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Calls / Contests Art and Research

  • 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.

    Deadline 30.3.2026

  • 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.

    Deadline 30.3.2026

  • 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.

    Deadline 31.3.2026

  • 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.

    Deadline 31.3.2026

  • 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. 

    Deadline 1.4.2026

  • FWF | Top Citizen Science 2026

    Research for you and me – 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.

    Deadline 7.4.2026, 14 h

  • 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.

    Deadline 15.5.2026

  • 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

  • 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.

    Deadline 30.6.2026

  • 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

  • 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