgeld (AMS)
- waff training grants for employees (Vienna)
- Voluntary social year
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Educational Leave: Continuing Education Allowance (successor of 'Bildungskarenz')
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Unemployment Benefit
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Integration Allowance (wage subsidy)
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