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FWF
All disciplines
Seed funding for completely new, high-risk, or particularly original research ideas with high transformative potential. Anonymized submission, double-blind jury review. All disciplines, duration up to 2 years.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Periodic calls
Funding amount: 50.000 – 175.000 €
Target group: Researchers holding a doctorate/PhD (all career stages)
Career stage: R2 R3 R4
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
GrundlagenforschungHochrisikoforschungInnovation
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
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Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 28.08.2026
Website: fgoe.org
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-28
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: fgoe.org
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
Funding programme of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program awards research and teaching grants to up to two research or teaching proposals to encourage innovative and timely… read more
Next deadline: 01.10.2026
Deadline: Per the page, accepting July 1 — October 1, 2026; deadline for submitting proposals is Oct. 1, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Funding amount: $3,500 (up to two grants; plus $500 toward conference travel expenses)
Target group: Current AEJMC faculty members; per the call, the program is looking for proposals from junior faculty members teaching full-time who have not yet achieved tenure, likely at the assistant professor level; media professionals who have recently transitioned to full-time work in the academy are also welcomed to apply. Graduate or undergraduate students are not eligible.
Career stage: R2 R3
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-10-01
FachgesellschaftNachwuchsförderungMitgliedschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
Funding programme of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: the AEJMC Senior Scholars Program awards up to two grants to senior scholars to fund innovative and timely research projects in journalism and mass… read more
Next deadline: 01.10.2026
Deadline: Per the page, accepting July 1 — October 1, 2026; deadline for submitting proposals is Oct. 1, 2026, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Funding amount: $5,000 (up to two grants; plus $750 toward conference travel expenses)
Target group: AEJMC members; per the call, the program is looking for proposals from senior faculty members teaching full-time (preferably tenured). Members holding an endowed professorship or an endowed chair are not eligible to apply.
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-10-01
FachgesellschaftMitgliedschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
OeAD
All disciplines
The Austrian-African Research Network Africa-UniNet was initiated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) and launched by the OeAD and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: The 6th Africa-UniNet call closed on 30 November 2025; the website names no new closing date.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Member institutions of the network – universities and research institutions in Austria and in African countries
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Added: 31.07.2026
NetzwerkAfrikaKooperationsprojektForschungsprojekt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
The Aktion Austria-Czech Republic supports scientific exchange between Austria and the Czech Republic and the learning of the neighbouring country's language. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: up to 3 closing dates per year, depending on the programme
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Graduates, postgraduates, postdocs and researchers studying or working at state universities, universities of applied sciences, university colleges of teacher education or accredited private universities in Austria
Career stage: R1 R2
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: dzs.cz
TschechienBilateralAuslandsaufenthaltMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
The Aktion Austria-Hungary supports scientific exchange between Austria and Hungary and the learning of the neighbouring country's language. Different scholarships for students, lecturers and researchers as well as project funding are… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: short-term grants ongoing, per scholarship programme up to 4 closing dates per year
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, postdocs, researchers
Career stage: R1 R2
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
UngarnBilateralAuslandsaufenthaltMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

Neuroscience: “the most special neuroscience event in Austria … Dedicated to all young neuroscientists, and members of ANA.”

Travel grants of the Austrian Neuroscience Association for young neuroscientists to attend the ANA meeting in Austria (every two years); most recently 15 grants for the 2025 ANA meeting, around €300 per the overview page.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Every two years for the ANA meeting; most recent deadline 30 June 2025
Funding amount: ca. 300 €
Target group: Young neuroscientists with ANA membership
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
FachgesellschaftReisekostenKonferenz
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ois.lbg.ac.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
The ASEAN-European Academic University Network supports the exchange of knowledge between partner universities in Europe and South East Asia. Its main activity is the organisation and financial support of transcontinental exchange of… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: 1 per year (spring). Call 2026 closed on 23 April 2026; Call 2027 is expected to open in early February 2027 and to stay open until April 2027.
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Scientists (usually postdocs) and PhD students at ASEA-UNINET member universities in Austria, in the ASEAN partner countries and in Pakistan
Career stage: R1
Apply from: AT
Added: 31.07.2026
SüdostasienNetzwerkKooperationsprojektMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
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Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 28.08.2026
Website: oead.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-28
A multilateral exchange programme with central, eastern and south-eastern Europe: students and teaching staff apply for a funded stay in one of the participating countries. Mobility happens within networks at faculty and institute level; read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Submission dates as the page states them: 1 June for the winter semester and the academic year, 1 November for the summer semester and for freemovers, 30 November for networks. The page names no year.
Funding amount: Vollstipendium durch das Gastland, an dessen Lebenshaltungskosten orientiert; österreichische Outgoings können zusätzlich einen Mobilitätszuschuss beantragen, Lehrende einen Vorlesungszuschuss pro gehaltener Lehrveranstaltungsstunde
Target group: Undergraduates, graduates, researchers and teaching staff. Applicants must hold the citizenship of a CEEPUS country or upload an Equal Status Document; before applying they must contact the CEEPUS coordinator at their home institution.
Career stage: R1
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
Mittel- und OsteuropaMobilitätAuslandsaufenthaltNetzwerk
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
Individual and general funding by the City of Vienna's cultural department (MA 7) for research projects, symposia, conferences, lectures, and event series, plus science stipends. read more
Next deadline: 30.09.2026
Deadline: Projects up to €5,000: rolling until 8 weeks before start; from €5,001: 1–30 September for the following year
Funding amount: natürliche Personen bis 10.000 € (laut Förderrichtlinien)
Target group: Adult natural persons with main residence in Vienna, plus companies, legal persons, and registered partnerships based in Vienna
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: wien.gv.at
Add to calendar: 2026-09-30
BundeslandProjektförderungStipendium
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

Transdisciplinary teams with “strong climate and health knowledge (including meteorological) and relevant economic expertise”, on the impacts of climate change on physical and mental health.

Annual call on the health effects of climate change: up to £2.5 million per award over up to three years, with around 10 to 15 awards expected. The administering organisation may be anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China).
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Annual call (“Frequency: Annual”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026). The page states no date for the next round.
Funding amount: Up to £2.5 million per award
Target group: Research teams led by a mid-career or established researcher (“Mid-career researcher, Established researcher”). Administering organisation location: “Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — Austria is not excluded. Co-applicants are required.
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: wellcome.org
KlimaGesundheitsforschungPublic Health
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
Supports transnational cooperation between organizations in education. Development of innovative methods and materials.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Annual (March)
Funding amount: 120.000 – 400.000 €
Target group: Universities, educational institutions
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Open
Added: 27.03.2026
EUKooperationBildung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
A COST Action is an interdisciplinary research network bringing together researchers and innovators to examine a chosen topic over four years; the funding primarily covers networking activities, not the research work itself.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: etwa 150.000 EUR im ersten Jahr, in den darauffolgenden drei Jahren jeweils rund 180.000 EUR
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 04.08.2026
Website: ffg.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-04

“the Educational Psychology division” — the page names this one division of the DGPs.

Grants from the German Psychological Society for conference participation by early-career researchers in educational psychology. The DGPs is the learned society of the German-speaking area; no country restriction stated. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission
Funding amount: bis 600 € (international) / bis 300 € (national)
Target group: Students and recent graduates (degree max. 6 months ago) as first authors of a conference contribution
Career stage: R1
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: Open
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: dgps.de
FachgesellschaftKonferenzNachwuchs
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ois.lbg.ac.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
Part of the excellent=austria excellence initiative. Funds consortia of 3–7 outstanding researchers pursuing high-risk ideas with the potential to trigger a paradigm shift in their field. 5-year duration, all disciplines.
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Periodic calls
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Consortia of 3–7 researchers at Austrian research institutions
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
ExzellenzKonsortiumInterdisziplinär
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
For more experienced researchers who want to consolidate their group and research line. Open to all topics, highly competitive. 5-year duration.
Next deadline: 12.01.2027
Deadline: Annual (January; next deadline: 12 Jan 2027)
Funding amount: bis 2.000.000 €
Target group: Researchers (7–12 years post-PhD)
Career stage: R3
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Open
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: erc.europa.eu
Add to calendar: 2027-01-12
EUExzellenzKonsolidierung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
ERC
All disciplines
Funding for excellent young researchers who want to build their own research group. Highly competitive, open to all topics. 5-year duration.
Next deadline: 14.10.2026
Deadline: Annual (October)
Funding amount: bis 1.500.000 €
Target group: Researchers (2–7 years post-PhD)
Career stage: R2
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Open
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: erc.europa.eu
Add to calendar: 2026-10-14
EUExzellenzNachwuchsförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
ERC
All disciplines
Funding for groups of 2–4 Principal Investigators tackling questions that cannot be addressed by one PI alone. Open to all topics, 6-year duration. Suitable for interdisciplinary psychology projects (e.g. with neuroscience, AI).
Next deadline: 11.05.2027
Deadline: Next call: opens 17 February 2027, deadline 11 May 2027
Funding amount: bis 10.000.000 € (+ bis 4.000.000 € Zusatzkosten)
Target group: Teams of 2–4 researchers at institutions in EU/associated countries
Career stage: R1 R2 R3 R4
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Open
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: erc.europa.eu
Add to calendar: 2027-05-11
EUKooperationInterdisziplinär
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
International research stay (10–24 months) for highly qualified young researchers at leading foreign institutions. With optional return phase (up to 12 months).
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission (5 award dates per year)
Funding amount: 45.900–63.400 €/Jahr (je nach Zielland) + Reisekosten; Rückkehrphase: Senior-Postdoc-Gehalt + bis zu 15.000 €/Jahr
Target group: Postdocs in the early stages of their research career (completed doctorate)
Career stage: R2
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
MobilitätPostdocAuslandsaufenthalt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
FWF
All disciplines
Career development program for postdocs. Supports independent research under mentoring by an experienced scientist.
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission
Funding amount: Gehalt (Senior Postdoc, 36 Monate) + 45.000 – 75.000 € Projektkosten
Target group: Postdocs (max. 5 years post-PhD)
Career stage: R2
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
NachwuchsförderungPostdocMentoring
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
The Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (EPU) was established in 2000 to create an educational network for universities and universities of applied sciences in Austria and educational institutions in East Asia, Central Asia–Caucasus and South… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: 1 closing date per year
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Scientists at EPU member institutions (at least current PhD/doctoral studies)
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
AsienNetzwerkDoktoratMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
see website
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: Die Förderung erfolgt in Form externer Services im Gegenwert von bis zu 10.000 EUR als 100 % Förderung.
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ffg.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 05.09.2026
Website: fgoe.org
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-05

Neuroscience: “Be Master or PhD students in neuroscience or early postdoctoral fellows”; the programme is “designed to advance neuroscience research and training in Europe”.

Exchange fellowships for lab visits of 4 weeks to 4 months in another country, up to €4,000; 60% paid before the start, 40% on completion. The visit must take place within one year of the award. read more
Next deadline: 15.10.2026
Deadline: Twice a year: 15 April and 15 October (23:59 Brussels time)
Funding amount: bis 4.000 €
Target group: Master's and PhD students in neuroscience and early postdocs (within 5 years) based in Europe with membership in a FENS member society
Career stage: R1 R2
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: fens.org
Add to calendar: 2026-10-15
AustauschNeurowissenschaftenLaboraufenthalt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
FGÖ Project Funding Non-research funding
FGÖ
Clinical/health

“projects attributable to health promotion and primary prevention”; the page explicitly excludes research projects.

The Austrian Health Promotion Fund (Fonds Gesundes Österreich) funds health promotion and primary prevention projects – incl. mental health. Up to 80% of recognized project costs; at least one additional funding source required. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission + themed calls
Funding amount: bis 80 % der Projektkosten (variabel)
Target group: see website
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: fgoe.org
GesundheitsförderungPräventionAngewandte Forschung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Provincial programme (running 1 Jan 2022 – 31 Dec 2029) for developing and expanding future-oriented research fields at Upper Austrian non-university research institutions. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Programme runs until 31 Dec 2029; submission dates see website or guideline document
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Upper Austrian non-university research institutions (FFG-listed, public-benefit oriented, not a COMET centre)
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
OberösterreichaußeruniversitärForschungseinrichtungenZuschuss
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
FWF
All disciplines
Funding for stand-alone book publications presenting basic-research results of international relevance, including mandatory open-access publication and editing or translation. Also postdoctoral theses and revised dissertations; read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Rolling submissions via elane; publication within 36 months of approval
Funding amount: bis 22.000 €
Target group: Researchers from all disciplines; authors need not be employed in Austria (researchers holding professorships abroad excepted)
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
PublikationOpen Access
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Funding for stand-alone digital publication formats presenting research results – such as apps, wiki-based publications, annotated scientific databases, or multi-media web-based publications. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Rolling submissions via elane; publication within 36 months of approval
Funding amount: bis 50.000 €
Target group: Researchers from all disciplines
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
PublikationOpen AccessDigital
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: 10.12.2026
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 11.09.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-12-10
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-11
DGPuK
Communication sc.
The early-career body of the DGPuK, together with the publisher Herbert von Halem, calls for applications for a promising dissertation project; the call has gone out annually since 2014. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Annual call by the DGPuK's early-career body; the most recently published deadline was Tuesday, 1 October 2024. The page carries no newer call.
Funding amount: Preisgeld in Höhe von 1.000 € sowie eine zuschussfreie Publikation beim Herbert von Halem Verlag
Target group: All doctoral candidates working on a communication and/or media research topic who will submit their German- or English-language dissertation within twelve months of the deadline and who are doing a monograph rather than a cumulative thesis. DGPuK membership is explicitly not required.
Career stage: R1
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: dgpuk.de
FachgesellschaftDoktoratPublikationPreisgeld
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
Grants from the SPSP Heritage Initiative toward the costs of conducting dissertation research in personality and social psychology. Up to six grants per year, at least two each in personality and in social psychology. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: The next application cycle will open in early February 2027
Funding amount: $2,000 each
Target group: Graduate students in personality and/or social psychology (full-time, SPSP student members) with an approved dissertation proposal
Career stage: R1
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Website: spsp.org
FachgesellschaftNachwuchsförderungDissertationMitgliedschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
Der Hochschuljubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien wurde 1965 aus Anlass des 600-jährigen Bestandes der Universität Wien und des 150-jährigen Bestehens der Technischen Universität als Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung begründet. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: bis ca. 20.000 € beantragbar (Ø ca. 8.000 € ausbezahlt)
Target group: Researchers at Viennese universities; in individual cases scientific associations and qualified individuals residing in Vienna
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: wien.gv.at
WienKleinprojektNachwuchsförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
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Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 05.09.2026
Website: ois.lbg.ac.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-05
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: fgoe.org
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: Die maximale Förderungshöhe pro Vorhaben beträgt 1.000.000 EUR.
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ffg.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
ÖFG travel-funding programme, open to all disciplines including psychology. It supports: presenting new research findings at international conferences abroad, small international symposia/workshops in Austria, short-term research stays at… read more
Next deadline: 01.10.2026
Deadline: Several submission deadlines per year; next per website: 1 October and 5 November 2026. Decision usually 3 weeks after the deadline.
Funding amount: Kongressgebühr, Reise- und Hotelkosten
Target group: Primarily early-career researchers up to age 40 with at least one peer-reviewed international publication; workshop and invitation applications by habilitated university teachers
Career stage: R1 R2 R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: Open
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: oefg.at
Add to calendar: 2026-10-01 2026-11-05
ReisekostenKongressWorkshopNachwuchs
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Research award of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in memory of Jenessa Shapiro for graduate students committed to advancing inclusion and broadening participation in personality and social psychology. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: The next application cycle will open in early February 2027
Funding amount: up to $1,000
Target group: Graduate students in personality and/or social psychology committed to advancing inclusion; SPSP membership is not required
Career stage: R1
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Website: spsp.org
FachgesellschaftNachwuchsförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
see website
Next deadline: 01.10.2026
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-10-01
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23

Theoretical and reflexive projects, “interdisciplinary within the life and cognitive sciences as well as history, philosophy and social studies thereof”.

Fellowships at the KLI in Klosterneuburg for theoretical, reflexive, and interdisciplinary projects on life and cognition in its biological, cognitive, social, and cultural diversity. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Rolling applications; the KLI board meets 3–4 times a year, allow 4–6 months processing
Funding amount: 2.550–4.200 €/Monat brutto (je nach Schiene)
Target group: Doctoral candidates in the writing-up phase plus postdocs and senior researchers up to 15 years after the doctorate
Career stage: R1 R2 R3
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: kli.ac.at
FellowshipKognitionswissenschaftTheorie
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

Theoretical and reflexive projects, “interdisciplinary within the life and cognitive sciences as well as history, philosophy and social studies thereof”.

Research stays at the KLI in Klosterneuburg for theoretical and interdisciplinary projects: Early Career (late-stage doctorate or up to 8 years after the PhD, 1 week to 6 months) and Senior (more than 8 years after the PhD, 1 week to 3… read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Rolling applications; the KLI board meets 3–4 times a year, allow 4–6 months processing
Funding amount: Reisekosten und Unterkunft (kein Stipendium)
Target group: Researchers from the late doctoral stage to senior level, with their own funding
Career stage: R1 R2 R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: Incoming
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: kli.ac.at
FellowshipKognitionswissenschaftGastaufenthalt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“research projects in all academic disciplines” in cooperative development research with partners in the Global South (close translation — the page is German only).

The ministry-funded programme supports application-oriented cooperation projects between Austrian higher education and research institutions and institutions in countries of the Global South. read more
Next deadline: 30.11.2026
Deadline: No closing date stated; the 6th call has been decided (13 projects selected for funding).
Funding amount: bis zu 50.000 Euro pro bewilligtes Projekt (je nach Laufzeit)
Target group: Researchers (postdocs) at Austrian universities and non-university research institutions as well as at universities and non-university research institutions in countries of the Global South according to the DAC list of the OECD
Career stage: R2
Apply from: AT
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
Add to calendar: 2026-11-30
EntwicklungsforschungGlobaler SüdenKooperationsprojektPostdoc
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
WWTF
Clinical/health

“life sciences … from basic research to applied translational research” (close translation — the page is German only).

Thematic WWTF project funding for life science research in Vienna. 2026 call 'Targeted Prevention': disease prevention and healthy life years in specific populations (€7.5 million total, 2–4 year duration). read more
Next deadline: 06.10.2026
Deadlines in detail: Short proposals 05.05.2026 Full proposals 06.10.2026
Deadline: Periodic calls; 2026 call: short proposals due May 5, 2026 (closed), full proposals due October 6, 2026, decision March 2027
Funding amount: 400.000 – 750.000 € (bis 800.000 € mit NÖ-Partner)
Target group: Researchers at Viennese research institutions; joint projects with Lower Austria possible
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: wwtf.at
Add to calendar: 2026-10-06
LebenswissenschaftenPräventionWien
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.08.2026
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-23
see website
Next deadline: 20.10.2026
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 10.09.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-10-20
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-10

A “medical-scientific fund … for scientific research work by physicians” (close translation — the page is German only).

Non-profit fund of the City of Vienna (since 1978, managed by municipal department MA 40) supporting medical research projects at Viennese institutions. Clinical and health psychology projects with a medical focus can qualify. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: wien.gv.at
MedizinWienKlinische Forschung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“This funding is focused on psychological and/or social interventions only”, for anxiety, depression and psychosis; any discipline relevant to mental health science.

Two-stage call on early intervention for anxiety, depression and psychosis in young people: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 to £8 million for the Impact Phase. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: One-off call (“Frequency: One-off”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026).
Funding amount: £200,000 for the Foundation Phase and £5 million to £8 million for the Impact Phase
Target group: Research teams led by an established researcher, “From any relevant discipline”. Administering organisation location: “Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — Austria is not excluded. Note this is a different condition from where the work happens: “The research must take place in the UK or a low- and middle-income country (LMIC)”. Co-applicants are required.
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: wellcome.org
Mental HealthFrühinterventionPsychoseJugendliche
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

Mental health science, plus “the science of circadian systems and/or physical activity”; applicants “from any relevant discipline”.

Call for research teams on physical-activity and circadian-based interventions against anxiety and depression in young people. Wellcome expects to make 5 to 10 awards. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: One-off call (“Frequency: One-off”); currently “Closed to applications” (as of 31 July 2026). The page states no new date.
Funding amount: £1-4 million per grant
Target group: Research teams led by an established researcher, “from any relevant discipline”. The administering organisation may sit anywhere — “Administering organisation location: Anywhere in the world (apart from mainland China)” — so an Austrian organisation is not excluded. Note: “Interventions must take place in the UK and/or Africa”, which is where the work happens, not where the applicant sits. Co-applicants are required.
Career stage: R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: wellcome.org
Mental HealthDepressionAngstJugendliche
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
ERC
All disciplines
Doctoral programmes implemented by partnerships of universities, research institutions and infrastructures, businesses including SMEs and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond, to train highly… read more
Next deadline: 24.11.2026
Deadline: Annual (2026 call: deadline 24 November 2026)
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Universities and research institutions (consortia); funds doctoral candidates
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: EU/associated country
Direction: Open
Added: 09.07.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-11-24
EUDoktoratNetzwerk
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Program for opening up the research process. Involving citizens, patients, and other stakeholders in research. Especially relevant for psychological and social research.
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Ongoing calls (incl. OIS Early Career Researcher Award, OIS zam: Forum 2026)
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: ois.lbg.ac.at
Citizen SciencePartizipationSozialforschung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“the humanities and social and cultural sciences” — the page names no individual subject.

Bridges the phase between PhD completion and a postdoc position in the humanities, social and cultural sciences: finish dissertation publications, develop an own research project for funding applications, build networks. read more
Next deadline: 16.11.2026
Deadline: Two deadlines per year (May 15 and November 16, 2026)
Funding amount: 52.080 €/Jahr (3–12 Monate)
Target group: PhD graduates in humanities, social and cultural sciences (degree completed in Austria, max. 6 months before deadline)
Career stage: R2
Apply from: AT
Added: 09.07.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-11-16
PostdocÜbergangsförderungSozialwissenschaften
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Funding for independent research projects by individual scientists. All disciplines. International peer review. Maximum duration 48 months.
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission
Funding amount: keine formale Obergrenze (projektspezifische Personal- und Sachmittel; ab 450.000 € zusätzliche Gutachten)
Target group: Researchers of all disciplines at Austrian research institutions; no specific academic degree required, scientific qualification to lead the project needed
Career stage: R2 R3 R4
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
GrundlagenforschungPostdocEinzelprojekt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
ÖFG
All disciplines
Subsidy for publishing scholarly works from all fields of research, including psychology. Eligible are works of high scholarly quality that are as yet unpublished, contain new research findings, and would otherwise not appear or only at… read more
Next deadline: 04.10.2026
Deadline: Three submission deadlines per year; next per website: 2 August 2026 and 4 October 2026
Funding amount: bis 2.000 € pro Werk
Target group: Primarily not-yet-established researchers; Austrian citizens or researchers working mainly in Austria
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
Website: oefg.at
Add to calendar: 2026-10-04
PublikationDruckkostenBuch
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: 500.000 EUR pro Vorhaben.
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ffg.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
GFF NÖ
All disciplines
Funds doctoral projects at Lower Austrian research institutions – open to all thematic fields, including psychology. Finances PhD positions at 50% of the FWF salary rate (up to 100% for cooperative applications by two institutions) plus up… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Call in Q4 2026
Funding amount: 50 % FWF-Satz (PhD-Stelle) + bis 3.000 € Konferenzen
Target group: PhD students and supervising research institutions in Lower Austria
Career stage: R1
Apply from: AT
Added: 09.07.2026
DoktoratNiederösterreichStipendium
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-04
Provincial funding programme for Salzburg universities and non-university research institutions: competence building, research structures and human resources along the WISS 2030 themes. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Currently no applications possible (as of July 2026); see website for dates
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Salzburg universities, non-university research institutions, innovation intermediaries and knowledge-transfer organisations
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
ForschungsförderungWissenstransferSalzburg
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
Basic research call by the Lower Austrian research funding agency (GFF NÖ) in the 2026 RTI annual program, focus 'Society and Culture' – the call page states it is open to projects addressing questions in the humanities, social sciences… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Call in Q1 2026; the call page states the submission phase has closed, review until 15 October 2026, award on 15 December 2026. Annual call program, submission via calls.einreichsystem.at
Funding amount: bis 360.000 €
Target group: Universities and non-university research institutions located in Lower Austria (as lead partner)
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: AT
Added: 09.07.2026
GrundlagenforschungNiederösterreichGesellschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-04

“the key research areas of biology and medicine of the current call for proposals”.

Bonus from the FWF's alpha+ Foundation for Erwin Schrödinger fellows: up to €5,000 for international networking, conference visits, and specialization courses. Subject focus varies by call (most recently biology and medicine).
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Annual call; currently no submissions possible (as of 07/2026)
Funding amount: bis 5.000 €
Target group: FWF Erwin Schrödinger fellows (approved in the year before the call)
Career stage: R2
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 27.03.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
NetworkingKonferenzInternational
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“a cultural, arts or humanities orientation of the project” (close translation — the page is German only).

Project funding of the province of Upper Austria for cultural-studies and humanities projects whose content primarily concerns Upper Austria (at least 50%). Eligible costs include project costs and pro-rata personnel and overhead costs; read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Application via online form; no submission deadline stated on the website, see website for dates
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Upper Austrian individuals, associations and institutions active in science or research
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
OberösterreichProjektförderungGeisteswissenschaften
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
The JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers) is offered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Closing date for applications: any time (by 31 December at the latest)
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Postdocs and researchers or university lecturers at Austrian universities
Career stage: R2
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
JapanPostdocForschungsaufenthaltMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
To promote junior researchers and scientific cooperation, scholarships are offered for a stay at Taiwanese universities. The stay lasts a maximum of one month. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: March 1st
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Postgraduates, doctoral students, lecturers and researchers at Austrian public universities, private universities and universities of applied sciences (at least one completed semester of a doctoral programme by the closing date, or teaching activities)
Career stage: R1
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
TaiwanAuslandsaufenthaltDoktoratAnbahnung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
To promote junior researchers and scientific cooperation, scholarships are offered for a stay at Taiwanese universities. The stay lasts 1 to 4 months. Students at Austrian higher education institutions who are actively studying (at least… read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing date for applications: March 1st
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Graduates or traditional degree (diploma degree) students at Austrian public universities, private universities and universities of applied sciences (at least one completed semester in the 2nd stage of a diploma programme or in a master's programme)
Career stage: R1
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
TaiwanAuslandsaufenthaltMasterstudiumMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31

“The funding focus lies in the cultural, social and natural sciences” (close translation — the page is German only).

Project funding by the province's cultural affairs department, focused on the cultural, social and natural sciences — psychology qualifies. It covers production-cost subsidies for scholarly publications with specialist publishers, grants… read more
Next deadline: 31.10.2026
Deadline: Individual projects: at least three months before the project starts; annual funding: by 31 October
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Researchers with proven scientific qualification and research institutions; projects with a Carinthia connection
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 22.07.2026
Add to calendar: 2026-10-31
KärntenProjektförderungPublikationenTagungen
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“a cultural, arts or humanities orientation of the programme” (close translation — the page is German only).

Funding of the province of Upper Austria for the annual programmes of Upper Austrian associations and institutions active in science or research with a humanities/cultural-studies orientation. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Application via online form; no submission deadline stated on the website, see website for dates
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Upper Austrian associations and institutions active in science or research
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
OberösterreichJahresprogrammInstitutionsförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“It is a cultural-studies or humanities publication” (close translation — the page is German only).

Printing-cost subsidy of the province of Upper Austria for cultural-studies and humanities publications whose content primarily concerns Upper Austria (at least 50% of the text). read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Application via online form before printing; no submission deadline stated on the website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Editors and authors of cultural-studies and humanities publications relating to Upper Austria
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
OberösterreichPublikationsförderungDruckkosten
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

“a cultural-studies or humanities orientation of the project (projects in the natural sciences cannot be supported)” (close translation — the page is German only).

Stipends of the province of Upper Austria for cultural-studies and humanities research projects whose content primarily concerns Upper Austria (at least 50%; a merely personal connection is not sufficient). read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Application via online form; no submission deadline stated on the website, see website for dates
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Researchers with projects in the humanities or cultural studies relating to Upper Austria (at least 50%); natural-science projects are excluded; academic expertise and/or a positive expert review required
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
OberösterreichStipendiumGeisteswissenschaftenForschungsprojekt
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
The Scientific & Technological Cooperation is based on inter-governmental and bilateral agreements. It funds research visits within concrete scientific cooperation projects with researchers from a partner country; read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: Closing dates for applications: 7-10 per year; calls per partner country are usually held every two years, and the status of each agreement is listed on the programme page.
Funding amount: Mobilitätskosten (Reise- und Aufenthaltskosten) sowie projektbezogene Materialkosten bis max. 3.000 Euro pro Projekt
Target group: Researchers (project coordinators) and PhD students (team members) at Austrian universities and non-university research institutions working in basic research
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: Outgoing
Added: 31.07.2026
Website: oead.at
BilateralKooperationsprojektForschungsaufenthaltMobilität
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-31
Small grants from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for projects that build community and professional development in personality and social psychology — workshops, networking meetings, or workshopping job materials. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: The next application cycle will open in early February 2027
Funding amount: up to $2,000
Target group: Personality and social psychologists at all levels
Career stage: R1 R2 R3 R4
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 02.08.2026
Website: spsp.org
FachgesellschaftNachwuchsförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-02
Direct financial assistance from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology for research projects of graduate students in personality and social psychology. Three awards per year; read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: The next application cycle will open in early February 2027
Funding amount: $500 each
Target group: Graduate students (MA and PhD) in personality and/or social psychology; SPSP student membership required at the time of application
Career stage: R1
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Website: spsp.org
FachgesellschaftNachwuchsförderungMitgliedschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 28.08.2026
Website: ffg.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-28
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 03.09.2026
Website: ec.europa.eu
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-03
Research grant of AEJMC and News Engagement Day: the Research Grant to Support Innovative News Audience & News Engagement Studies encourages the exploration of the news audience and news engagement in new ways to answer never before asked… read more
Next deadline: 01.05.2027
Deadline: Per the awards listing, accepting December 1, 2026 — May 1, 2027; the call linked there is still the 2026 one (Proposals Due: May 1, 2026).
Funding amount: $3,000
Target group: Per the 2026 call, all current AEJMC members are invited to submit a proposal; the page states no career-stage restriction.
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 03.08.2026
Add to calendar: 2027-05-01
FachgesellschaftMitgliedschaft
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-03
Under WISS 2030 the Province of Salzburg periodically issues thematic funding calls for researchers at Salzburg universities and non-university research institutions. read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: No open call (as of July 2026); see website for dates
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Researchers at Salzburg universities and non-university research institutions
Career stage: see website
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
AusschreibungForschungsprojekteSalzburg
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
State funding for research projects and events at Tyrolean universities, all disciplines (including psychology, e.g., University of Innsbruck). Separate annual call for early-career researchers (2026: February 1 to March 15). read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: variabel
Target group: Researchers at Tyrolean universities, universities of applied sciences, and university colleges of teacher education
Career stage: see website
Apply from: no restriction
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: tirol.gv.at
TirolNachwuchsförderungProjektförderung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 23.09.2026
Website: ois.lbg.ac.at
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-09-23
Bilateral research projects between Austria and Germany (optionally further Weave countries such as Switzerland) under the FWF–DFG lead agency procedure: one application, one review, funding in both countries. read more
Next deadline: rolling
Deadline: Continuous submission
Funding amount: wie FWF-Einzelprojekte (FWF-Anteil)
Target group: Researchers in Austria with project partners in Germany
Career stage: R2 R3 R4
Apply from: AT, DE
Direction: National
Added: 09.07.2026
Website: fwf.ac.at
KooperationDeutschlandGrundlagenforschung
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22
see website
Next deadline: 01.12.2026
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: see website
Career stage: see website
Added: 28.08.2026
Website: ec.europa.eu
Add to calendar: 2026-12-01
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-08-28

“business, science, research, technology, qualification, art and culture, and youth” — themes rather than disciplines (close translation — the page is German only).

Das Land Steiermark hat den Zukunftsfonds als Landesfonds zur Förderung innovativer und zukunftsweisender Projekte in den Bereichen Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Forschung, Technologie, Qualifikation, Kunst und Kultur sowie Jugend errichtet; read more
Next deadline: unclear
Deadline: see website
Funding amount: see website
Target group: Styrian research institutions conducting R&D; inter- and transdisciplinary cooperations, including with companies
Career stage: ORG
Apply from: AT
Direction: National
Added: 22.07.2026
SteiermarkProjektförderungThemenausschreibunginterdisziplinär
Details last compared with the funder's page: 2026-07-22

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