Franz Malzl (* 1998 in Baden, Austria) has been a Chemnitz scholarship holder since September, joining the RIGG team alongside scholarship holders Sebastian Grünbaum and Antun Kovcalija. Malzl studied at the University of Vienna. There he has completed a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and a Master's degree in Catholic Religious Education as well as a diploma in Catholic Theology. He is currently studying for a doctorate at the Pontificia Università Gregoriana with a thesis on the reception of the Council of Trent.