AK Wien

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; a jury from academia, literature and media selects the winners. Conditions and prize money per call: see website.

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. Eligible: dissertations in German or English from a doctoral procedure completed no more than two years ago; one-time submission, selection by a jury of two AK Wien members and five university professors.

Up to four fellowships per year for one- or two-year master's programmes abroad in economics, political economy or related social-science disciplines with an economic focus. One-time 6,000 €: half on acceptance, half after presenting the master's thesis at AK Wien. Austrian citizenship not required; women, first-generation students and people with a migration background are especially encouraged. The application to the target university must already be filed at submission; studies already begun are not funded.