Dr. Miloš Cvetković, Research Associate at the Institute for Byzantine Studies of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, was awarded a scholarship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities – JESH programme for a research stay in Vienna between 1 October – 28 December 2023. The research within the framework of the project Models of Byzantine Provincial Government in the Balkans under the Komnenoi and Angeloi (1081–1204) was carried out at the Institute for Medieval Research (IMAFO) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (the Department of Byzantine Research) with the earnest support of the host and supervisor Doz. Mag. Dr. Mihailo St. Popović.