Univie Teaching Award Psychology 2026

The Faculty of Psychology is once again offering the Teaching Award for outstanding teaching in 2026. Our aim is to highlight commitment to teaching and recognise outstanding teaching.

A total of two teaching awards will be awarded to individual lecturers or teams of lecturers (in the case of team teaching) for courses that have already been conducted. Courses offered within the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes in Psychology that explicitly address the promotion of motivation as a central component are eligible for the award.

Students and teaching staff are invited to nominate courses that they consider to be outstanding. Self-nominations (until 16 April 2026) and nominations of others (until 20 March 2026) are welcome.

 Important information

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  • Content focus

    Category "Motivation Promotion 'Beyond Class'"

    Courses offered within the Bachelor’s or Master’s degree programmes in Psychology that explicitly address the promotion of motivation as a central component are eligible for the award. As it can be assumed that motivation promotion may be implemented in different ways, two prizes will be awarded – one for lectures and one for continuous assessment courses.

    Further information can be found in the Description of the Univie Teaching Award Psychology 2026 (PDF).

  • Award ceremony

    The award ceremony will take place in June 2026 as part of the Faculty of Psychology’s annual summer party (the exact date will be announced in due time). All award recipients will subsequently be invited to participate in the event "Lehre inspiriert" on 20 November 2026.

  • Prize money

    The prize money of € 3,000 each is not earmarked for a specific purpose and goes directly to the winners.

  • Nominations

    All courses held at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Vienna in the summer semester 2025 or winter semester 2025/26 can be nominated.

    Nominations can be made by:

    • students for nominations of others
    • members of the teaching staff for self-nominations and/or nominations of others
  • Submission and nomination deadline

    Please make sure to submit your course by 16 April 2026 (self-nomination). The nomination deadline for the nomination of others is 20 March 2026.

  • Application and selection procedure
    • 28 February 2026: Announcement of the category by the Faculty of Psychology
    • 20 March 2026: Deadline for nomination of others
      Individuals who wish to nominate another person/course are requested to send an e-mail to teachingaward.psychologie@univie.ac.at stating the name of the course and the lecturer as well as the reason why the course was outstanding.
    • 16 April 2026: Submission deadline
      All applicants are requested to write a concise, meaningful description of their course using the submission form (PDF). All documents must be submitted by e-mail to teachingaward.psychologie@univie.ac.at.
    • by 28 May 2026: Selection and decision on awards by faculty jury
      Information for the prize winners
    • June 2026: Award ceremony at the Faculty of Psychology (summer party)
  • Selection criteria

    The category-specific selection criteria for both awards can be found in the Description of the Univie Teaching Award Psychology 2026 (PDF). In addition, the following documents will be considered:

    • course evaluation (if available)
    • syllabus (if available)
    • course announcement in the course catalogue

    All awarded teaching prizes will be announced on this website. No information can be provided regarding courses that were not selected for an award.