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11.09.2026
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Austrian Health Psychology Prize Site BÖP 3 × 1.000 € Health psychologists in Austria with ongoing projects or initiatives see website “health psychology” — the page invites health psychologists to submit their projects. Submission deadline 11 September 2026; award ceremony 3 November 2026 in Vienna (also online)
17.09.2026
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FWF Wittgenstein Award Site FWF 2.000.000 € Established researchers (up to age 60) permanently employed at an Austrian research institution R4 Annual; nomination window July 1 – September 17 (2026)
30.09.2026
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Antonio Gramsci Prize for Critical Research in the Migration Society Site AK Wien 5.000 € Doctoral graduates (doctorate completed no more than 2 years ago) R2 Current round: applications until 30 September 2026
30.09.2026
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Doktorand:innenpreis der Fachgruppe Kommunikations- und Medienethik Site DGPuK 500,- Euro (2026) 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. R1 Articles dealing with “questions relevant to communication and media ethics” (close translation — the page is German only). Submissions until 30 September 2026.
30.09.2026
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Europa Prize of the Province of Carinthia Site Kärnten 300–1.500 € (Bachelor 300 €, Master 600 €, Dissertation 1.500 €; je zwei Stipendien) Students and graduates of Austrian and European higher-education institutions with a strong Carinthia connection; EU citizenship required R1 2026 call: applications until 30 September 2026
15.10.2026
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Digitalisation Scholarship — Award for Academic Theses Site Kärnten 500–1.600 € (Bachelor 500 €, Master 800 €, Dissertation 1.600 €; je drei Förderungen) Students and graduates of Carinthian higher-education institutions with a thesis on a digitalisation topic; external dissertations with Carinthian supervision also eligible R1 2026 call: applications until 15 October 2026, 12 noon
15.10.2026
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Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation Prizes and Recognitions Site Schaumayer Stiftung see website Women with a completed scientific work graded excellent (master's/diploma thesis, dissertation, habilitation); Austrian citizenship, exceptionally EU citizens with close ties to Austria R1R2R3 Submission deadlines each year: 15 April and 15 October
15.10.2026
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Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award Site AEJMC see website 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.” R1R2 Accepting nominations September 1, 2026 — October 15, 2026.
22.11.2026
Master's/diploma theses 22.11.2026
Dissertations/articles 15.06.2027
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AK Science Prize (AK Upper Austria) Site AK Oberösterreich 9.000 € gesamt (Dissertationen/Artikel); bis 1.000 € (Master/Diplom) 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 R1R2R3 Annual; currently: master's/diploma theses by 22 November 2026, dissertations/articles by 15 June 2027
15.12.2026
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Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award Site AEJMC see website 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.” see website Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — December 15, 2026.
15.12.2026
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Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research Site AEJMC see website 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.” see website Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — December 15, 2026.
15.01.2027
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Tankard Book Award Site AEJMC see website 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.” see website Accepting nominations October 1, 2026 — January 15, 2027.
31.01.2027
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ANA Best Thesis Award Site ANA 500 € (2./3. Platz je 100 €) ANA members whose dissertation was defended in the previous year, open to all disciplines R2 Annual; application window 1–31 January
15.03.2027
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Krieghbaum Mid-Career Award Site AEJMC see website 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.” R3 Accepting nominations December 1, 2026 — March 15, 2027.
25.03.2027
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Aristotle Prize Site EFPA see website 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. see website 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.
25.03.2027
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Comenius Early Career Psychologist Award Site EFPA see website 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. R2 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.
25.03.2027
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Robert Roe Memorial Award Site EFPA see website 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. R1R2R3R4 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.
30.04.2027
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Cardinal Innitzer Prize for Young Researchers Site Innitzer-Studienfonds see website Younger researchers (as a rule up to age 40) with work at habilitation level see website Four categories: “humanities (philosophy, education, psychology, history…), social and economic sciences, law, human and veterinary medicine” (close translation — the page is German only). Annually by April 30; electronic submission by email possible
unclear AK Essay Prize Site AK Wien see website see website see website Annual call, dates see website
unclear DGPuK's Dissertation Award Site DGPuK € 3.000 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. R2 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.
unclear Dissertation Award “Media-Culture-Communication” Site DGPuK see website 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. R1R2 Dissertations “in the field of the series ‘Medien – Kultur – Kommunikation’” of the Sociology of Media Communication division (close translation — the page is German only). Annual; the submission deadline is 31 December of each year. The page names no year for the current round.
unclear EARLI Oeuvre Award Site EARLI see website 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. R4 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.
unclear EARLI Outstanding Publication Award Site EARLI see website 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. see website 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.
unclear Erik De Corte Award Site EARLI see website 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. R2R3 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.
unclear Otto Loewi Award Site ANA 5.300 € Neuroscientists working (or having worked) in Austria, up to age 40; applicants should be ANA members in good standing see website Neuroscience: “the promotion of neuroscience research in Austria by awarding this prize for outstanding scientific contributions in an active field of neuroscience”. Every two years; most recent deadline 15 June 2025
unclear Saxer Award für die beste Präsentation an der SGKM-Jahrestagung Site SGKM Fr. 500 pro Beitrag 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. see website 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.
unclear SGKM-Dissertationspreis Site SGKM Fr. 3000 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. R2 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.
unclear Theoriepreis der DGPuK Site DGPuK see website 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. see website 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.
unclear ÖFEB Dissertation Prize Site ÖFEB see website 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 R2 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). Call per board term; most recent deadline 30 March 2026 (application by e-mail)
unclear ÖGP Dissertation Prize Site ÖGP see website Early-career psychology researchers with a doctorate in Austria see website Periodic call (details via ÖGP)

Every award in one table. Click a column heading to sort by it. What is honoured here is finished work: a completed dissertation, a published paper, a book, a talk already given. For some there is no application at all — somebody else has to put the name forward, and the target group then reads “Nomination only”.