Anniversary Prize of the Böhlau Verlag Vienna

The prize is awarded for a scientific work (dissertation or habilitation) in the fields of history, understood in the broadest sense, which has been published or accepted for publication by a publishing house.

Scholars who have not yet reached the age of 40 and have either been employed at a university in Austria during the last two years before the submission deadline or submit a dissertation or habilitation thesis that was completed at a university in Austria are invited to apply.

Selection Process

Prize winners are decided by the Division of Humanities and the Social Sciences at the recommendation of an awards committee which can also seek external reviews.

Application Documents

1. Application documents:
   1. Tabular CV and list of publications
   2. Publisher’s notification of acceptance of the scholarly work submitted for the prize
   3. Abstract (1–2 pages) and expert reviews of the scholarly work
2. Scholarly work (PDF)

Upload via online form

ONLINE FORM

The completed documents are to be uploaded via the online form.

Fill in the online form and upload the documents as a total of 2 PDF files. Protected files will not be accepted.

The individual files may not exceed 10 MB.

Afterwards, you will receive a document that you will have to print and sign. Return a scan of the signed form in PDF format (single file) as an attachment to a reply to the received email (click reply button). IMPORTANT: The default subject and recipient must not be changed.

Processing

Upon receipt of your application, we will check that it is complete and meets the formal criteria and it will then be entered into the database of the Department of Fellowships and Awards.

Once the application has been checked for completeness, the applicant will receive confirmation by email.

At the request of the awarding committee or the reviewer, a printed copy of the scholarly work can be requested subsequently.