Calls | Contests Art and Research

The Empirical Social Sciences 2026 Call "Resilience & Crises" invites researchers to submit proposals for exploratory, interdisciplinary research projects that advance the conceptualization of resilience in relation to selected crises – primarily with regard to their societal dimensions. 

Deadline 17.6.2026, 14 h

This programme of the Max Kade Foundation in New York supports scholars from all research disciplines who wish to visit the USA for research purposes.

Deadline 25.6.2026

The aim of the S&T Cooperation programmes is to stimulate international research cooperation, to establish new, sustainable international partnerships and to increase the proportion of young and female researchers in international research project consortia.

Deadline 30.6.2026, 12 h

Deadline 30.6.2026

ifk Research Fellowships are intended for postdoctoral researchers. Qualified applications can be submitted regardless of the nationality and institutional or professional affiliation of the applicant. Austrian applicants with comparable qualifications are given preference.

Deadline 5.7.2026

The Austrian Academy of Sciences’ Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities (JESH) programme promotes cooperation between excellent young researchers from abroad and scholars in Austria. JESH offers an incoming programme for researchers from 61 different target countries as well as an outgoing programme for Austrian researchers.

Deadline 7.7.2026

Students and recent alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts are invited to apply for participation in the group exhibition within the Intensive Residency Program for Emerging International Curators – Curators' Agenda: VIENNA 2026, organized by DAS WEISSE HAUS in partnership with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Deadline 7.7.2026

The Symposium Artistic Research will take place 8–10 October 2026 in Karlsruhe. Artists, researchers, students, and all those interested in artistic research are warmly invited to join us for a symposium reflecting a wide range of perspectives on artistic research in music, centered on Artistic Identity in Research Projects. 

Call for Contributions 10.7.2026

The ERRAR Photography Conference will take place 7–10 October 2026 in Lisbon. The call for contributions from the fields photography, artistic and arts-based research is open. 

Call for Contributions 15.7.2026

The 5th International AIE Conference themed "Art, Research and Education" will take place 18–20 November 2026 in Madrid. The call for contributions in different formats is open. 

Call for Contributions 15.7.2026

The gallery FÜNFZIGZWANZIG in cooperation with the Richard Hirschbäck Achive invites submissions for artistic contributions to the annual program for 2027. 

Deadline 30.7.2026

The goal of this programme is to support alumni_ae of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the fields of Fine Arts and Media Art by awarding studio spaces. 

Deadline 31.7.2026

The objective of the Advanced Grant is to support excellent Principal Investigators that are established research leaders. An ERC Advanced Grant Principal Investigator is expected to be an active researcher with a track record of significant research achievements.

Deadline 27.8.2026, 17 h

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sports (BMWKMS) offers funding for individual projects in the fields Fine Arts, Design, Fashion, Photography, and Media Art. 

Deadline 31.8.2026

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sports (BMWKMS) offers funding for individual projects in the field Architecture.

Deadline 31.8.2026

The Marietta Blau Grant offers financial support for six- to twelve-month study periods abroad for doctoral or PhD students of Austrian universities. It serves to optimise their dissertations. Junior researchers are the main target group.

Deadline 1.9.2026

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

Deadline 9.9.2026, 17 h

Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers. European Fellows are expected to pursue a period of research in Japan.

Deadline 15.9.2026