Call for Applications - FUTURE EDUCATION Award 2026
The FUTURE EDUCATION Early Career Award 2026 honours outstanding transdisciplinary research work by young scientists in the fields of education, learning, development and teaching. The award will be presented at the FUTURE EDUCATION Conference 2026: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives in Graz. A maximum of one prize worth 1,000 euros will be awarded per FUTURE EDUCATION research cluster. In addition, the award winners and their work will be presented in detail on the FUTURE EDUCATION website. As a young researcher, we cordially invite you to submit your work for this award!
Call for Applications (as PDF)
Important dates
- 10 November 2025: Start of submissions
- 10 February 2026: Submission deadline
- 1 April 2026: Start of registration for the FEC 2026
- 15 May 2026: Results of the reviews are announced
- 1 June 2026: Registration deadline for speakers at the FEC 2026
- 1 July 2026: Publication of the programme
- 10 August 2026: Registration deadline for participants of the FEC 2026
- 1-3 September 2026: Award ceremony as part of the FUTURE EDUCATION Conference 2026: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives
The FUTURE EDUCATION Early Career Award 2025 was presented
The FUTURE EDUCATION Early Career Award was presented on 28 August 2025 as part of the EARLI 2025. The award went to Phuong Bui (Karlstad University), Babette Bühler (TU Munich), Xiangtzi Ouyang (Lingnan University) and Line Walquist Sørli (The Arctic University of Norway) for their outstanding research achievements. We congratulate them warmly!
1st FUTURE EDUCATION Award was presented
The first Future Education Award was presented on 4 September 2024 as part of the FUTURE EDUCATION Conference 2024 was awarded. The award went to Salome Flegr and Stefan Huber for their outstanding research achievements. Congratulations to them!
