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Annual essay competition of AK Wien on a changing socio-political topic — 2023 "extreme wealth", 2024 "time poverty", 2025 "urban–rural divide" (nearly 180 submissions). A main prize and recognition prizes are awarded; read more
Annual prize of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Labour for scientific works that serve to improve employees' working and living conditions. Two categories: dissertations and scientific articles (total prize money €9,000, split among up to 3… read more
Next deadline:22.11.2026
Deadlines in detail:Master's/diploma theses 22.11.2026Dissertations/articles 15.06.2027
Deadline: Annual; currently: master's/diploma theses by 22 November 2026, dissertations/articles by 15 June 2027
Funding amount: 9.000 € gesamt (Dissertationen/Artikel); bis 1.000 € (Master/Diplom)
Target group: Authors of dissertations and published articles from Austrian universities and universities of applied sciences (foreign institutions if the work explicitly relates to Austria) plus master's/diploma theses; at least a master's degree
Annual prize of the Austrian Neuroscience Association for the best dissertation among its members, regardless of home discipline: €500 for the best thesis, €100 each for second and third place. read more
Next deadline:31.01.2027
Deadline: Annual; application window 1–31 January
Funding amount: 500 € (2./3. Platz je 100 €)
Target group: ANA members whose dissertation was defended in the previous year, open to all disciplines
Dissertation prize of AK Wien in cooperation with Bielefeld University for theses examining migration-society conditions in the fields of employment, social inequality, education and/or subjectivity as relations of power and domination. read more
Next deadline:30.09.2026
Deadline: Current round: applications until 30 September 2026
Funding amount: 5.000 €
Target group: Doctoral graduates (doctorate completed no more than 2 years ago)
Honour of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations: the Aristotle Prize is awarded to an individual psychologist or team recognised internationally as having made a substantial and original contribution to psychology as a… read more
Next deadline:25.03.2027
Deadline: 2027 award round: per the timetable, the call for nominations goes to EFPA member associations in September 2026, the deadline for sending in nominations by EFPA members is March 25, 2027, 09:00 am CET, and the awards are presented in September 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: candidates are put forward by EFPA member associations — per the awards page, a nomination comprises a statement signed by the nominating Member. Open to a European psychologist or a team of European psychologists working in a European institution; Europe is understood as a country that is a member state of the Council of Europe.
“health psychology” — the page invites health psychologists to submit their projects.
Annual prize of the BÖP health psychology section, first awarded in 2025. Open to health psychology projects and services across the whole field — from private practice to organisations, from health promotion to scientific projects (e.g. read more
Next deadline:11.09.2026expired
Deadline: Submission deadline 11 September 2026; award ceremony 3 November 2026 in Vienna (also online)
Funding amount: 3 × 1.000 €
Target group: Health psychologists in Austria with ongoing projects or initiatives
Four categories: “humanities (philosophy, education, psychology, history…), social and economic sciences, law, human and veterinary medicine” (close translation — the page is German only).
Annual science prize for outstanding work by younger researchers (as a rule up to age 40) whose scientific significance is equivalent to a habilitation thesis. The humanities category explicitly names psychology; read more
Next deadline:30.04.2027
Deadline: Annually by April 30; electronic submission by email possible
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Younger researchers (as a rule up to age 40) with work at habilitation level
“Category 4: neuroscience, medical research and psychology” — one of five categories of a prize “for work in the natural sciences” (close translation — the page is German only).
Die Salzburger Landesregierung schreibt den „Christian-Doppler-Preis“ für naturwissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus; vergeben werden insgesamt 25.000 Euro in fünf Sparten zu je 5.000 Euro. read more
Next deadline:15.06.2026expired
Deadline: 2026 call: submission deadline was 15 June 2026; the prize is re-advertised at varying intervals
Funding amount: 5.000 € je Sparte (insgesamt 25.000 €)
Target group: Researchers up to 10 years after their doctorate (doctoral students included) with a connection to Salzburg
Honour of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations: the Comenius award is designed to recognise a psychologist whose academic and teaching career in psychology is developing, particularly for the quality of their academic… read more
Next deadline:25.03.2027
Deadline: 2027 award round: per the timetable, the call for nominations goes to EFPA member associations in September 2026, the deadline for sending in nominations by EFPA members is March 25, 2027, 09:00 am CET, and the awards are presented in September 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: candidates are put forward by EFPA member associations — per the awards page, a nomination comprises a statement signed by the nominating Member. The award goes to a young European psychologist working in a European university (Europe being understood as a member state of the Council of Europe) who at the date of close of nominations is thirty years of age or under and within ten years of the completion of their PhD or equivalent professional standing.
The German Communication Association awards its Dissertation Award every two years, endowed with €3,000. Winners are chosen from outstanding dissertations that make an important contribution to communication and media research. read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Every two years at the annual conference. The page contradicts itself about the next year: it states both “the next award is planned for 2024” and “the next Dissertation Award will be given in 2028”. Both sentences are on it today; the page does not say which one holds. It names no submission date either.
Funding amount: € 3.000
Target group: Authors of outstanding dissertations in communication and media research submitted and assessed at a university in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The prize is called internally within the DGPuK: only DGPuK members, or doctoral candidates of DGPuK members, may submit. No membership is needed to read the call, but membership is needed to apply.
In 2026, for the eighth time, the province of Carinthia awards outstanding academic theses on digitalisation and its significance for Carinthia. Digitalisation topics from all academic disciplines are eligible, explicitly including… read more
Next deadline:15.10.2026
Deadline: 2026 call: applications until 15 October 2026, 12 noon
Funding amount: 500–1.600 € (Bachelor 500 €, Master 800 €, Dissertation 1.600 €; je drei Förderungen)
Target group: Students and graduates of Carinthian higher-education institutions with a thesis on a digitalisation topic; external dissertations with Carinthian supervision also eligible
Dissertations “in the field of PR and organisational communication” (close translation — the page is German only).
The DGPuK division for PR and organisational communication and the publisher Springer VS honour an outstanding dissertation in the field of PR and organisational communication every two years. read more
Next deadline:15.07.2026expired
Deadline: Every two years; the 2026 submission deadline was 15 July 2026, and the award is given on 5 November 2026 at the division's conference in Salzburg. The 2026 round is closed; the page names no date for the next one.
Funding amount: kostenfreie Publikation bei Springer VS sowie Bücher nach Wahl aus dem gesamten Springer-Programm im Wert von 300 Euro
Target group: Authors of dissertations in the field of PR and organisational communication that are no more than two years old. Only dissertations written by DGPuK members, or by doctoral candidates of DGPuK members, can be honoured — membership is needed to apply, not to read the call. The call names no country in which the university must be.
Dissertations “in the field of the series ‘Medien – Kultur – Kommunikation’” of the Sociology of Media Communication division (close translation — the page is German only).
The dissertation award “Medien – Kultur – Kommunikation” of the DGPuK division for the sociology of media communication and the publisher VS honours an outstanding dissertation in the field of the book series of the same name every year. read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Annual; the submission deadline is 31 December of each year. The page names no year for the current round.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Authors of an outstanding dissertation in the field of the series “Medien – Kultur – Kommunikation” whose doctoral procedure is completed in the year of submission. The call names neither a DGPuK membership requirement nor a country.
Dissertations “in the field of international and/or inter/transcultural communication” (close translation — the page is German only).
The DGPuK division for international and intercultural communication honours an outstanding dissertation in the field of international and/or inter- and transcultural communication every two years. read more
Next deadline:30.07.2026expired
Deadline: Every two years; the 2026 submission deadline was 30 July 2026, with the selection completed by 30 September 2026. The 2026 round is closed; the next is due in 2028 by that cycle, and the page names no date for it.
Funding amount: 2.000 Euro
Target group: Early-career researchers who handed in their dissertation from October 2024 onwards and whose doctoral procedure is completed in the year of submission; the thesis must have been submitted at a university in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Candidates apply themselves. The call names no DGPuK membership requirement.
Articles dealing with “questions relevant to communication and media ethics” (close translation — the page is German only).
The DGPuK division for communication and media ethics runs a doctoral prize to support early-career researchers; for 2026 it carries €500. Eligible are articles on questions relevant to communication and media ethics published between 1… read more
Next deadline:30.09.2026
Deadline: Submissions until 30 September 2026.
Funding amount: 500,- Euro (2026)
Target group: Doctoral candidates with a relevant article on communication and media ethics; the original article, a CV showing when the doctorate began and is due to finish, and a proof of enrolment are submitted. At the time of publication or acceptance the person must not yet hold a doctorate. Neither the announcement nor the full call names a DGPuK membership requirement or a country.
Prizes awarded twice a year for completed scientific works by women: master's or diploma thesis, doctoral dissertation, or habilitation (no bachelor's theses). read more
Next deadline:15.10.2026
Deadline: Submission deadlines each year: 15 April and 15 October
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Women with a completed scientific work graded excellent (master's/diploma thesis, dissertation, habilitation); Austrian citizenship, exceptionally EU citizens with close ties to Austria
Honour of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction: the Oeuvre Award is presented at each biennial EARLI Conference to a distinguished senior scholar, in recognition of their exceptional contributions and… read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Nominations for the 2025 round were welcomed until 30 April 2025 (midnight CEST); the award is handed out at each biennial EARLI Conference, most recently on 25 August 2025 in Graz. No deadline for the next round is on the page yet.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: there is no application — the page asks for candidates to be put forward (“Submit your candidates”), by e-mail to info@earli.org. The award honours a distinguished senior scholar in the field of Learning and Instruction.
Honour of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction: the EARLI Outstanding Publication Award is presented at each EARLI conference to recognise exceptional published work in the field of Learning and Instruction.
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Nominations for the 2025 round were welcomed until 30 April 2025 (midnight CEST); the award is handed out at each biennial EARLI Conference, most recently on 25 August 2025 in Graz. No deadline for the next round is on the page yet.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: there is no application — the page asks for candidates to be put forward (“Submit your candidates”), by e-mail to info@earli.org. The award recognises exceptional published work in the field of Learning and Instruction; the page states no career-stage restriction.
Honour of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the Blum Research Award was created to recognize people who have devoted substantial parts of their careers to promoting research in mass communication. read more
Next deadline:15.12.2026
Deadline: Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — December 15, 2026.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: the page lists the award under “Calls for AEJMC Award Nominations”; people who have devoted substantial parts of their careers to promoting research in mass communication are nominated. Per the page, “AEJMC membership is required for application of AEJMC Awards.”
Honour of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction: the Erik De Corte Award is presented at each biennial EARLI Conference to recognise an early career researcher who demonstrates exceptional promise in the field… read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Nominations for the 2025 round were welcomed until 30 April 2025 (midnight CEST); the award is handed out at each biennial EARLI Conference, most recently on 25 August 2025 in Graz. No deadline for the next round is on the page yet.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: there is no application — the page asks for candidates to be put forward (“Submit your candidates”), by e-mail to info@earli.org. The award recognises an early career researcher who demonstrates exceptional promise in the field of Learning and Instruction.
Prize for outstanding academic theses dealing with European or EU topics and their significance for Carinthia — open to all academic disciplines, provided the thesis shows a strong Carinthia connection. read more
Next deadline:30.09.2026
Deadline: 2026 call: applications until 30 September 2026
Funding amount: 300–1.500 € (Bachelor 300 €, Master 600 €, Dissertation 1.500 €; je zwei Stipendien)
Target group: Students and graduates of Austrian and European higher-education institutions with a strong Carinthia connection; EU citizenship required
Austria's highest-endowed individual research award for established top researchers in all disciplines. Maximum freedom and flexibility for research over 5 years. read more
Next deadline:17.09.2026expired
Deadline: Annual; nomination window July 1 – September 17 (2026)
Funding amount: 2.000.000 €
Target group: Established researchers (up to age 60) permanently employed at an Austrian research institution
Honour of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the Krieghbaum Mid-Career Award honors AEJMC members who have shown outstanding achievement and effort in all three AEJMC areas: teaching, research and public… read more
Next deadline:15.03.2027
Deadline: Accepting nominations December 1, 2026 — March 15, 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: the page lists the award under “Calls for AEJMC Award Nominations”; mid-career members are nominated. Nominees must be AEJMC members in good standing at the time of the nomination and during the preceding two years. Per the page, “AEJMC membership is required for application of AEJMC Awards.”
The award recognises researchers at Ludwig Boltzmann Institutes and LBG clinical research groups who apply Open Innovation in Science methods in their projects. read more
Next deadline:31.07.2026expired
Deadline: Submission deadline 31 July 2026
Funding amount: 2.000 EUR je Preis
Target group: “Individual LBI and KFG early-career researchers in the following career phases: doctoral phase, immediate postdoc phase, or transition to independent research.” The page names no country: the condition is employment at a Ludwig Boltzmann Institute or an LBG clinical research group, and all of those are in Austria.
Prize of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the award recognizes excellence in Ph.D. dissertation research that demonstrates potentially significant impact and importance in the field of journalism and… read more
Next deadline:15.10.2026
Deadline: Accepting nominations September 1, 2026 — October 15, 2026.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: the page lists the award under “Calls for AEJMC Award Nominations”; excellence in Ph.D. dissertation research in journalism and communication research is nominated. Per the page, “AEJMC membership is required for application of AEJMC Awards.”
Neuroscience: “the promotion of neuroscience research in Austria by awarding this prize for outstanding scientific contributions in an active field of neuroscience”.
Prize of the Austrian Neuroscience Association for neuroscientists, sponsored by the Peter und Traudl Engelhorn-Stiftung, endowed with €5,300. Self-application with an endorsement letter; read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Every two years; most recent deadline 15 June 2025
Funding amount: 5.300 €
Target group: Neuroscientists working (or having worked) in Austria, up to age 40; applicants should be ANA members in good standing
“student work with a methods focus”, awarded by the communication science Methods division (close translation — the page is German only).
The Paul-Lazarsfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. supports the DGPuK Methods Division's early-career work and honours up to three students or graduates of communication studies each year for outstanding studies or theses (Bachelor's, Master's, Diplom… read more
Next deadline:15.05.2026expired
Deadline: Annual call, issued alongside the call for the division's conference; for 2026 the deadline was 15 May 2026, 23:59. That round is closed; the page does not yet carry a call for next year.
Funding amount: jeweils 1.000 Euro (maximal drei Stipendien)
Target group: Students or graduates of communication studies with a methodologically outstanding term paper, Bachelor's or Master's thesis (Diplom or Magister too); their supervisors nominate them. The call names no DGPuK membership requirement and no country in which the university must be.
Honour of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research recognizes a body of significant research over the course of an individual's career. read more
Next deadline:15.12.2026
Deadline: Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — December 15, 2026.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: the page lists the award under “Calls for AEJMC Award Nominations”; a body of significant research over the course of an individual's career is nominated. Per the page, “AEJMC membership is required for application of AEJMC Awards.”
Honour of the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations in memory of former EFPA president Robert Roe: the award recognises psychologists whose work contributes towards making a better society by demonstrating the relevance of… read more
Next deadline:25.03.2027
Deadline: 2027 award round: per the timetable, the call for nominations goes to EFPA member associations in September 2026, the deadline for sending in nominations by EFPA members is March 25, 2027, 09:00 am CET, and the awards are presented in September 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: candidates are put forward by EFPA member associations — per the awards page, a nomination comprises a statement signed by the nominating Member. Open to a European psychologist or a team of European psychologists working in an institution in Europe (a member state of the Council of Europe); psychologists at any career stage may be nominated, including for example psychologists working as a journalist, communications person, or policy person.
At its annual conference the SGKM awards a prize for members of the academic mid-level staff in memory of Prof. Ulrich Saxer, the society's first president. It carries Fr. read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: The rules state no deadline of their own — candidacy follows from the conference contribution itself. The prize is handed over at the SGKM annual conference.
Funding amount: Fr. 500 pro Beitrag
Target group: Members of the academic mid-level staff who present a contribution at the SGKM annual conference; the rules count someone holding only a fixed-term professorship as belonging to that group too. There is no separate application: every individual and collective contribution at the conference whose first author is a member of the mid-level staff is automatically a candidate. The rules state no condition about nationality or country of institution.
The SGKM calls annually for applications to its prize for outstanding dissertation projects in communication and media studies. Since 2019 the prize has carried Fr. 3000. read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: The application deadline falls in December each year. The most recently published call named 30 December 2025; no deadline for the next round is on the page yet.
Funding amount: Fr. 3000
Target group: Members of the academic mid-level staff in or from Switzerland who completed their dissertation project in communication and media studies within the past twelve months. The call states three conditions: the dissertation must have been written by Swiss researchers or by researchers at Swiss higher-education institutions, it needs a grade of at least magna cum laude, and applying requires SGKM membership. Neither the page nor the call states any condition about where the applicant works today.
Honour of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the Tankard Book Award recognizes the most outstanding book in the field of journalism and communication and honors authors whose work embodies excellence in… read more
Next deadline:15.01.2027
Deadline: Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — January 15, 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Nomination only: the page lists the award under “Calls for AEJMC Award Nominations”; the most outstanding book in the field of journalism and communication is nominated; the page states no career-stage restriction. Per the page, “AEJMC membership is required for application of AEJMC Awards.”
The Theory Prize has honoured outstanding theoretical work in every odd-numbered year since 2015. It rewards contributions that have advanced theory-building in communication research in an extraordinary way and enriched the theoretical… read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Every two years, in odd-numbered years; the next Theory Prize will be given in 2027. The page names no submission deadline and carries no open call.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Authors of theoretical work in communication research; all forms of text in German or English may be submitted. The page names neither a career stage nor a DGPuK membership requirement nor a country.
Educational science: a “dissertation prize in the field of research and development in education”, for monographs “with a clear connection to educational science” (close translation — the page is German only).
Dissertation prize of the ÖFEB in cooperation with Waxmann publishers for dissertations in educational research and development. The prize consists of an open-access publication of the dissertation in the series Beiträge zur… read more
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Call per board term; most recent deadline 30 March 2026 (application by e-mail)
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Authors of monograph dissertations with a clear educational-science focus, still unpublished, submitted at an Austrian university or related to the Austrian education system, with the highest overall grade
The Austrian Psychological Society awards a dissertation prize for outstanding dissertations in all areas of psychology and additionally supports early-career researchers with summer schools, writing retreats, and networking (JuWis).
Next deadline:unclear
Deadline: Periodic call (details via ÖGP)
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Early-career psychology researchers with a doctorate in Austria
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
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