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RCM

Research Competition Mozarteum

Research Support at the Mozarteum University has offered a prize for artistic and academic research projects every year since 2019. The target group is members of the Mozarteum University (teachers, researchers, alumnae & alumni, students) who are active as academic and artistic researchers and are planning a research project.

About

The aim of the Research Competition Mozarteum is to encourage the submission of artistic and academic research projects. Scholars should be motivated to optimise their research proposals on the basis of feedback given by the jury. The team at Research Support is happy to provide assistance and advice, even before the submission. Submissions are evaluated by an international jury of experts. The jury provides both written and oral advice and is particularly helpful when it comes to submitting a proposal for external funding.

The aim of the Research Competition, as well as other initiatives of Research Support, is to create a platform for researchers of all disciplines within the Mozarteum University where exchange and networking can take place and the achievements and results of different research activities become visible.

In addition to awarding the best three applications financial support for further development, the Mozarteum Research Competition proposes suitable projects (after revision) for submission to appropriate funding agencies. Applicants will receive oral and written feedback, including advice and suggestions for improvement for their third-party funding submission, from an international expert panel.

The research competition is open to entries from across all disciplines at the Mozarteum University. In addition to applications from the areas of music, music education and music analysis, entries from the fields of artistic research, composition, historical performance practice, as well as costumes, textile and fine arts projects are also welcomed.

The call is open to students from all departments.

Eugen Banauch | © Elsa Okazaki

"We wanted to sound out which well-developed research ideas already exist, and create a low-threshold procedure that encourages even those whose projects are little more than a sketched outline to apply for third-party funded projects and research funding tenders."

— Eugen Banauch

News

  • © Michael Klimt
    20.11.2025
    Awards of the Research Competition Mozarteum 2025 

    This year's RCM Award Ceremony took place on 11 November 2025 in the Faistauer Hall. Senate Chair Christoph Lepschy opened the event and emphasised the guiding principle of the Research Competition Mozarteum: openness to all disciplines, fields of study, career levels and alumni. Since 2019, this internal research funding instrument has contributed to establishing a diverse research culture at the university.

    Awards & Successes
  • 16.3.2025
    Innovation & inclusivity 

    6 years of the Mozarteum Research Competition: Since 2019, the Mozarteum University's research management has awarded an annual prize for artistic, scientific and scholarly research projects. Director Eugen Banauch takes stock.

    Interview
  • Collage mit einem schwarz-weiß Porträtfoto einer Frau und einem Gruppenfoto mit fünf Menschen
    5.12.2022
    Awards of the Research Competition Mozarteum 2022 

    And the Winner Is ... the Mozarteum 2022 Research Competition has been decided! This year's award for particularly successful artistic-scientific research proposals goes to Heike Henning for her collaborative project proposal "Rethinking and Innovating Choral Musicking in the Digital Space", which is currently being prepared for submission to the Austrian Science Fund FWF in cooperation with the University of Liechtenstein and the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.

    Awards & Successes
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