Calls | Contests Art and Research

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

LANDING is an international platform that facilitates critical and creative artistic inquiry, with a special focus on research methods and an ethos of research. The call for the 4th issue of the journal is open.

Call for Contributions 10.6.2026

As part of the Re:Create Europe project of the European Alliance of Academies, several residencies are offered in 2026.

Deadline 15.6.2026, 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 Expanded Artistic Research Network (EARN) invites artistic research proposals exploring reciprocity, ancestral knowledge, ecology, care, and non-extractive practices through workshops, storytelling, film & collective formats. The conference will take place 4–6 November 2026 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

Call for Contributions 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 Symposium Artistic Research will take place from 8–10 October 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 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