Deadline: March 31, 2026
Applications are open for the Intercultural Achievement Award 2026. With the Intercultural Achievement Award 2026, the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs honors outstanding projects that strengthen intercultural and interreligious dialogue in Austria and beyond.
Your project must cover at least one of the following themes:
- Art/Culture
- Youth
- Human Rights
- Global Citizenship Education
- Integration
- Gender Equality
Award
The Intercultural Achievement Award (IAA) is awarded in the following categories:
- Sustainability: EUR 6,000
- The project offers solutions in the cross-cutting area of environment/ecology and intercultural/interreligious challenges.
- The institution must have been active for at least 2 years.
- The project must be operational and planned for a duration of at least 1 year, ensuring feasibility and measurable impact.
- The project should aim for a duration of 2 years, ideally 5 years.
- Recent Events: EUR 6,000
- The project must address at least one of the following areas: arts/culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration, gender equality.
- The project must have been implemented between 2023 and 2025 and can also be a successful single action in intercultural/interreligious dialogue. This category targets projects responding to current events or developments and contributing to intercultural understanding, even on a case-by-case basis.
- Technology: EUR 6,000
- The project must employ innovative technical solutions that promote intercultural and/or interreligious dialogue.
- The project must be operational and planned for a duration of at least 1 year, ensuring feasibility and measurable impact.
- Innovation: EUR 6,000
- The project must distinguish itself by an innovative methodological or creative approach to dialogue among cultures or religions.
- The project must be operational and planned for a duration of at least 1 year, ensuring feasibility and measurable impact.
- Media: EUR 6,000
- Contributions must have been published after 1 January 2022 in non-state traditional media (print, TV, radio) as well as online media (especially social media).
- The project has verifiably had a positive impact on the public and has significantly influenced intercultural and/or interreligious dialogue.
- Complete journalistic media reports or already operational dialogue platforms that promote understanding and peaceful coexistence for at least one year may be submitted.
- Religions Freedom: EUR 6,000
- The project must positively promote and convey the importance of freedom of religion and peaceful coexistence of religions in public spaces within the context of intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
- The contribution must verifiably have broad impact on interreligious dialogue.
- The project must promote peaceful coexistence of the religions.
Eligibility
- The main focus of your project is intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
- For categories 1–5:
- Projects led and implemented by non-profit organizations (including charitable NGOs, associations, foundations, social education institutions, religious organizations) and/or private-sector organizations.
- Government, scientific/research, and international institutions are excluded.
- The project must address at least one of the following areas: arts/culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration, gender equality.
Application
A detailed application form with specific questions has been developed and is available here. Applications in the main categories must be structured and clearly understandable in English or German. They must be convincing based on the project content. Answering all questions is a prerequisite for further consideration.
Applications should be sent by email to [email protected].
For more information, visit Intercultural Achievement Award.
