Calls | Contests Art and Research

The Career Center of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft presents the Leadership Excellence Award in Research – LExA to outstanding and innovative leaders in research and science in Austria. The nomination deadline is 22 May 2026.

Deadline 22.5.2026

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sports (BMWKMS) offers funding in the field of film. Among others, funding is awarded for project development as well as production of avant-garde and experimental films as well as animation, documentary and feature films. 

Deadline 31.5.2026

The Journal for Artistic Research (JAR) accepts submissions in Spanish, Portuguese, French, German and English. The journal publishes three unthemed issues each year and the next deadline is 31 May 2026. 

Call for Contributions 31.5.2026

The Center for Literary and Intermedial Crossings Research Group (CLIC) awards up to 5 short-term paid Grant Writing Residencies in the period August–November 2026. Artistic researchers in music, audiovisual and dramatic arts wishing to apply for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) and FWO Postdoctoral Fellowships are invited to express their interest.

Deadline 31.5.2026

For the eighth time, the La Veta association  is organizing the Summeracademy Val Gardena – a two-week course program dedicated to drawing, sculpture, and casting, set amidst the Dolomites. The Summeracademy Val Gardena is aimed at artists, sculptors, art students, and individuals working in the field of art.

Deadline 4.6.2026

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 5.6.2026, 12 h

Deadline 9.6.2026, 12 h

As part of its arts funding program, the Federal Ministry of Housing, Arts, Culture, Media, and Sport (BMWKMS)  is offering 11 studio spaces to artists working in the fields of visual arts, photography, or media art.

Deadline 15.6.2026

The Austrian Parliament's non-profit foundation invites individuals and institutions to apply for the 2026 Democracy Award. The work of the proposed award winners must focus on exceptional commitment to democracy and parliamentarianism in Austria, which has a lasting effect.

Deadline 15.6.2026

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

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 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