Organizations

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.

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.

The statutory representation body for employees in Upper Austria. Awards the annual AK Science Prize for works that serve to improve employees' working and living conditions.

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

The Konrad Lorenz Institute in Klosterneuburg advances scientific reasoning towards understanding life in its biological, cognitive, social, and cultural diversity, and awards resident and visiting fe...

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

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

Awards for young researchers and artists in Austria.

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...

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...

British foundation for health research. Wellcome funds mental health science as one of three focus areas. Most schemes require an organisation in the UK, the Republic of Ireland or a low- or middle-in...

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

Austrian psychological society; awards include dissertation prizes.

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...

The professional society for neuroscience in Austria. ANA awards prizes and travel grants to its members, including the Otto Loewi Award and the Best Thesis Award.

The main organisation for neuroscience in Europe, based in Brussels, representing 43 societies across 33 countries. Awards stipends and exchange fellowships open to researchers based in Austria.

A non-partisan, supra-regional, non-profit association for everyone engaged in research, development, and teaching in the educational sciences. Awards a dissertation prize together with Waxmann publis...

The German Communication Association (DGPuK) is the scientific and professional association of researchers, educators, and professionals in the areas of communication and media research. The society a...

The ÖGK is the professional society and representative body for media and communication studies and practice in Austria. It publishes the journal Medien Journal and runs the biennial Kommunikationswis...

Founded in 1974, the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research (SGKM) represents the largely social-science strand of communication and media studies in Switzerland. It is constituted as a...

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.