External funding opportunities
Funding calendar
Here you find a selection of key funding opportunities, sorted by submission deadline. Some of the listed calls recur annually (usually around the same time), while others are available only every two years or as one-off calls. Under the "Ongoing" tab, you’ll find funding streams that allow continuous submissions without a specific deadline.
For a more comprehensive list, please refer to the "External Funding Opportunities" section.
For further details, feel free to contact the Research Management team.
Laufend
- WISS 2030 (Land Salzburg): Impulse Projects, Knowledge Transfer, Event Funding, Publication
- FWF Principal Investigator Projects/ Individual, flexible and long-term research
- FWF Principal Investigator Projects - International / International, individual, flexible and long-term research (including Germany)
- FWF KLIF - Clinical Research / Conducting researcher driven clinical studies
- FWF ESPRIT / Early Stage Programme Research Innovation Training / Skills development and career advancement
- FWF Erwin Schrödinger / Mobility
- DFG Walter Benjamin Program - The Walter Benjamin Program enables postdoctoral researchers to independently implement their own research project at a location of their choice, including outside of Germany.
- Christian Doppler Society - The CDG's funding programs link science and industry; the Christian Doppler Laboratory is designed for long-term cooperation in the field of excellent research
2025
- PMU-RIF: FIRE / 15 January
- LBI: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut - Exzellente Forschung im Bereich Health Science / 17 January
- FFG: BRIDGE / 22 January
- Österreichische Krebshilfe (Austrian Cancer Aid): “Bauer-Liebmann-Stipendium” (Thema Mammakarzinome) / Promotion of event participation / 31 January
- OeAD/BMBWF: Ernst-Mach-Fellowship / Students and lecturers from foreign universities with a study or research stay in Austria
- OeAD/BMBWF: Marietta-Blau-Fellowship / Doctoral students conduct research abroad for 6-12 months / one deadline in February (01 February), one in September
- ÖAW: L'Oréal Austria / Scholarship for young female basic researchers
- PMU-RIF: FIRE, Invest in Future, PRE, SEED / 15 April
- PMU-FIZ: Talent Pool | 15.04.2025
- EU Horizon Europe: Cluster Health and Mission Cancer
- FFG: F&E-Infrastrukturförderung / 02 April
- FWF: Projekte der Herzfelder-Stiftung / Biochemisch-medizinische Zellforschung / 03 April
- EU Horizon Europe: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships / Mobilität / Karriereförderung / 09 April
- Innovative Health Initiative: Calls 9 und 10 / 23 and 29 April
- PMU-FIZ: Talent Pool
- ÖGMBT (Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology): Life Science Awards
- ÖGMBT (Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology): Life Science PhD Awards
- FFG: Data Stewards 2025 / Anstellung eines Data Stewards für Forschung im Zusammenhang mit der EU Mission Cancer | 09.05.2025
- FWF: Gottfried und Vera Weiss Preis / Anästhesiologie / 03 June
- Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Foundation: PostDoc Grant + Research Prize / 30 June
- PMU-RIF: FIRE / 15 July 2025
- Peter und Traudl Engelhorn Stiftung: PostDoc Grant + Research Prize / 15 July 2025
- OeAD/BMBWF: Marietta Blau Fellowship / Doctoral students conduct research abroad for 6-12 months / 01 September
- Salzburger Krebshilfe (Cancer Aid): Krebshilfe-Stipendium / 15 September
- ÖAW: DOC / Doc Fellowship / 15 September
- FWF: Specialized Research Groups / long-term, cooperative projects in teams of between 3 and 12 researchers / 16 September
EU Horizon Europe: Cluster Health / Single Stage Calls / 18 September 2025 (First stage für Two-Stage-Calls; Second Stage: 16 April 2026)
- Österreichische Krebshilfe: Helga-Bauer-Liebmann-Stipendium / Project Funding / 1 October
- FWF: ASTRA-Preise / Advanced postdocs with excellent research achievements / tbd
- PMU-RIF: PRE, UP, SEED, FIRE / 15 October
- FFG: COMET-Projekte/COMET-Module / 18 November
- EU Horizon Europe: MSCA Doctoral Networks / An international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral consortium is setting up a joint research training program for doctoral students / 25 November