Project grant of Career Center
Open Call 2025

 

The mdw Career Center awards grants to support artistic projects.

Eligible to apply are regular students of the mdw as well as graduates who graduated less than 5 years ago at the time of application.
The fields of study concerned are:

Composition and Music Theory, Tonmeister Studies, Conducting, all Instrumental Studies, Church Music, Chamber Music, Historical Performance Practice, New Music Ensemble, all Music Education Studies, Music and Movement Pedagogy/Rhythmics, Singing, Music Drama, Lied-Oratorio Concert, Vocal Performance, Music Theater Directing, Acting and Drama Directing as well as all fields of study in the area of Film and Television.

Funding is provided for artistic projects that are related to current or completed studies at the mdw. The focus is on new concert formats and cross-disciplinary or cross-artistic projects as well as joint projects between different fields of study. For projects with mixed ensembles, at least 50% of the participants must be students or graduates of the mdw who graduated no more than 5 years ago.

The projects can be designed for both a face-to-face and a virtual performance.

CD productions and projects to be completed as part of the curriculum are not eligible for funding.

The maximum funding amount is € 1,000 per project. The applicant can only receive the maximum sum of € 1,000 once. If an application is submitted in a subsequent year, a lower amount may be awarded. Multiple awards to different members of the same ensemble are not permitted.
 

Applications must be submitted exclusively in electronic form to the mdw Career Center (careercenter@mdw.ac.at) by 30.09.2025.
 

The following files must be attached (all in pdf format)

  • Concept with project description, artistic goals and a timetable for realization. Length: maximum 2 DIN A4 pages in total
  • tabular calculation of the planned project budget (e.g. Excel)
  • Biography of the applicant (1 DIN A4 page)
  •  Details of any other supporters and all persons involved in the project with names, function in the project and, if applicable, matriculation number and field of study at the mdw

The decision on the award and the amount of funding is made by a committee under the direction of the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.

There is no legal entitlement to the awarding of project scholarships.
 

After receiving the project grant:

  • The scholarship holders receive a mandatory coaching appointment at the Career Center to set goals, implement and document their funded project
  • Independent implementation of the project
  • Independent documentation of the project in a form chosen by the scholarship holder for a maximum of 2 years after receiving the project scholarship
  • Scholarship holders receive a further mandatory coaching appointment at the Career Center to reflect on the project and project documentation
  • Publication of the project documentation on the Career Center website