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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

The large US society for personality and social psychology. Its Annual Convention has a site of its own with open submissions; the preconferences run through the same page.

The US association for journalism and mass communication research. The Annual Conference lives on the association's community site; peer-reviewed papers go through an online submission portal.

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.