Funders

Austria's central institution for funding basic research. The FWF funds approximately 2,600 projects annually with around €350 million. All scientific disciplines, including psychology, are supported.

The FFG promotes applied research and innovation in Austria. Focus is on economically relevant research, but programs like BRIDGE and Talente are also relevant for psychology.

Austria's agency for education and internationalization. The OeAD manages scholarships and exchange programs for students, teachers, and researchers in all fields.

Austria's largest non-university research institution with 26 research institutes. Offers scholarships and funding programs for early-career researchers, including in social sciences.

National funding body for health promotion and prevention — relevant for health psychology projects.

The Anniversary Fund of the Austrian National Bank funds research projects, including economics, social sciences and humanities.

Austria's largest private non-profit research funding organization. Over €230 million invested in Viennese science since 2003. Dedicated Cognitive Sciences program with high relevance for psychology.

Research funding of the state of Lower Austria (FTI programme).

Science funding of the state of Tyrol.

The City of Vienna awards science funding, including the Hochschuljubiläumsfonds.

The Province of Salzburg funds science and research under its Science and Innovation Strategy 2030 (WISS 2030): through RTI funding programmes for Salzburg research institutions, thematic calls, and s...

The province of Upper Austria funds science mainly through its cultural funding schemes: research stipends, scholarly projects, publications and annual programmes with a humanities/cultural-studies or...

The Austrian province of Carinthia funds science and research mainly through its cultural funding scheme (Carinthian Culture Funding Act): the science strand, focused on the cultural, social and natur...

Fund of the province of Styria supporting innovative, future-oriented projects in business, science, research, technology, qualification, arts and culture, and youth. Awards project funding through ye...

Statutory interest representation of Vienna's employees. Funds science through its own prizes and stipends, including the Antonio Gramsci Prize, the AK Essay Prize and the Maria Szécsi Fellowship.

Non-university research organization promoting innovative and socially relevant research. Bridges medicine, law, social sciences, and psychology. Budget approximately €18 million.

Charitable foundation of the FWF, established 2019. Supports top researchers with special funding programs and bonuses for international collaboration.

Psychology society in the German-speaking area; awards and grants partly open to members from Austria.

International foundation for research on learning and child development; fellowships open to researchers in Austria.

Awards for young researchers and artists in Austria.

Austrian psychological society; awards include dissertation prizes.

German science foundation; selected programmes open to applicants from Austria.

Church-affiliated science fund under the patronage of the Archbishop of Vienna, named after Cardinal Theodor Innitzer. Awards annual prizes to outstanding early-career researchers across all disciplin...

The Austrian Research Association supports scholarly communication across all disciplines: travel grants for conference attendance and research stays (the "International Communication" programme), pri...

With over 7,300 members the largest professional association of psychologists in Austria (based in Vienna, 14 sections, 9 regional groups). Its health psychology section has awarded the annual Austria...

Public-law foundation established in 1991 by Maria Schaumayer — then President of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and the world's first woman to head a central bank — on her 60th birthday. Its purpo...

The EU's key funding program for excellent basic research. ERC Grants are highly competitive and open to all topics – psychology projects are regularly funded.

EU program for education, youth, and sport. Offers cooperation partnerships and mobility scholarships also relevant for psychology researchers.

Austria's largest database for scholarships and research grants with over 1,200 entries. Searchable by field, career level, and country of origin.

European platform for researcher mobility. Aggregates job openings, scholarships, and funding opportunities for researchers at all career stages in Austria.