Submission system

Welcome to the submission platform of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna!
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Current Calls

Exhibit Gallery - exhibition projects spring & autumn 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025, 11:00am

Proposals are now being accepted for one exhibition project to be presented at the Exhibit Gallery on Schillerplatz in either spring or fall 2026. The call is aimed at people within the Academy as well as graduates and external curators.

Scholarship Early Post Doc Applications 2025

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025, 11:00am

The Scholarship for Early Post Doc Applications aims to support early postdocs in the application for their initial postdoctoral research project.

Art School Alliance (ASA) CAA Hangzhou

Deadline: Sunday, Oct 12, 2025, 11:00pm

The Art School Alliance offers one student from the Academy (Institute for Fine Arts) to study tuition-free at the China Academy of Art (CAA) Hangzhou (China) in the summer semester 2026.

Universidad Gastón Dachary, Posadas, Argentina

Deadline: Sunday, Nov 30, 2025, 11:00pm

Our new partner university, the Universidad Gastón Dachary in Posadas, Argentina, offers a student from Fine Arts or Critical Studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna the opportunity to study tuition-free in the summer semester of 2026.

Grant for Open Access Publication Costs of the Academy

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

The Academy's Open Access Publication Fund aims to promote (Gold) Open Access of academic publications that are the result of research activities at the Academy or are not covered by third-party-funded projects at the Academy.

University Assistants (prae doc) Dr. phil. 2025

Deadline: Monday, Jul 21, 2025, 11:59pm

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for 3 positions as University assistants (prae doc) within its Dr. phil. program, starting October 2025.

Art School Alliance (ASA) Kumasi, Ghana

Deadline: Sunday, Sep 28, 2025, 11:00pm

The Art School Alliance offers one student from the Academy (Institute for Fine Arts) to study tuition-free at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; College of Art and Built Environment (Kumasi, Ghana) in the Summer semester 2026.

CALL Publication Series 2025 for text-based publications

Deadline: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025, 11:00am

The Rectorate is now opening the call for submissions for new, text-based volumes of the publication series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The call is aimed at employees (including project staff) and students of the Academy.

Learning-on-the-Job grant

Deadline: Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025, 11:00am

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

Travel Allowances for Ph.D. Candidates

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

The travel allowances support regular doctoral students of the Academy in presenting dissertation/Ph.D. project results at international conferences and symposia or in the presentation of art projects.

Mentoring-Program Art 2025/26

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 11:00am

The program is open to graduates from all disciplines of the Academy (completion of academic year 2024/2025 or 2023/2024) who wish to receive guidance through mentoring for the initial phase after their studies.

Art School Alliance - SUNY Purchase (USA) summer semester 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Sep 28, 2025, 11:00pm

The Art School Alliance (ASA) offers one student of the Institute of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, to study one semester tuition-free at SUNY PURCHASE College (USA) in the summer semester 2026.

More information: https://www.purchase.edu/offices/global-education/inbound-exchange-students/; 4207-2022-2023-purchase-college-exchange-student; 4473-2023-spring-cost-sheet-for-inbound-ex (purchase.edu)

Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2025/26

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025, 11:00am

The Dissertation Completion Fellowship aims to support doctoral and PhD candidates in the final phase of the dissertation until completion.

Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

Deadline: Monday, Jun 30, 2025, 11:00am

The "Going Book" publication grant supports quality-assured (peer-reviewed) academic book publications by members of the Academy. Submissions are possible on an ongoing basis. All employees and doctoral candidates are eligible to participate. The call especially encourages young researchers to submit.

Temporary Financial Aid

Deadline: Thursday, Jan 1, 2026, 11:00am

The temporary financial aid serves regular students who find themselves in an unforeseeable social situation of need which is not self-inflicted and where state subsidies are not available.

Short term grants abroad

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 11:00am

The scholarship for a short-term stay abroad for doctoral/Ph.D. candidates supports stays abroad for e.g. research, field research, archival research, interviews, which are necessary for the dissertation or the Ph.D. project.

Prize for Best Research Catalogue Exposition 2024/2025 of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025, 11:00am

This prize rewards outstanding contributions to the Research Catalogue (i.e. RC Expositions) by staff and students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. We are looking for published RC contributions from the years 2024 and 2025.

Art School Alliance (ASA) HFBK Hamburg

Deadline: Sunday, Nov 30, 2025, 11:00pm

The Art School Alliance (ASA) offers a student of Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna to live and study for one semester at the HFBK Hamburg without paying rent or study fees. Studio apartments have been provided.

FWF Open Access Block Grant

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

Funding is available for publication costs (ACP's) for free access (Golden Open Access) to quality-assured (peer-reviewed) journal articles or anthology contributions that result in whole or in part from FWF-funded projects.

Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 11:00am

This call is addressed to all doctoral students of the Academy of Fine Arts whose dissertation agreement has already been approved and serves to collect dissertation projects for the new Academy website.

Exhibit Gallery - exhibition projects spring & autumn 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2025, 11:00am

University Assistants (prae doc) Dr. phil. 2025

Deadline: Monday, Jul 21, 2025, 11:59pm

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for 3 positions as University assistants (prae doc) within its Dr. phil. program, starting October 2025.

Mentoring-Program Art 2025/26

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 11:00am

Short term grants abroad

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 11:00am

Scholarship Early Post Doc Applications 2025

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 16, 2025, 11:00am

The Scholarship for Early Post Doc Applications aims to support early postdocs in the application for their initial postdoctoral research project.

Art School Alliance (ASA) Kumasi, Ghana

Deadline: Sunday, Sep 28, 2025, 11:00pm

Art School Alliance - SUNY Purchase (USA) summer semester 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Sep 28, 2025, 11:00pm

Prize for Best Research Catalogue Exposition 2024/2025 of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 7, 2025, 11:00am

Art School Alliance (ASA) CAA Hangzhou

Deadline: Sunday, Oct 12, 2025, 11:00pm

The Art School Alliance offers one student from the Academy (Institute for Fine Arts) to study tuition-free at the China Academy of Art (CAA) Hangzhou (China) in the summer semester 2026.

CALL Publication Series 2025 for text-based publications

Deadline: Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025, 11:00am

Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2025/26

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 28, 2025, 11:00am

The Dissertation Completion Fellowship aims to support doctoral and PhD candidates in the final phase of the dissertation until completion.

Art School Alliance (ASA) HFBK Hamburg

Deadline: Sunday, Nov 30, 2025, 11:00pm

Universidad Gastón Dachary, Posadas, Argentina

Deadline: Sunday, Nov 30, 2025, 11:00pm

Learning-on-the-Job grant

Deadline: Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025, 11:00am

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

Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

Deadline: Monday, Jun 30, 2025, 11:00am

FWF Open Access Block Grant

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

Grant for Open Access Publication Costs of the Academy

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

Travel Allowances for Ph.D. Candidates

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025, 11:00am

Temporary Financial Aid

Deadline: Thursday, Jan 1, 2026, 11:00am

The temporary financial aid serves regular students who find themselves in an unforeseeable social situation of need which is not self-inflicted and where state subsidies are not available.

Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 11:00am

Residency at Zuzeum Art Centre, Riga 2025

Deadline: Friday, Jun 20, 2025, 01:00pm

We are pleased to invite students and recent graduates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna to apply for a 6-month residency in Riga, Latvia, as part of the SPOT Exchange: Latvia–Austria program.

Austrian Art Alumni Award 2025

Deadline: Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:00am

In order to ensure Austria's status in the arts and culture, the award aims to support particularly outstanding graduates from the art universities while they start their artist careers.

Student Assistance Fund 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 23, 2025, 11:00am

With the support fund, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna would like to offer financial assistance to socially disadvantaged students from third countries*, stateless persons, persons entitled to subsidiary protection and convention refugees.

Lectureship program for doctoral students 2025/26

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025, 11:00am

Doctoral students are supported in gaining basic knowledge and competencies needed for academic teaching. The program contributes to the general career orientation of future university-lecturer and offers the opportunity to obtain teaching experience (co-teaching with the mentor and independent teaching).

Social stipend (retrospectively for WiSe 2024/25) 2025

Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 11:00am

All regular students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna who paid tuition fees in the preceding semester and didn't receive a refund from another institution are welcome to apply retrospectively for a social stipend in the following semester.

Short term grants abroad 2025

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 10, 2025, 11:00am

Project Financing 2025

Deadline: Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 11:00am

Serves to promote artistic, scientific and art-based research projects by students of all fields of study.

Cathrin Pichler Prize 2025

Deadline: Tuesday, Apr 22, 2025, 11:00am

Honouring the thinker, curator, author, and teacher Cathrin Pichler, this prize will be awarded to a student of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, who deals with specific artistic methods/practices as contribution and intervention to a scientific discourse.

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