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 admission examinations

Admission Master Architecture 2026 (MArch)

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 11:59pm

This call is open to applicants for the four-semester Master program in Architecture (MArch) at the Institute for Art and Architecture.

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Admission Education in the Arts 2026 (BA)

Deadline: Monday, Apr 20, 2026, 11:59pm

Zulassungsprüfung für die Studienrichtungen Bachelor Kunst und Bildung - Unterrichtsfach Kunst und Gestaltung und Bachelor Design und Bildung - Unterrichtsfach Technik und Design

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Admission Master Architecture 2026 (MArch)

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 11:59pm

This call is open to applicants for the four-semester Master program in Architecture (MArch) at the Institute for Art and Architecture.

more

Admission Education in the Arts 2026 (BA)

Deadline: Monday, Apr 20, 2026, 11:59pm

Zulassungsprüfung für die Studienrichtungen Bachelor Kunst und Bildung - Unterrichtsfach Kunst und Gestaltung und Bachelor Design und Bildung - Unterrichtsfach Technik und Design

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Current Calls

Sanggar Sarana Karya - Artistic Mobility in Indonesia

Deadline: Sunday, Apr 12, 2026, 11:00pm

Artistic Mobility for Fine Arts Students to Sanggar Sarana Karya, Indonesia

more

2nd Year Scholarship

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 11:00am

Every year, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna awards six scholarships to aspiring young artists in their second year of study.

more

Call for Content: You want to share information about your studies at the Academy?

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026, 11:00am

Creating digital artistic content for study information

For our online study information platform Kiosk, we invite Academy students to submit digital contributions on the topic of studying at the Academy. The call is open to regular students of the Academy.

more

Short term grants abroad

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 9, 2026, 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

OE1 Talent Stipend for Fine Arts 2026

Deadline: Monday, Apr 20, 2026, 11:00am

The Ö1 Talent Stipend for Fine Arts in the amount of 10,000 Euros is provided by the Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein.

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

Academy Open Access Publishing Fund

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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

World Youth Art Event 2026 at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou

Deadline: Sunday, Apr 12, 2026, 11:00pm

The China Academy of Art (CAA) cordially invites your institution to the World Youth Art Event, taking place in Hangzhou, China, from May 31 to June 4, 2026.

more

Student Assistance Fund

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 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.

more

Gustav Peichl Award

Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 11:00am

The Gustav Peichl Award for Architectural Drawing 2026 is intended to award outstanding architectural drawings by all regular students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

more

Exhibit Gallery - exhibition projects spring & autumn 2027

Deadline: Monday, Jun 15, 2026, 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 2027. The call is aimed at people within the Academy as well as graduates and external curators.

more

Social stipend (retrospectively for WiSe 2025/26)

Deadline: Friday, May 15, 2026, 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.

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

Travel Allowances for PhD Candidates

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

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

more

University Assistants (prae doc) Dr. phil. 2026

Deadline: Monday, Apr 13, 2026, 01:00pm

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for 3 positions as University assistants (prae doc) within its Dr. phil. program, starting October 2026.

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Artistic collaboration in the summer program of bilding in Innsbruck 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026, 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

UNIQA Art Prize

Deadline: Monday, May 25, 2026, 11:00am

The UNIQA Art Prize 2026 was launched on the initiative of UNIQA Insurance Group AG in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. It will be awarded biennially, creating a new highly endowed art prize for outstanding artistic achievements.

more

Bank Austria Scholarships 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 8, 2026, 11:00am

for students preparing to complete their diploma or master’s degree as part of the project “The Sum of Its Parts”.

more

Registration Short Presentation Exposé Dr.phil. 1.6.2026

Deadline: Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00am

This call is addressed to doctoral students at the beginning Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.phil.) program at the Academy of Fine Arts who want to register for the short presentation of the exposé.

more

FWF Open Access Block Grant

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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: Friday, Jan 1, 2027, 08:00am

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

Cathrin Pichler Prize 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026, 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.

more

Social Disadvantage in Higher Education / Classism

Deadline: Friday, Apr 24, 2026, 04:00pm

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

more

Learning-on-the-Job grant

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026, 11:00am

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

more

Prize for Best Research Catalogue Exposition 2025/2026 of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, 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 2025 and 2026.

more

Registration Short Presentation Exposé Dr.phil. 8.6.2026

Deadline: Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00am

This call is addressed to doctoral students at the beginning Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.phil.) program at the Academy of Fine Arts who want to register for the short presentation of the exposé.

more

Going Book: Grant for Publication Costs

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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

Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

Deadline: Friday, Dec 31, 2027, 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

Sanggar Sarana Karya - Artistic Mobility in Indonesia

Deadline: Sunday, Apr 12, 2026, 11:00pm

Artistic Mobility for Fine Arts Students to Sanggar Sarana Karya, Indonesia

more

World Youth Art Event 2026 at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou

Deadline: Sunday, Apr 12, 2026, 11:00pm

The China Academy of Art (CAA) cordially invites your institution to the World Youth Art Event, taking place in Hangzhou, China, from May 31 to June 4, 2026.

more

University Assistants (prae doc) Dr. phil. 2026

Deadline: Monday, Apr 13, 2026, 01:00pm

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for 3 positions as University assistants (prae doc) within its Dr. phil. program, starting October 2026.

more

Cathrin Pichler Prize 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026, 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.

more

2nd Year Scholarship

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 11:00am

Every year, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna awards six scholarships to aspiring young artists in their second year of study.

more

Student Assistance Fund

Deadline: Friday, Apr 17, 2026, 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.

more

Artistic collaboration in the summer program of bilding in Innsbruck 2026

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026, 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

Social Disadvantage in Higher Education / Classism

Deadline: Friday, Apr 24, 2026, 04:00pm

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

more

Call for Content: You want to share information about your studies at the Academy?

Deadline: Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026, 11:00am

Creating digital artistic content for study information

For our online study information platform Kiosk, we invite Academy students to submit digital contributions on the topic of studying at the Academy. The call is open to regular students of the Academy.

more

Gustav Peichl Award

Deadline: Tuesday, May 12, 2026, 11:00am

The Gustav Peichl Award for Architectural Drawing 2026 is intended to award outstanding architectural drawings by all regular students of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

more

UNIQA Art Prize

Deadline: Monday, May 25, 2026, 11:00am

The UNIQA Art Prize 2026 was launched on the initiative of UNIQA Insurance Group AG in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. It will be awarded biennially, creating a new highly endowed art prize for outstanding artistic achievements.

more

Learning-on-the-Job grant

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 2, 2026, 11:00am

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

more

Short term grants abroad

Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 9, 2026, 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

Exhibit Gallery - exhibition projects spring & autumn 2027

Deadline: Monday, Jun 15, 2026, 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 2027. The call is aimed at people within the Academy as well as graduates and external curators.

more

Bank Austria Scholarships 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Sep 8, 2026, 11:00am

for students preparing to complete their diploma or master’s degree as part of the project “The Sum of Its Parts”.

more

Prize for Best Research Catalogue Exposition 2025/2026 of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Deadline: Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026, 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 2025 and 2026.

more

OE1 Talent Stipend for Fine Arts 2026

Deadline: Monday, Apr 20, 2026, 11:00am

The Ö1 Talent Stipend for Fine Arts in the amount of 10,000 Euros is provided by the Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein.

more

Social stipend (retrospectively for WiSe 2025/26)

Deadline: Friday, May 15, 2026, 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.

more

Registration Short Presentation Exposé Dr.phil. 1.6.2026

Deadline: Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00am

This call is addressed to doctoral students at the beginning Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.phil.) program at the Academy of Fine Arts who want to register for the short presentation of the exposé.

more

Registration Short Presentation Exposé Dr.phil. 8.6.2026

Deadline: Monday, May 18, 2026, 11:00am

This call is addressed to doctoral students at the beginning Doctor of Philosophy (Dr.phil.) program at the Academy of Fine Arts who want to register for the short presentation of the exposé.

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

FWF Open Access Block Grant

Deadline: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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: Thursday, Dec 31, 2026, 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 PhD Candidates

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

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

more

Temporary Financial Aid

Deadline: Friday, Jan 1, 2027, 08:00am

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

Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

Deadline: Friday, Dec 31, 2027, 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

Call for proposals for the academic year 2026/27 for Courses in Gender / Class / Race / Dis_ability Studies 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026, 11:00pm

The Vice-Rector for Art and Teaching of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna calls for proposals for 9 courses (each course lasting for two academic hours a week) for the academic year 2026/27.

more

Graduate Conference 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026, 11:00am

The Graduate Conference serves to enhance the visibility of doctoral research projects. The Call for Papers is available for advanced doctoral and PhD candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

more

Scholarship Early Post Doc Applications 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Feb 17, 2026, 11:00am

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

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

Universidad Gastón Dachary, Posadas, Argentina 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Mar 29, 2026, 11:00pm

Our 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 winter semester of 2026/27.

more

Lectureship program for doctoral students 2026/27

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026, 11:00am

Doctoral students with little or no teaching experience are supported in gaining basic competencies needed for academic teaching. The program contributes to the general career orientation of future university lecturers and offers the opportunity to obtain teaching experience.

more

Birgit Jürgenssen Award 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026, 11:00am

The Birgit Jürgenssen Award, which is endowed with 5.000 euros, is awarded to an enrolled student at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for work in the fields of video or (digital) media art, drawing, artistic photography, sculpture, painting.

 

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

Austrian Art Alumni Award 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026, 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

Short term grants abroad 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026, 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

Sustainability Award - Prize for creating a trophy | Prize sculpture 2025

Deadline: Monday, Jan 26, 2026, 11:00am

The BMFWF, the BMLUK, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna are awarding a prize for the creation of a trophy | prize sculpture for the Sustainability Award.

more

CALL 2025 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“ 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, 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

Irmgard Lettner and Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting final degrees 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026, 11:00am

The Irmgard Lettner und Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting enrolled students, who are in their last year of studying (preparing their final degrees) and who are socially disadvantaged.

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

Call for proposals for the academic year 2026/27 for Courses in Gender / Class / Race / Dis_ability Studies 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026, 11:00pm

The Vice-Rector for Art and Teaching of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna calls for proposals for 9 courses (each course lasting for two academic hours a week) for the academic year 2026/27.

more

Universidad Gastón Dachary, Posadas, Argentina 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Mar 29, 2026, 11:00pm

Our 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 winter semester of 2026/27.

more

Austrian Art Alumni Award 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 24, 2026, 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 2025 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“ 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 18, 2026, 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

Graduate Conference 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026, 11:00am

The Graduate Conference serves to enhance the visibility of doctoral research projects. The Call for Papers is available for advanced doctoral and PhD candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

more

Lectureship program for doctoral students 2026/27

Deadline: Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026, 11:00am

Doctoral students with little or no teaching experience are supported in gaining basic competencies needed for academic teaching. The program contributes to the general career orientation of future university lecturers and offers the opportunity to obtain teaching experience.

more

Short term grants abroad 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026, 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

Irmgard Lettner and Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting final degrees 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Mar 3, 2026, 11:00am

The Irmgard Lettner und Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting enrolled students, who are in their last year of studying (preparing their final degrees) and who are socially disadvantaged.

more

Scholarship Early Post Doc Applications 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Feb 17, 2026, 11:00am

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

more

Birgit Jürgenssen Award 2026

Deadline: Tuesday, Feb 3, 2026, 11:00am

The Birgit Jürgenssen Award, which is endowed with 5.000 euros, is awarded to an enrolled student at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna for work in the fields of video or (digital) media art, drawing, artistic photography, sculpture, painting.

 

more

Sustainability Award - Prize for creating a trophy | Prize sculpture 2025

Deadline: Monday, Jan 26, 2026, 11:00am

The BMFWF, the BMLUK, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna are awarding a prize for the creation of a trophy | prize sculpture for the Sustainability Award.

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

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

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