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
- Please note: the WISS2030 funding line is currently closed for budgetary reasons (exception: cooperative projects with companies)!
- 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
2026
- European Commission / ECR Consolidator Grant / 13.01.2026
- Österreichische Privatuniversitäten: Brigitte-Hamann Prize / 20.01.2026
- Multiple Sklerose Forschungsgesellschaft Österreich: Forschungsprojekte 2026 - Pathogenese, Diagnose und Therapie von MS / 31.01.2026
- OeAD/BMBWF: Ernst-Mach-Fellowship / Studierende und Lehrende ausländischer Universitäten mit Studien- oder Forschungsaufenthalt in Österreich / 01.02.2026
- OeAD/BMBWF: Marietta-Blau-Fellowship / Doktoratsstudierende forschen für 6-12 Monate im Ausland / eine Deadline im Februar, eine im September / 01.02.2026 (ebenso: 1. September)
- ÖAW: L'Oréal Austria / Stipendium für junge Grundlagen-Forscherinnen / 10.02.2026
- FWF: doc.funds / Doktoratsprogramm; Konsortium aus 5 PhDs zur Durchführung eines gemeinsamen, übergreifenden Projekts / 26.02.2026
- FFG: Translational Call - Brain Health / 10.03.2026
- ÖFG: International Communication / travel funds / 26.03.2026
- FWF: Projekte der Herzfelder-Stiftung / Biochemisch-medizinische Zellforschung / 09.04.2026
- European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology / Research Fellowship Grant / 10.04.2026
- ÖGMBT / Travel Grants / 15.04.2026
- EU Horizon Europe: Cluster Health / 16.04.2026
- MSCA / Staff Exchanges / 16.04.2026
- Innovative Health Initiative: Call 12 / 26.04.2026
- FWF: Alternative Methods for Animal Testing / 29.04.2026
- HFSP: Postdoctoral Long-Term Fellowship / 05.05.2026
- FWF: Science Communication / 13.05.2026
- FWF: Gottfried and Vera Weiss Award / 28.05.2026
- ÖGMBT: Life Science Awards / 27.05.2026
- ÖGMBT: Life Science PhD Awards / 27.05.2026
- Stadt Salzburg: Scientists-in-Residence (SIR) / 31.05.2026
- FFG: BRIDGE / Planned 06.06.2026
- Land Salzburg: Christian-Doppler-Preis / 15.06.2026
- Horizon Europe: Research Infrastructure 2026 / 16.06.2026
- MS Research Society / Karl Vass Multiple Sclerosis Research Award 2026 / 30.06.2026
- ÖDG / Starter Grant 2026 / 01.07.2026
- European Hematology Association (EHA) | EHA Research Mobility Grant | 01.07.2026
- Peter & Traudl Engelhorn Stiftung / Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026 / 15.07.2026
- ÖGDV / Ferdinand von Herba-Prize / 17.07.2026
- TRANSCAN - 4 | A new initiative | 21.07.2026, first stage
MERCK | Research Grant | 31.08.2026
- EU Horizon Europe: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship / 09.09.2026
- ERDERA / Clinical trial call in rare diseases / 10.09.2026
- EU Horizon Europe: Mission Cancer / Single Stage Calls / 15.09.2026
- FWF: Specialized Research Groups / 15.09.2026
- EHA: EHA Research Grant / 29.09.2026
- MINT Salzburg: STEM Call 2026 / 30.09.2026
- IHI / IHI Call 13 / 08.10.2026
- FFG / COMET Projects 2026 / 10.10.2026
- Austrian Cancer Aid / Grant / 15.10.2026
- PMU Salzburg - Nürnberg / Brückenschlag / 15.10.2026
- Stadt Salzburg / Scientists in Residence 2027 / 31.10.2026
- Austrian Cancer Aid / Mag. Helga Bauer-Liebmann Scholarship / 31.10.2026
- Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft / LBG Clinical Research Group / 6.11.2026
- FWF: RISE Europe / 19.11.2026
- PMU-RIF 26-28 / LAUNCH, GROW, FIZ Talent Pool / 15.11.2026
- EU Horizon Europe / MSCA Doctoral Networks / 24.11.2026
- FTE / FFG / Digital Health Austria / 30.11.2026