Nick Mueller Scholarship

Endowment: 10,000

What is funded?

Innsbruck and Tyrolean students are enabled to conduct research projects at the University of New Orleans.

Who awards the scholarship?

The Nick Mueller Scholarship is funded equally by the City of Innsbruck and the Province of Tyrol. It will be presented at the opening ceremony of the International Summer School of the University of New Orleans in the presence of Prof. Mueller.

Who decides on the award?

The scholarship holder is proposed by:

• the University Representative for International Relations and
• the Rector's Representative for the Partnership with the UNO

After consultation with the Director of the Austria Center of the UN, the scholarship holder will be proposed to the City of Innsbruck and the Province of Tyrol.

Who is Prof. Gordon "Nick" Müller?

Long before New Orleans officially became Innsbruck's twin city in 1995, there was already close cooperation between the cities.

Since 1976, the International Summer School has been held in Innsbruck every year, with more than 8,000 students from the U.S. participating to date. Prof. Mueller is the founder of this successful program between the University of Innsbruck and the University of New Orleans (UNO). At that time, he moved the six-week Summer School of the University of New Orleans from Munich to Innsbruck and thus laid an important foundation for further cultural exchange between the twin cities.

The Nick Mueller Scholarship was established by the city and state in 2003 in recognition of the achievements of Prof. Gordon "Nick" Mueller.

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