Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

Newsletter Art and Research, June 2023

Dear colleagues,
dear alumnae, dear alumni,

We are very pleased that the list of congratulations has become particularly long this time. Congratulations to our colleagues!

If you want to spend part of this summer writing a research proposal, you have several opportunities to do so: Marietta Blau (1.9.), MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship (13.9.), Sparkling Science (25.9.), WWTF Digital Humanism (4.10.), FWF PEEK, Elise Richter PEEK, Esprit or Individual Project (ongoing). We are also awaiting the publication of the calls for proposals for ÖAW Doc as well as for ERC Starting Grant and ERC Synergy Grant. If you are interested in submitting to these or other programmes, please feel free to contact us via kfs@akbild.ac.at.

We would like to draw your attention to the STEAM Transfer Conference at the end of September at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Registration for the conference is now open online (free participation).

We wish you a wonderful summer!

With best regards from Art | Research | Support,
Michaela Glanz, Teresa Beer, Julia Preisker, Paul Reiter

Direct links

Congratulations


Academy

Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński | Scholarship for Early Post Doc Applications 2023

We warmly congratulate Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński on being awarded the Scholarship for Early Postdoc Applications 2023 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. This scholarship, endowed with 4.500,-- EUR, enables the intensive preparation of a project proposal, which will be submitted with the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as the home institution to funding agencies like FWF or ÖAW in the end.

> more

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair | Postdoc-Track (OeAW)

We congratulate Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair warmly on her Postdoc-Track funding of the OeAW. Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair is using this funding to prepare the publication of her dissertation thesis "Performing History. Public commemorations on the Second World War in Post-Soviet Space, Using the Ukrainian City of Lviv as an Example". We wish her all the best for this project, and look forward to her publication.

Art Theory and Cultural Studies

Nour Chantout | ÖAW DOC Fellowship

Congratulations to Nour Chantout (IKW) on receiving funding from the ÖAW in the DOC program. We wish her all the best for the realization of the project.

Education in the Arts

Esin Akkaya | Research Award of the Austrian Integration Fund

Congratulations to Esin Akkaya, whose thesis "Turkish Labour Migration in the Context of Satirical Reflection" (Institute for Education in the Arts) was selected by the Austrian Integration Fund for this year's Research Award in the PhD thesis category.

> more

Education in the Arts

Nargess Khodabakhshi | The Academy's Award for Scientific Works

We warmly congratulate Nargess Khodabakhshi on winning the Academy's Award for Scholarly Work 2022/23. Her thesis "Oil Fashion and Modernization", written at the IKL, examines the history of Iranian fashion and dress in the context of the modernization agenda of the Iranian state, from 1941 to 1979.

> more

Education in the Arts

Helena Schmidt | The Academy's Honorary Award for Scientific Works

The Honorary Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna goes to Helena Schmidt for her thesis "From poor image to poor images. Digital Didactics in Art Education". In her work, Helena Schmidt examines digital images in the post-digital present circulating on the internet regarding their use, reflection and their potential in art education in schools. Congratulations!

> more

Academy

Prizes of the Academy 2022/23 | Awards for Graduates and Students

Congratulations to all Academy's award winners for the academic year 2022/23.

> more

Fine Arts

Tizza Covi | Austrian Film Awards

Tizza Covi (IBK) and Rainer Frimmel were awarded for their portrait film Vera at the Austrian Film Awards in 3 categories: Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing. Congratulations!

> more

 

Conferences and Events


Art Theory and Cultural Studies

The Distance View

  • Exhibition: 20.6.2023–1.9.2023

The exhibition "The Distance View. Leisure and Defence on the Adriatic Coast" was curated by Anamarija Batista (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, IKW) and Antonia Dika (The University of Arts Linz) and realised within the framework of the two FWF projects PEEK AR482 and Top Citizen Science 114. It can be seen in Sarajevo until the beginning of September.

> more

WTZ | Future Proof Research Skills – Interdisciplinary PhD-Summer Training

  • Summer School: 21.8.2023–22.8.2023

In addition to scientific work and the generation of knowledge, it is an important task of scientists and researchers to communicate their knowledge within the academic world, but also outside of academia. The goal of the two-day Summer School is to exchange and network across research fields and institutional boundaries.

> more

Academy

STEAM Transfer Conference

  • Conference: 28.9.2023–29.9.2023

The STEAM Transfer conference is hosted by the Knowledge Transfer Center of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and brings together creative, artistic and SSHA aspects with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields and vice versa. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Registration is required via the online form.

Further information on the programme: https://www.wtz-ost.at/steam-transfer-2023/

 

Calls


Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival | 40th Kassel Dokfest

  • Call for Contributions: 1.7.2023

We now invite all filmmakers, artists, distributors, producers, gallerists, universities and institutions to submit their most current works and projects to the 40th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival.

> more

Conference on Artistic, Architectural and Political-Economic Performance within the Interplay of Productivity and Temporality | Call for papers

  • Deadline: 10.7.2023

The conference is a cooperation between the Mozarteum University and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg and will take place on 23 and 24 November 2023.

> more

Internet Foundation | netidee

  • Deadline: 10.7.2023

netidee is a funding program of the Internet Foundation, which supports innovative projects and final theses with a focus on the development of the Internet.

> more

Academy

Academy | Publication Series 2024 for text-based publications

  • Call for Proposals: 13.7.2023, 11 h

The Rectorate is now opening the call for submissions for new, text-based volumes of the publication series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The call is aimed at employees (including project staff) and students of the Academy.

> more

BMBWF | Gabriele Possanner Prizes 2023

  • Deadline: 14.7.2023

The two Gabriele Possanner prizes currently offered by the BMBWF are endowed with 12,000 euros each. These are awarded for scientific work in the field of gender research.

> more

FWF | Japan–Austria: New Call for Bilateral Research Projects and Joint Seminars

  • Deadline: 29.8.2023, 13 h

On the basis of their long-standing cooperation, the FWF and its partner organization JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) are pleased to announce this year’s call for bilateral Austrian-Japanese research projects (Joint Projects) and Joint Seminars.

> more

SWIP Austria Symposium | Call for abstracts

  • Deadline: 31.8.2023

The SWIP symposium will take place from November 10-11, 2023 in Vienna in cooperation with the mdw –University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Symposium theme: Listening to each other: Art, Queer Feminism and Philosophy

> more

OeAW | Max Kade Fellowship

  • Deadline: 1.9.2023

This programme of the Max Kade Foundation in New York supports scholars from all research disciplines who wish to visit the USA for research purposes.

> more

BMBWF | Climate and Cultural Heritage (CCH) 2023

  • Deadline: 8.9.2023, 20 h

The Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiatives Connecting Climate Knowledge for Europe (JPI Climate) and Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH) are pleased to announce the launch of a Collaborative Research Action (CRA) on the theme Climate and Cultural Heritage – Collaborative research to address urgent challenges.

> more

Horizon Europe | MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023

  • Deadline: 13.9.2023, 17 h

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships enhance the creative and innovative potential of researchers holding a PhD and who wish to acquire new skills through advanced training, international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships will be open to excellent researchers of any nationality.

> more

University of Agder | Dialogues on Songwriting: Creativity, Methods and Contexts

  • Call for Papers: 15.9.2023

Welcoming various perspectives from academic as well artistic research, the research group Songwriting and Production has the pleasure of inviting scholars, songwriters, producers, and PhD candidates in higher music education for a two-day symposium at the University of Agder, Norway, for presentations and panel discussions on these and other related questions.

> more

Academy

FWF | START Programme

  • Expected deadline: 20.9.2023, 14 h

Due to its high level of funding, the START Programme offers researchers ideal conditions for carrying out long-term research projects at a top international level.

> more

FWF | Crisis - Perspectives from the Humanities

  • Deadline: 21.9.2023

Preannouncement: Joint Call for Transnational Proposals "Crisis – Perspectives from the Humanities".

> more

OeAD | Sparkling Science 2.0

  • Deadline: 25.9.2023, 12 h

Funding will be provided for research projects that actively involve school students and, if applicable, other Citizen Scientists in the research process.

> more

EU | Digital Europe Programme 2023

  • Deadline: 26.9.2023, 17 h

The Digital Europe Programme is a new EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations.

> more

FWF | Special Research Programmes (SFBs)

  • Deadline: 2.10.2023, 14 h

The well-established SFB programme supports female and male researchers in Austria in the development of extremely productive, closely interconnected research establishments for long-term and multi-/interdisciplinary work on complex research topics.

> more

FWF | Research Groups (FG) Call 2023

  • Deadline: 2.10.2023, 14 h

Three to five outstanding female and male researchers can work together in a research group. The aim is to carry out research on complex, medium-term (up to five years) research questions that require cooperation between different areas of expertise and innovative research approaches.

> more

WWTF | ICT 2023: Digital Humanism

  • Deadline: 4.10.2023, 14 h

This call is directed at researchers in Vienna who seek to conduct a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research project (2 - 4 years) between ICT and social sciences / humanities (SSH) that address digital technologies & practices from a human-centered and societal perspective in the field of Digital Humanism.

> more

FWF alpha+ Foundation | Zero Emissions Award

  • Deadline: 16.10.2023

Researchers from universities and non-university research institutions have the opportunity to submit climate-relevant projects to Austria's largest privately funded research award starting in June.

> more

Elfriede Mejchar Award for Photography | Call for entries

  • Deadline: 25.10.2023

The Elfriede Mejchar Award for Photography will be awarded for the first time on the occasion of Elfriede Mejchar's 100th birthday in 2024 as part of the commemorative exhibition that the Province of Lower Austria will hold at the State Gallery of Lower Austria in Krems. After that, the prize will be awarded biennially until further notice.

> more

OeAW | Postdoc-Track

  • Deadline: 15.11.2023

The OeAW awards up to eight fellowships per year to holders of a doctorate or PhD in the humanities and social and cultural sciences in order to assist in the transition to the post-doc phase.

> more

EU | Creative Europe Culture

  • Deadline: 31.12.2023

Outlook for Calls for Proposals Creative Europe Culture.

> more

Horizon Europe | Research and innovation on cultural heritage and Cultural Creative Industries

  • Deadline: 7.2.2024

Convinced that cultural heritage and the cultural and creative industries are an important part of the "social" dimension of democracy and sustainability, the Horizon Europe calls under this destination invite suggestions for policies and practices to address, at all levels of action, current challenges and provide innovative responses.

> more

Journal of Embodied Research | Open Call for Video Articles

  • Submissions accepted continuously

JER invites the submission of video articles on a rolling basis. These can focus on any topic related to embodied practice, embodied knowledge, or embodied research.

> more

Open Gender Journal | Call for Papers

  • Submissions are accepted any time

The editors of the Open Gender Journal are pleased about the submission of  papers from all disciplines with a gender reference / focus.

> more

Humboldt Research Fellowship | Postdoctoral Research in Germany

  • Application is possible at any time

A Humboldt Research Fellowship for international postdoctoral researchers allows to carry out long-term research (6-24 months) in Germany.

> more

OeAD | Ernst Mach Scholarship - Ukraine

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The special scholarship programme Ernst Mach – Ukraine helps Ukrainian students to continue their studies in Austria. The scholarship is open to Ukrainian students who are already enrolled in a regular study programme at an Austrian higher education institution as well as students, scientists and researchers from Ukraine who wish to continue their studies or projects here.

> more

FWF | Stand-Alone Projects

  • Submissions accepted continuously

Researchers of any discipline who are working in Austria are eligible for applying to a FWF Stand Alone Project. The aim is to provide funding for individual research in the area of non-profit oriented scholarly/scientific research.

> more

FWF | Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships including a return phase

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The Erwin Schrödinger Fellowships are intended for young and highly qualified scientists of any discipline and seek to enable young scholars to gain experience abroad during the postdoc-phase.

> more

FWF | Esprit

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The ESPRIT Programme (Early Stage Programme: Research, Innovation and Training) is addressed to highly qualified postdocs from all disciplines at the beginning of their academic career who wish to carry out an independent research project at an Austrian research institute.

> more

FWF | Elise Richter Programme

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The Elise Richter Programme for senior postdocs have been designed as a specific funding measure for women in science and research.

> more

FWF | Elise Richter PEEK

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The Elise Richter PEEK Programme supports women in arts-based research.

> more

FWF | PEEK

  • Submissions accepted continuously

The aim of PEEK (Programme for Arts-based Research) is to fund clearly defined research proposals of high artistic and academic quality at an international level in the field of arts-based research.

> more
 

Doc-News


Dear doctoral candidates,

With this last newsletter before summer break, we would like to draw your attention to important calls.

We are pleased to inform you that the call for our dissertation scholarship for the final phase, which aims to support postgraduate students in the last stage of their dissertation until completion, is now open.
Overall, six fellowships for six months each can be awarded (4 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, 2 University of Art and Design Linz). The amount of the fellowship is EUR 1.000,-- per month.
The deadline for submission is Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 11.00 am. Submission is possible via our submission website only.

We want to draw special attention to our support for funding programs for the dissertation phase. We are happy to support you with your ÖAW DOC applications again. For all of you interested in an application (estimated deadline: September 15), please contact us at any time. Of course we support you with other funding applications as well, like Marietta-Blau Fellowship (Deadline September 1). Please contact us via doktoratszentrum@akbild.ac.at to arrange a meeting and/or for feedback on your application.

We would also like to give you and your dissertation projects space on the Academy website and present information about it in a separate section of the Doctoral Center. We therefore invite all doctoral candidates with an approved dissertation agreement, who would like to be visible as Ph.D. candidates on the academy website, to fill out the application form in our call and upload the required documents. The call, including the application form can be found below or here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at doktoratszentrum@akbild.ac.at. We are looking forward to your projects!
The projects already posted on the website, you can find here.

If you have any general questions, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at doktoratszentrum@akbild.ac.at or by phone at +43 (1) 58816-1115 (Julia Preisker).

We wish you a relaxing summer!

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Short term grants abroad

  • Deadline: 12.9.2023, 11 h

The scholarship for a short-term stay abroad for doctoral/Ph.D. candidates supports stays abroad for e.g. research, field research, archival research, interviews, which are necessary for the dissertation or the Ph.D. project. Stays abroad are funded for a minimum of two to a maximum of eight weeks.

> more

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2023/24

  • Deadline: 7.11.2023, 11 h

The dissertation scholarship for the final phase aims to support doctoral students in the last phase of their dissertation until completion.

> more

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Learning-on-the-Job grant

  • Deadline: 12.12.2023, 11 h

The Learning-on-the-Job scholarship offers dissertation supervisors the opportunity to apply for a scholarship for doctoral/Ph.D. candidates.

> more

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Dissertation projects on the Academy's website

  • There is no submission deadline

We would like to give doctoral and Ph.D. candidates and their dissertation projects space on the Academy website as well and present information about them in a separate section of the Center for Doctoral Studies. We, therefore, ask all doctoral and Ph.D. candidates with an approved dissertation agreement who would like to be visible as doctoral or Ph.D. candidates on the academy website to fill out the application form and upload the required documents.

> more

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Conference fees refund for Ph.D. Candidates of the Academy

  • There is no submission deadline

Due to Covid-19 the Center for Doctoral Studies supports regular doctoral students of the Academy in presenting dissertation/Ph.D. project results at digital conferences and symposia or in the presentation of art projects with a refund of conference fees.

> more

Academy

Open Call of the Academy | Travel Allowances for doctoral resp. Ph.D. candidates at the Academy

  • There is no submission deadline

Regular students of all doctoral studies and the Ph.D.-in-Practice-Program of the Academy can apply for travel allowances for participations in international conferences as well as for the presentation of art projects.

> more

OeAD | Marietta Blau Fellowship

  • Deadline: 1.9.2023

The Marietta Blau Grant offers financial support for six- to twelve-month study periods abroad for doctoral or PhD students of Austrian universities. It serves to optimise their dissertations. Junior researchers are the main target group.

> more

IFK | Junior Fellowship

  • Deadline: 28.1.2024

Junior Fellowships for doctoral candidates with Austrian citizenship or non-Austrian doctoral candidates supervised at Austrian universities.

> more

EU ERASMUS+ | Semester abroad

  • There is no submission deadline

Doctoral and Ph.D. candidates of the Academy of Fine Arts have the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at a partner university within the framework of Erasmus+.

> more

EU ERASMUS+ | Short-term stay abroad

  • There is no submission deadline

In order to better meet the different learning and training needs of doctoral students and to ensure equal opportunities, doctoral students will also have the opportunity to complete a short-term study visit abroad in Europe from the summer semester of 2022.

> more
 

A...kademie der bildenden Künste Wien

Kunst | Forschung | Support

Schillerplatz 3
1010 Wien

HINWEIS: Wenn sie Outlook verwenden, kann der Abmeldelink als Attachement dargestellt werden.
NOTICE: If you're using Outlook the unsubscribe link we're providing may be displayed as attachment.

Newsletter abbestellen