FREE ENTRY / Theodor Körner Prize 2025

The Theodor Körner Fund aims to support young academics and artists. Applications are open for scientific research projects, as well as art, literature, and composition projects that are currently underway . Funding is also available for the development of research designs that serve as the basis for competitive application procedures (FWF or at least equivalent).

The Theodor Körner Fund awards its prizes exclusively for " work in progress ." The submitted project must have already begun but not been completed before the end of the respective application year. Submitted projects must have been independently conceived by the applicant, be carried out independently, and be feasible within two years . For the 2025 application year, this means a completion deadline between January 1, 2026, and November 30, 2027.

In the academic disciplines, only research projects are eligible for awards. Communication, translation, and publication projects, etc., are therefore excluded from applications. Likewise, bachelor's and diploma/master's theses, postdoctoral research projects, and contract research are generally not eligible for funding.