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Calls / Contests Art and Research

  • 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.

    Deadline 25.6.2026

  • 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. 

    Deadline 31.7.2026

  • OeAW | DOC

    The DOC Fellowship Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences offers funding for highly qualified doctoral candidates in all areas of research.

    Deadline 15.9.2026, 14 h

  • Literar-Mechana | Project Fellowship for Translators

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

    Deadline 30.9.2026

  • OeAW | Mannagetta-Fellowships

    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.

    Deadline 20.10.2026, 14 h

  • Open Call of the Academy | Academy Open Access Publishing Fund

    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.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

    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.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | FWF Open Access Block Grant

    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.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | Learning-on-the-Job Grant

    The Learning-on-the-Job scholarship offers dissertation supervisors the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for doctoral/PhD candidates.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | Short term Grants abroad

    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.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

    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 website you will have to fill out an application form and upload the required documents.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • City of Vienna | Individual or Overall Funding in Science

    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. 

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Aws | Proof of Concept Grants

    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.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Call of the Academy | Travel Allowances for doctoral resp. PhD candidates at the Academy

    Regular students of all doctoral and PhD studies at the Academy can apply for travel allowances for active participations in international conferences as well as for the presentation of art projects.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Journal of Embodied Research | Open Call for Video Articles

    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.

    Call for Contributions permanently open

  • EU ERASMUS+ | Semester abroad

    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+.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • EU ERASMUS+ | Short-term Stay abroad

    In order to better meet their different learning and training needs EU ERASMUS+ offers doctoral students the opportunity to complete a short-term study visit abroad in Europe.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • Open Gender Journal | Open Call

    The editors of the Open Gender Journal (OGJ) are pleased about the submission of  papers from all disciplines with a gender reference/focus.

    Call for Contributions permanently open

  • Humboldt Foundation | Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdocs and Senior Researchers

    A Humboldt Research Fellowship for international postdoctoral researchers allows to carry out long-term research (6–24 months) in Germany.

    Submissions accepted continuously

  • FWF | Book Publications

    This program funds the publication and simultaneous open-access publication of books on research findings.

    Submissions accepted continuously