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Research Award for Integration
The Austrian Integration Fund's (ÖIF) Integration Research Prize recognizes outstanding academic work on integration and migration in Austria. The prize is awarded to excellent bachelor's theses, master's theses, diploma theses, and dissertations that provide a thorough examination of current challenges and opportunities in the field of integration. With the Integration Research Prize, the ÖIF specifically promotes scholarly research on a key social issue in Austria.
Main topics
Submissions must address integration and migration and can cover the following key areas:
- Learn and work in German
- Communicating Austrian values and culture
- Empowering women and girls with a migration background
- Prospects for young refugees
- Integration of international skilled workers into the labor market
- Ukrainian refugees in Austria
- Prevention of antisemitism, extremism and radicalization in the context of migration and integration
How does the application process work?
- Applications must be submitted exclusively via the ÖIF's electronic online form and must be received by February 28, 2027 .
- The winners are selected by a jury of experts in the field of integration.
- The winners will be notified by email .
Application deadline: February 28, 2027
Graduates of Austrian universities and Austrian universities of applied sciences are eligible to submit applications. Requirement: The degree must have been awarded no more than two years prior to the date of submission.
The prize money amounts to 3,000 euros for dissertations, 2,000 euros for diploma and master's theses, and 1,000 euros for bachelor's theses.
If you have any questions, please contact us by email at wissensmanagement@integrationsfonds.at .