Calls | Contests Art and Research

The research funded by this call will support the ongoing EU efforts to realize the full potential of cultural heritage, arts and cultural and creative industries and sectors as drivers of both sustainable innovation and a European sense of belonging is realised through a continuous engagement with society, citizens and economic sectors.

Deadline 23.9.2026, 17 h

The research funded by this call will help tackle social, economic and political inequalities and support human capital development.  

Deadline 23.9.2026, 17 h

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 30.9.2026

Literar-Mechana awards up to thirty scholarships annually to highly qualified scholars from all disciplines to enable them to complete their dissertation projects.

Deadline 30.9.2026

Each year, Literar-Mechana awards up to two translators with project grants. Translations into German are given priority.

Deadline 30.9.2026

The "Staatsstipendien" (State grants) represent a recognition of outstanding artistic achievements to date and serve to promote further artistic creation. The scholarships are awarded to artists working on an extensive artistic project in the specified fields (visual arts, photography, and media art) whose work is distinguished by a particular degree of originality and an exceptional innovative component.

Deadline 30.9.2026

Deadline 30.9.2026

Every two years, the Manuel de Solà-Morales European Prize will recognize the best university research in the field of urbanism carried out by a student granted a PhD/doctorate. 

Deadline 30.9.2026

A five-member jury will award three prizes, each worth 1,000 euros with support from WIENWOCHE and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, among others.

Deadline 30.9.2026

Concepts from the humanities and social sciences often have an impact far beyond academia. But what happens when theories and conceptual frameworks are decontextualised and used for purposes other than those originally intended? Through this call for proposals, the Foundation supports research on such 'dual use' effects and explores how the transfer of ideas from academia into political and ideological contexts takes place.

Deadline 6.10.2026, 14 h

Deadline 20.10.2026, 14 h

Since 2005, the publishing house Barbara Budrich awards its dissertation award called promotion. One doctoral thesis will be selected by an expert jury for the free-of-charge publication in Verlag Barbara Budrich. 

Deadline 1.11.2026

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 postdoc phase.

Deadline 16.11.2026

Deadline 22.11.2026

New European Bauhaus (NEB) is a policy and funding initiative of the European Commission that aims to make green transition in built environments and beyond enjoyable, attractive and convenient for all. The initiative promotes solutions that are not only sustainable, but also inclusive and beautiful, while respecting the diversity of places, traditions, and cultures in Europe and beyond.

Deadline 1.12.2026, 17 h

The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) awards grants for library, archive and field research stays outside Austria which are necessary for preparing scientific papers or publications or for drafting external funding applications.

Deadline 10.12.2026

Deadline 31.12.2026

The ifk Junior Fellowships are intended for young Austrian academics working on their dissertations, as well as for non-Austrian doctoral students who are supervised at an Austrian university. 

Deadline 24.1.2027