Submission system

Welcome to the submission platform of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna!
To use our submission system, you have to register once. You can then log in with your access data and participate in any calls.

You cannot log in with the Akademie online password.


Current Calls

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.

more

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.

more

Advancement Scholarship

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

Serves as advancement of scientific or art-based projects of students and is financed with the budget of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

Project costs of at least EUR 750,- and a maximum of EUR 3.600,-

 

 

 

 

more

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.

more

Mental Health Fund 2025

Deadline: Monday, Nov 17, 2025, 11:00am

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna offers financial support for therapy in order to offer prospects to students in emergency situations.

more

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.

more

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.

more

Call for Applications Art Information Attendant Exhibit Spaces of the Academy from November 2024

Deadline: Friday, Oct 17, 2025, 11:00am

The Contemporary Exhibitions Office is looking for three student employees for the team of Art Information Attendants.

more

Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Scholarships 2025

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

Funding supports outstanding Fine Arts and Art History students in their final study phase and graduates within two years of completion. Eligible applicants are individuals from Austria and South Tyrol, or Italians whose first language is German.

 

more

Merit Scholarship

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

Merit scholarships recognize excellent stuy performance of the previous study year (01.10. - 30.09.) Full time students may apply after their 3rd semester.

Application must be done in German; for further information please see German page.

 

 

 

more

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.

more

FWF Open Access Block Grant

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

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.

more

Temporary Financial Aid

Deadline: Thursday, Jan 1, 2026, 09:00am

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.

more

Spring School - Bauhaus Weimar 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Oct 26, 2025, 11:00pm

The Academy of Fine Arts offers students the opportunity to attend Spring School at Bauhaus University Weimar as part of the Erasmus+ program.

more

Classism in Higher Education

Deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:00am

All students at the academy are invited to submit images that address the subject in higher education. Selected works will be featured in a campaign by the Working Group on Equal Opportunities.

more

Open Call for the initiative "Demokratie leben"

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025, 05:00pm

Together for a pluralistic, liberal and tolerant society, a free art and culture scene and a living togehter in solidarity in Austria!
Artistic subjects for a cooperation between Gewista and the Academy on digital Citylights in public spaces wanted.

more

Short term grants abroad

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

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.

more

Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 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.

more

Erasmus+ Short-Term Mobilities for PhD Students

Deadline: Friday, Jul 31, 2026, 11:00am

In order to better meet the different learning and training needs of doctoral students and to ensure equal opportunities, PhD students also have the opportunity to complete a short-term study abroad in Europe.
 

more

A European Artists Solidarity Program (ASoP Europe) 2025

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

ASoP Europe 2025 - a European networking program for artists from Eastern and Western Europe

more

Competition for Rundgang 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025, 11:00am

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites students of the Academy to submit drafts for poster motifs for the Rundgang 2026. Regular enrolled students from all institutesare eligible for participation.

more

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.

more

Social stipend (retrospectively for summer semester 2025)

Deadline: Saturday, Nov 15, 2025, 11:00am

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

more

Academy Open Access Publishing Fund

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

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.

more

Erasmus+ Long-Term Mobilities for PhD Students

Deadline: Friday, Jul 31, 2026, 12:00pm

Doctoral and PhD students at the Academy of Fine Arts have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at a partner university. If there is no partnership with the desired university, the International Office will endeavor to establish one.

more

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.

more

Call for Applications Art Information Attendant Exhibit Spaces of the Academy from November 2024

Deadline: Friday, Oct 17, 2025, 11:00am

The Contemporary Exhibitions Office is looking for three student employees for the team of Art Information Attendants.

more

Spring School - Bauhaus Weimar 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Oct 26, 2025, 11:00pm

The Academy of Fine Arts offers students the opportunity to attend Spring School at Bauhaus University Weimar as part of the Erasmus+ program.

more

A European Artists Solidarity Program (ASoP Europe) 2025

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

ASoP Europe 2025 - a European networking program for artists from Eastern and Western Europe

more

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.

more

Emanuel and Sofie Fohn Scholarships 2025

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

Funding supports outstanding Fine Arts and Art History students in their final study phase and graduates within two years of completion. Eligible applicants are individuals from Austria and South Tyrol, or Italians whose first language is German.

 

more

Classism in Higher Education

Deadline: Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 11:00am

All students at the academy are invited to submit images that address the subject in higher education. Selected works will be featured in a campaign by the Working Group on Equal Opportunities.

more

Competition for Rundgang 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 11, 2025, 11:00am

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites students of the Academy to submit drafts for poster motifs for the Rundgang 2026. Regular enrolled students from all institutesare eligible for participation.

more

Advancement Scholarship

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

Serves as advancement of scientific or art-based projects of students and is financed with the budget of the Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

Project costs of at least EUR 750,- and a maximum of EUR 3.600,-

 

 

 

 

more

Merit Scholarship

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

Merit scholarships recognize excellent stuy performance of the previous study year (01.10. - 30.09.) Full time students may apply after their 3rd semester.

Application must be done in German; for further information please see German page.

 

 

 

more

Open Call for the initiative "Demokratie leben"

Deadline: Tuesday, Nov 25, 2025, 05:00pm

Together for a pluralistic, liberal and tolerant society, a free art and culture scene and a living togehter in solidarity in Austria!
Artistic subjects for a cooperation between Gewista and the Academy on digital Citylights in public spaces wanted.

more

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.

more

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.

more

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.

more

Short term grants abroad

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

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.

more

Social stipend (retrospectively for summer semester 2025)

Deadline: Saturday, Nov 15, 2025, 11:00am

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

more

Mental Health Fund 2025

Deadline: Monday, Nov 17, 2025, 11:00am

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna offers financial support for therapy in order to offer prospects to students in emergency situations.

more

FWF Open Access Block Grant

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

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.

more

Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 31, 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.

more

Academy Open Access Publishing Fund

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

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.

more

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.

more

Temporary Financial Aid

Deadline: Thursday, Jan 1, 2026, 09:00am

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.

more

Erasmus+ Short-Term Mobilities for PhD Students

Deadline: Friday, Jul 31, 2026, 11:00am

In order to better meet the different learning and training needs of doctoral students and to ensure equal opportunities, PhD students also have the opportunity to complete a short-term study abroad in Europe.
 

more

Erasmus+ Long-Term Mobilities for PhD Students

Deadline: Friday, Jul 31, 2026, 12:00pm

Doctoral and PhD students at the Academy of Fine Arts have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at a partner university. If there is no partnership with the desired university, the International Office will endeavor to establish one.

more

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.

more


Closed Calls

Art School Alliance (ASA) CAA Hangzhou 2026

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.

more

Short term grants abroad 2025

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.

more

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).

more

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

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.

more

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.

more

Call for Applications: Student Assistant for summer semester 2025 (6.5 hours/week) 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025, 11:00am

The Rector’s Office offers a student assistant for the summer semester 2025.

more

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.

more

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.

more

CALL 2024 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“ 2024

Deadline: Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 11:00am

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

more

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.

more

bilding EXPO - Artistic collaboration in the summer program in Innsbruck 2025

Deadline: Thursday, Apr 17, 2025, 11:00am

In the frame of the cooperation between bilding and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, students of the Academy are addressed, who are interested in artistic-experimental work with children and young people.

more

Art School Alliance (ASA) CAA Hangzhou 2026

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.

more

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

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.

more

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.

more

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.

more

Short term grants abroad 2025

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.

more

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.

more

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.

more

bilding EXPO - Artistic collaboration in the summer program in Innsbruck 2025

Deadline: Thursday, Apr 17, 2025, 11:00am

In the frame of the cooperation between bilding and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, students of the Academy are addressed, who are interested in artistic-experimental work with children and young people.

more

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).

more

Call for Applications: Student Assistant for summer semester 2025 (6.5 hours/week) 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 5, 2025, 11:00am

The Rector’s Office offers a student assistant for the summer semester 2025.

more

CALL 2024 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“ 2024

Deadline: Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024, 11:00am

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

more

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