Calls / Contests Art and Research

In this edition, they are interested in showcasing drawings, artistic projects, images, articles, essays, and contextual or critical texts that address, problematize, or explore representations of Nature and Landscape, Environmental Narratives, connections between humans and non-humans, our anthropocentric culture, or other possible worldviews.

Call for Contributions 1.10.2024

FWF has launched a new career funding program called the FWF Astra Awards. This funding will help advanced postdocs in Austria make the leap to the top of their research field.

Deadline 3.10.2024, 14 h

The Neptun State Prize for Water is the Austrian environmental and innovation prize for sustainable water projects.

Deadline 14.10.2024

The State Patent Award puts the spotlight on particularly innovative achievements. It is the highest state honour for inventions and brands and will be awarded for the fifth time in June 2025.

Deadline 14.10.2024

The ERC Starting Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are starting their own independent research team or programme. Principal Investigators must demonstrate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of their research proposal.

Deadline 15.10.2024, 17 h

The 16^th International Conference on Artistic Research (May 7 - 9, 2025) with the theme “Resonance” is hosted by i2ADS, University of Porto.

Call for Contributions 15.10.2024

In 2024, the Department of Women, Anti-Discrimination and Equal Treatment of the Burgenland Provincial Government will award a prize for Bachelor's/Master's theses that consider topics against the background of feminist approaches or gender aspects into the work.

Deadline 15.10.2024

In continuation of the concerns of Msgr Otto Mauer (1907 - 1973), who gained international recognition through his commitment to contemporary art and young artists, the Otto Mauer Fund is awarding the Msgr Otto Mauer Prize for Fine Arts (painting, graphics, sculpture, objects, installations, new media) for the 44th time at the end of the year.

Deadline 16.10.2024, 17:30 h

L'École de Design Nantes Atlantique and the Cumulus Association are pleased to announce the opening of the call for contributions for the bi-annual Cumulus Conference 2025.

Call for Contributions 18.10.2024

HUB is a peer-reviewed and open-access research journal for reporting on arts, design, and performing arts. The journal is published twice a year by i2ADS – Research Institute in Art, Design and Society (University of Porto, Portugal) and hosted on the Research Catalogue platform.

Call for Contributions 20.10.2024

COMET Projects aim to carry out high-quality research in science - industry collaboration. They are characterised by a medium-term perspective and clearly defined topics with the potential for further development. The upcoming call will open on 16 April 2024.

Deadline 22.10.2024, 12 h

Die Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7) schreibt den Projekt-Call "Geschichte(n) Wiens: Projekt-Call für zeitgemäße Formen des Erinnerns", eine Initiative der Stadt Wien zum Republikjubiläumsjahr 2025 (1945/55/95) in Erinnerung an Heidemarie Uhl, aus.

Deadline 31.10.2024

Established in 2005, the B&C Private Foundation’s Houska Prize was set up to promote business-related research and innovation. By awarding the prize, B&C’s goal is to help strengthen Austria as a business location while expressing its appreciation for the outstanding research work carried out in the country.

Deadline 31.10.2024

Elite, which specialises in the manufacture of high-end beds, wishes to support innovative design by offering creatives and designers the opportunity to conceive a bed for the annual Elite Design Awards.

Deadline 1.11.2024

The Performing Arts Research Centre of the Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts, Helsinki, together with Master´s Degree Programmes in Scenography, Lighting Design, Sound Design, Theatre Pedagogy and Dance Pedagogy, and the Performance + Ecology Research Lab (P+ERL) of the Creative Arts Research Institute (CARI) of Griffith University, Australia, are announcing the ninth international conference on artistic research.

Call for Contributions 3.11.2024

The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) aims to accelerate the clean energy transition and to contribute the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. 

Deadline 21.11.2024, 14 h

Every three years the Handwerksmuseum (museum of crafts) organizes a competition on the creation of an everyday item. In 2025, the theme of the tenth competition is „Rethinking headgear“.

Deadline 30.11.2024