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

Student-assistants for the stand support at the education fair BeSt 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Jan 18, 2026, 11:00am

For the stand support at the education fair BeSt 2026 (Thu.12.–Sun.15. March 2026) we are looking for students who will offer study information about the study programs at 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

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

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

Let´s stick with unicorns. Aesthetic Consequences of Care, Tidying and Re.use

Deadline: Saturday, Jan 24, 2026, 11:00am

A project by the Transformation Group and the Research Cluster Sustainability in the Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the format Platz nehmen #5 in cooperation with the Climate Biennale Vienna 2026

more

Irmgard Lettner and Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting final degrees

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

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

Sustainability Award - Prize for creating a trophy | Prize sculpture

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

Short term grants abroad

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

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

Birgit Jürgenssen Award

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

CALL 2025 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“

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

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

Student-assistants for the stand support at the education fair BeSt 2026

Deadline: Sunday, Jan 18, 2026, 11:00am

For the stand support at the education fair BeSt 2026 (Thu.12.–Sun.15. March 2026) we are looking for students who will offer study information about the study programs at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

more

Let´s stick with unicorns. Aesthetic Consequences of Care, Tidying and Re.use

Deadline: Saturday, Jan 24, 2026, 11:00am

A project by the Transformation Group and the Research Cluster Sustainability in the Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of the format Platz nehmen #5 in cooperation with the Climate Biennale Vienna 2026

more

Sustainability Award - Prize for creating a trophy | Prize sculpture

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

Birgit Jürgenssen Award

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

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

Irmgard Lettner and Ernst Lemberger scholarship for supporting final degrees

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

Short term grants abroad

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

CALL 2025 - design oriented publications „Fine Companions“

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

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

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

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

Senior Research Fellowship 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025, 11:00am

The Senior Research Fellowship is aimed at outstanding researchers (Level R3) who, as part of the scholarship, can prepare important steps for their next academic move in a focused period of work.

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

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 2025

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

Academy Open Access Publishing Fund 2025

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

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

FWF Open Access Block Grant 2025

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

Academy Open Access Publishing Fund 2025

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

Senior Research Fellowship 2025

Deadline: Wednesday, Dec 3, 2025, 11:00am

The Senior Research Fellowship is aimed at outstanding researchers (Level R3) who, as part of the scholarship, can prepare important steps for their next academic move in a focused period of work.

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

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