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Katja Sterflinger | Fungi in Museums and Collections
We would like to congratulate Katja Sterflinger and Johannes Tichy for the funding of the "Fungi in museums and collections: a novel, highly sensitive, AI powered sensor system for the early stage detection of fungal contaminations" project in the Heritage Science program of the OeAW. All the best for the start of the project!
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Conservation – Restoration
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Julien Segarra | A Mimeo Archaeology
Cordial congratulations to Julien Segarra for receiving funding in the Heritage Science program of the OeAW. We wish you good luck for the start of the project titled "A Mimeo Archaeology. Developing a method to classify mimeographed documents and re-evaluate their historical and social significance".
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Wilfried Vetter | Splendor and Commerce
We want to cordially congratulate Wilfried Vetter for the funding in the Heritage Science program OeAW for the "Splendor and Commerce – Exploring Humanist Italian Renaissance Book Production Through Art History and Material Analysis" project with the Austrian National Library as the lead partner. All the best for the start of the project!
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Ana de Almeida, Franzis Kabisch, Azar Mahmoudian Esfahani, and Volha Sasnouskaya | Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2025/26
The Dissertation Completion Fellowship aims to support doctoral candidates in the last phase of their dissertation and doctoral studies. The fellowship is awarded every year. The amount of the fellowship is 1,200 euros per month over a period of 6 months. We cordially congratulate this year's fellows Ana de Almeida (Dr.phil.), Franzis Kabisch (Dr.phil.), Azar Mahmoudian Esfahani (PhD in Practice), and Volha Sasnouskaya (PhD in Practice)!
Currently ongoing and past projects of fellowship holders can be found here.
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BMWKMS | Start-up Grants in the fields Architecture, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Design, Film, Photography, Music, Media Art, and Music
The start-up grants represent recognition and support for the work of young artists. They are intended to promote artistic development and facilitate entry into the Austrian and international art scene.
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BMWKMS | Grants in the field Film
The Federal Ministry for Housing, Art, Culture, Media and Sports (BMWKMS) offers funding in the field of film. Among other, funding is awarded for project development as well as production of avant-garde and experimental films as well as animation, documentary and feature films.
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AAPS | Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences 2026
- Call for Contributions: 31.1.2026
The "Conference for Advancing the Participatory Sciences" will be held online 26–29 May 2026. Organized by the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences, it convenes researchers, moderators and project leaders for four online conference days. The event presents leading voices from the participatory sciences and aims to enable dynamics discussions.
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Society for Artistic Research | Nomination Prize for Excellent Research Catalogue Exposition 2025
The Society for Artistic Research (SAR) has opened a call for nominations of candidates for the Annual SAR Prize for Excellent Research Catalogue Exposition 2025. The prize aims to foster and encourage innovative, experimental new formats of publication and to give visibility to the qualities of artistic research artefacts.
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European Commission | Design competition New European Bauhaus Trophy 2026
The European Commission is launching an EU-wide competition for students to design the first official trophy of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes. The NEB Prizes celebrate outstanding projects and ideas that embody the NEB values of sustainability, beauty, and inclusion.
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Journal for Artistic Research | Call for Submissions
- Call for Contributions: 31.1.2026
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 January 2026.
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Spotlight Festival for Motion Picture Communication | spotlight STUDENTS
The 29th Festival for Motion Picture Communication will take place 12–13 March 2026 in Stuttgart. Spotlight STUDENTS is a young talent competition for spots and other motion picture formats produced by film students.
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OeAD | Ernst Mach Grant – worldwide
This grant program funded by the Austrian Ministry for Women, Science and Research is directed at junior researchers of all disciplines who study or do research outside of Austria and want to launch a research project in Austria.
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Gustav Mahler Private University for Music Klagenfurt | Forum Artistic Research
- Call for Contributions: 2.2.2026
The second Forum Artistic Research will be held 25–27 June 2026 in Klagenfurt. The call for contributions on the theme "suspended in language?" is open until 2 February.
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Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival | International Competition
The 28th edition of TISFF will take place in Tel Aviv–Yafo 23–30 June 2026. The festival is a non-profit organization, managed and produced entirely by volunteer film students. An international student film competition is part of the festival.
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OeAW | L'ORÉAL Austria
The L’ORÉAL Austria Awards offer funding for young female scientists in medicine, natural and life sciences or mathematics to support them at the beginning of their scientific career after their doctorate/PhD.
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Open Call der Akademie | Scholarship Early Post Doc Applications 2026
- Deadline: 17.2.2026, 11 h
The Scholarship for Early Post Doc Applications aims to support early postdocs in the application for their initial postdoctoral research project.
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SAR Special Interest Group for Language-based Artistic Research | Convocation III
- Call for Contributions: 23.2.2026
Convocation calls for a live coming together of artistic researchers whose practices engage with the materiality and mediality of language. It will take place from 30 June to 3 July in Vienna.
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FWF | doc.funds.connect
- Deadline: 26.2.2026, 14 h
Attractive career opportunities for doctoral students help them gain a foothold in promising research fields – doc.funds.connect grants fund joint doctoral training programs at universities and universities of applied sciences.
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FWF | doc.funds
- Deadline: 26.2.2026, 14 h
Attractive career opportunities for doctoral students help them gain a foothold in promising research fields – doc.funds grants strengthen doctoral training programs in Austria.
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Bibliotheca Hertziana | Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Department Weddigen at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute for Art History, in Rome offers Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships for the 2026/27 academic year.
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BMWKMS | Individual Projects Fine Arts, Design, Fashion, Photography, Media Art 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.
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Literar-Mechana | Fellowship for Artistic Work
Literar-Mechana awards fellowship for authors, playwrights, screenwriters, authors for children's books and books for young adults.
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University of Galway | 17th SAR Conference on Artistic Research
- Call for Contributions: 1.3.2026
The International Forum on Artistic Research, titled "Endangered conceptual worlds" will take place 23–26 June 2026 in Galway. The call for contributions is open until 1 March.
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City of Krems | Erich Grabner Prize
In 2026, the city of Krems will once again award the Erich Grabner Prize for Graphic Art. In cooperation with the province of Lower Austria, the Rotary Club Krems-Wachau, the Friends of the Grabner Family, and Göttweig Abbey, outstanding graphic art will be honored in several categories.
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WWTF | Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators 2026
- Deadline: 10.3.2026, 14 h
The 17th Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators call 2026 "Environmental Systems Research" to to attract outstanding early-career researchers from abroad to Vienna who seek to advance their research career by establishing an independent research group.
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Open Call of the Academy | Graduate Conference 2026
- Deadline: 17.3.2026, 11 h
The call for conference papers for the Graduate Conference 2026, which will take place on 29 April 2026, is addressed to doctoral and PhD candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with projects at an advanced stage.
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St. Virgil Salzburg | Artists in Residence
As part of the Artists in Residence program, two young artists are invited each summer to live and work at St. Virgil for five weeks. The aim of the AiR program is to promote the work of young artists in the first five years after graduation.
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OeAW | APART-GSK
APART-GSK is a funding programme for excellent junior scholars in the humanities and the social and cultural sciences (GSK) in the first post-doc phase of their careers.
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Theodor Körner Fund | Theodor Körner Award 2026
The Theodor Körner Fund has set itself the goal of promoting young scientists and artists. Applications can be submitted for scientific research projects as well as art, literature, and composition projects that are currently in progress.
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FWF | Top Citizen Science 2026
The Top Citizen Science program is aimed at researchers who actively involve citizens in the research process. Whether collecting data, sharing observations, or contributing experiences – there are no limits to the ways citizens can participate, and partners such as schools or clubs can also be involved.
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WWTF | Information and Communication Technology 2026 – Digital Humanism
- Deadline: 15.4.2026, 14 h
The WWTF's Information and Communication Technology 2026 Call "Digital Humanism" is directed at researchers in Vienna who seek to conduct a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research project between ICT and social sciences / humanities (SSH) that address digital technologies & practices from a human-centered and societal perspective in the field of Digital Humanism.
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OeAW | Post-DocTrack
The OeAW awards fellowships to holders of a doctorate or PhD in the humanities and social and cultural sciences who are pursuing an academic career in order to assist in the transition to the post-doc phase.
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OeAW | MAX KADE
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.
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Vienna Business Agency | Understanding Science Funding
The Understanding Science Funding aims is to assist in communication activities that aim to present research and scientific results in an understandable and easily accessible manner.
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City of Vienna | START-Studio
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.
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Literar-Mechana | Project Fellowship for Translators
Each year, Literar-Mechana awards up to two translators with project grants. Translations into German are given priority.
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Open Call of the Academy | Academy Open Access Publishing Fund
- Submissions accepted continuously
The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna established a central Open Access publishing fund to support its members covering the OA costs for their peer-reviewed OA publications. Doctoral students and early career researchers are especially encouraged to apply.
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Open Call of the Academy | Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs
- Submissions accepted continuously
The publication cost grant is intended to support the realisation of excellent publications. The prerequisite for funding is that it is a quality-assured (peer-reviewed) publication.
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Open Call of the Academy | FWF Open-Access Block Grant
- Submissions accepted continuously
The FWF Open Access Block Grant supports open access publication costs for peer-reviewed research articles/contributions arising from FWF projects and published in OA journals, OA books, or on OA publication platforms.
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City of Vienna | Individual or Overall Funding in Science
- Submissions accepted continuously
The culture office of the city of Vienna awards "Einzelförderungen" (individual funding) and "Gesamtförderungen" (overall funding) in Science. Institutions, research projects, symposia, conferences, lectures and event series are elligible.
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Aws | Proof of Concept Grants
- Submissions accepted continuously
The funding measure supports researchers in systematically reviewing their research results and opening up potential areas of application in order to accelerate the transfer of knowledge and technology from publicly funded research and development.
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Journal of Embodied Research | Open Call for Video Articles
- Call for Contributions permanently open
JER invites the submission of video articles on a rolling basis. These can focus on any topic related to embodied practice, embodied knowledge, or embodied research.
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Open Gender Journal | Open Call
- Call for Contributions permanently open
The editors of the Open Gender Journal are pleased about the submission of papers from all disciplines with a gender reference / focus.
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Humboldt Foundation | Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs and Senior Researchers
- Submissions accepted continuously
A Humboldt Research Fellowship for international postdoctoral researchers allows to carry out long-term research (6–24 months) in Germany.
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FWF | Book Publications
- Submissions accepted continuously
This program funds the publication and simultaneous open-access publication of books on research findings.
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FWF | Digital Publications
- Submissions accepted continuously
The Digital Publications program offers researchers funding for digital formats such as apps, wiki-based publications, annotated scientific databases, multi-media web-based publications (e.g., audio, video, animation), etc., to help make these publications more accessible to the public.
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FWF | Principal Investigator Projects
- Submissions accepted continuously
Researchers of any discipline who are working in Austria are eligible for applying to an FWF Principal Investigator Project. The aim is to provide funding for individual research in the area of non-profit oriented scholarly/scientific research.
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FWF | Principal Investigator Projects International
- Submissions continuously accepted
The funding program provides principal investigators and their research groups with the resources they need to work together with international project partners to investigate key research questions over a period of several years.
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FWF | Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships including a return phase
- Submissions accepted continuously
The Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships are intended for highly qualified postdocs of any discipline to gain experience abroad.
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FWF | ESPRIT
- Submissions accepted continuously
The ESPRIT Programme (Early Stage Programme: Research, Innovation and Training) is aimed at highly qualified postdocs from all disciplines at the beginning of their academic career who wish to carry out an independent research project at an Austrian research institute.
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FWF | PEEK
- Submissions accepted continuously
The aim of PEEK (Programme for Arts-based Research) is to fund clearly defined research proposals of high artistic and academic quality at an international level in the field of arts-based research.
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FWF | Zero Emissions Award
- Submissions continuously accepted
Researchers from universities and non-university research institutions have had the opportunity to submit climate-relevant research proposals for Austria's largest privately funded research award.
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Doc-News
Dear doctoral candidates,
we hope you had a good start into the new year.
In this issue of the Doc-News, we would like to draw your particular attention to the call for contributions to the Graduate Conference 2026, which will take place on April 29, 2026. The Graduate Conference aims to present dissertation and PhD projects and to foster exchange and networking among doctoral and other researchers at the Academy. Doctoral candidates in an advanced stage are invited to submit by March 17, 2026.
Below you will find further activities and calls, including additional events and our ongoing funding opportunities for doctoral and PhD candidates (travel cost subsidies, grants for short-term research stays, and the “Learning on the Job” grant).
For any questions regarding your doctoral or PhD studies at the Academy or funding opportunities, please consult our FAQs and/or contact us at doktoratszentrum@akbild.ac.at.
We wish you a successful conclusion of the semester.
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Open Door Event summer semester 2026
The Center for Doctoral Studies welcomes all doctoral and PhD students to an open door event in the summer semester 2026.
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The Power of Presence - Cultivating Confidence and Impact in Presentations
- Workshop: 16.4.2026, 9:30–17 h
This presentation workshop for doctoral and PhD candidates draws on theatre, performance, and coaching practices and engages participants in guided exercises and reflection to ground oneself, communicate with confidence, and bring clarity and authenticity to one's work.
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OeAW | DOC application writing (2026)
- Coffee Table Talk: 22.4.2026, 13–15 h
The Center for Doctoral Studies invites all doctoral candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna interested in applying for the OeAW DOC grant to participate in this session, which will address requirements, preparation, proposal writing, and more.
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Graduate Conference 2026
We are pleased to invite you to the Graduate Conference 2026 of the Center for Doctoral Studies. On April 29, doctoral and PhD candidates in their final phase will present results of their dissertation projects.
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Open Call of the Academy | Graduate Conference 2026
- Deadline: 17.3.2026, 11 h
The call for conference papers for the Graduate Conference 2026, which will take place on 29 April 2026, is addressed to doctoral and PhD candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with projects at an advanced stage.
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Open Call of the Academy | Learning-on-the-Job Grant
- Submissions accepted continuously
The Learning-on-the-Job scholarship offers dissertation supervisors the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for doctoral/PhD candidates who are involved in organizational, coordinating or administrative processes within the framework of a scientific or artistic research project.
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Open Call of the Academy | Travel Allowances for doctoral resp. PhD candidates at the Academy
- Submissions accepted continuously
Regular students of all doctoral and PhD studies at the Academy can apply for travel allowances for participations in international conferences or for the presentation of art projects.
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Open Call of the Academy | Short term Grants abroad
- Submissions accepted continuously
The scholarship for a short-term stay abroad for doctoral/PhD candidates supports stays abroad for e.g. research, field research, archival research, interviews, which are necessary for the dissertation or the PhD project. Stays abroad are funded for a minimum of two to a maximum of eight weeks.
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Open Call of the Academy | Dissertation projects on the Academy's website
- Submissions accepted continuously
All doctoral and PhD candidates with an approved dissertation agreement have the possibility to present their projects on our website. To be visible on the Academy's website you will have to fill out an application form and upload the required documents.
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ERASMUS+ | Short-term Stay abroad
- Submissions accepted continuously
In order to better meet their different learning and training needs ERASMUS+ offers doctoral students the opportunity to complete a short-term study visit abroad in Europe.
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ERASMUS+ | Long-Term Mobilities for PhD Students
- Submissions accepted continuously
Doctoral and PhD candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at a partner university within the framework of ERASMUS+.
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OeAD | Marietta Blau-Grant
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.
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Literar-Mechana | Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Literar-Mechana awards up to thirty scholarships annually to highly qualified scholars from all disciplines to enable them to complete their dissertation projects.
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OeAW | Dissertation Award for Research on Migration
The Dissertation Award for Research on Migration is awarded for a doctoral thesis project that has been submitted and accepted for supervision at an Austrian university but is yet to be completed and examines refugeeism and migration, the integration of migrants or societal transformation as a result of migration.
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OeAW | DOC
- Deadline: 15.9.2026, 14 h
The DOC Fellowship Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences offers funding for highly qualified doctoral candidates in all areas of research.
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OeAW | Mannagetta-Fellowships
- Deadline: 20.10.2026, 14 h
Mannagetta-Fellowships support the completion of a doctoral thesis and are financed from the funds of the Johann Wilhelm Ritter von Manngetta Foundation at the OeAW.
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