Josef Krainer Regional Prize
: Associate Professor (retired) Dr. phil. Helmut Eberhart 

Green Academia Award 2024
, Philosophy

Green Academia Award 2024 (Recognition Award)
– Discipline: History

2024 Human Rights Prize from Kulturvermittlung Steiermark
: Mag. Dr. phil. Christina Korak

Austrian State Prize for Historical Studies in the ‘Innovative History’
category Dr Victoria Kumar
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Gerald Lamprecht
Grit Oelschlegel
Sebastian Schiller-Stoff, BA BA MA MA MA

Hammer-Purgstall Prize
Univ.-Prof. (ret.) Dr. phil. Höflechner, Walter, MAS

Scholarship of Excellence from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research of the Republic of Austria
Mag. Dr. phil. Spielhofer, Lukas, B.A. B.A. MA

Doctorate conferred under the auspices of the President of the Republic
Mag. Dr. phil. Spielhofer, Lukas, B.A. B.A. MA

Medal of Honour of the Province of Styria
: Professor (ret.) Mag. Dr. Klaus Kastberger

Doctorate conferred under the auspices of the President of the Republic
Assoc. Prof. Dr. phil. Markus Hafner

Excellence Scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research of the Republic of Austria
Assoc. Prof. Dr. phil. Markus Hafner

Award in recognition of outstanding achievements by women in science (Dr Maria Schaumayer Foundation)
Priv.-Doz. Dr phil. Ingeborg Zechner, MA.

City of Graz
Women’s Prize: Associate Professor Dr. phil. Margit Stadlober

LExA – Leadership Excellence Award in Research 2023 (recognition for excellent leadership skills)
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.phil. Sonja Rinofner

Talent Development Grant from the Province of Upper Austria
Katharina Mitter, BEd MEd

Cardinal Innitzer Study Fund
: Priv.-Doz. Dr. phil. Ingeborg Zechner, MA.

Viktor Obendrauf Prize
: Katharina Mitter, BEd MEd

University of Graz Teaching Prize: Focus ‘We learn for tomorrow’
Teaching
Recognition Award Philipp Wilfinger, BSc MA

Award of Excellence (award from the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research for outstanding doctoral theses in the 2022/2023 academic year)
Mag. phil. Dr. phil. Anna Graf-Steiner, MA

Styria Provincial Research Prize (Funding Prize)
Mag. phil. Dr. phil. Thomas Pölzler, MA
; Priv.-Doz. Dr. phil. Ingeborg Zechner, MA.

Seraphine Puchleitner Recognition
Prize Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ursula Renz

Anton Schelnast Prizes for Achievement and Innovation
FOI Claudia Baumgartner (Individual Commitment)
Mag. Regina Brunnhofer (Individual Commitment)
Mag. Kanita Kovacevic (Individual Collaboration)
FOI Evamaria Schafzahl (Individual Collaboration)
Hans Scherer, BA (Individual Commitment)

Husserl Lecture 2023
: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Sonja Rinofner

Austrian State Prize for Literary Criticism 2023
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Klaus Kastberger

Honorary Citizen of the City of Graz
: Associate Professor (retired) Dr. phil. Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart

RSAP Article Prize
: Scott Zukowski, PhD

GSA Conference Award
Dr Eva-Maria Trinkaus, BA, MA

ARIT – Austrian Research and Innovation Talk Poster Nominee (Office of Science and Technology Austria, Washington DC)
Dr. phil. Eva-Maria Trinkaus, BA, MA

City of Graz
Women’s Prize Associate Professor Dr. phil. Margit Stadlober

Archduke Johann Research Prize (Province of Styria)
MMag. Dr. Markus Rieger-Roschitz

Best Paper Award at the ‘Mensch und Computer’
conference Manuel Lardelli, MA

Member of the Academia Europaea
: O.Univ.-Prof. Dr Bernhard Hurch

Editor’s Choice: Best article in the journal ‘Hermes’
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Ursula Gärtner

Ingeborg Ohnheiser Prize from the Austrian Society for Slavic Studies for the best dissertation
in literary studies Mag. Dr. M.A. Mariya Donska

Elected to the Humanities Section of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Univ.-Prof. Dr Pekka Kujamäki 

“Lorand Chair in Intermediality Studies”, 2022–23, at the Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Nassim Winnie Balestrini

Wolfgang Stegmüller Prize
: Mag.phil. Dr.phil. Thomas Pölzler, MA

Honorary Award from the Federal Minister for Education, Science and Research to the best graduates of diploma and master’s
programmes: Ines Wukits, BEd, MEd

Archduke Johann Research Prize of the Province of Styria
: MMag. Dr. Markus Roschitz

Austrian Humanist Society for Styria (Prize for the best final thesis)
Melanie Reichholf, MEd BEd

University of Graz
Scholarship for the Advancement of Women Kerstin Endes, MA, BA, BA, BEd
; Mag. (FH) Sandra Witz, BA, MA

Medal of Honour from the Province of Styria
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Barbara Stelzl-Marx

Grand Medal of Honour of the Province of Styria
, Associate Professor (retired) Dr. phil. Helmut Eberhart

Research Prize of the Province of Styria (Encouragement Prize)
Priv.-Doz. Dr. phil. Norbert Paulo

Konstantin Jireček Medal of the South-East Europe Society
O.Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Karl Kaser

Josef Krainer Encouragement Prize
: MMag. Dr Eva Fauner

Member of the Academia Europaea
: Emeritus Professor Dr. phil. Bernhard Hurch

 

University of Graz Teaching Award: Focus on ‘Promoting Critical Thinking’

Main Prize: Excellence
in Teaching – Barbara Grabner, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, ‘Thinking the Anthropocene’ events

Recognition
Prize: Barbara Reiter, Institute of Philosophy, Fundamental Questions of Subject Didactics in Ethics Teaching

Languages 2021 Best Paper Award
: Mag.phil. Dr.phil. Lisa Kornder & Univ.-Prof. Ineke Mennen, PhD

Viktor Obendrauf Prize
: Mag.^a Anja Hörzer (German & History, Social Studies and Political Education)

Election as President of the International Association for German Studies (IVG)
Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil. Arne Ziegler

Seraphine Puchleitner Prize for Supervision of Doctoral Students / Recognition Award
: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. phil. Ulla Kriebernegg

Mannagetta Prize for the History of Medicine (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Mag. Dr. Sabine Jessner

Honorary Foreign Member of the Basque Academy Euskaltzaindia – Real Academia de lengua vasca
: Emeritus Professor Dr. phil. Bernhard Hurch

Graduation scholarship from the Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna
: Dr. phil. Sarah Knoll, BA, MA

1st place in the cultural policy competition ‘Tribuna está en tus manos’
Mag. Dr. phil. Christina Korak

Bader Prize for the History of Natural Sciences (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Mag. Mag. Dr. phil. Sarah Lang, BA, MA, MA

Appointed as “Affiliated Professor” for three years (Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Lukas Meyer

“Official runner-up” for the Rogers Prize for the best published article in the BJHP 2020 (British Journal for the History of Philosophy)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ursula Renz

Award for the best undergraduate dissertation (Styrian Humanities Society)
Mag.phil. Clemens Wurzinger

 

 

University of Graz Teaching Award: Focus on “Competence-oriented teaching and assessment”
Victoria Eibinger, Institute of English Studies, English for Academic Purposes

Recognition Award:
Christopher Pollin, Centre for Information Modelling – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, Fundamental Questions in Computer Science

Ingeborg Ohnheiser Prize from the Austrian Society for Slavic Studies for the best final thesis in literary and cultural studies (Diploma thesis)
Mag. Dr. Mariya Donska, M.A.

Early Career Research Grant
: Scott Zukowski, PhD

Encouragement Prize from the Vienna Linguistic Society
: Mag. Dr.phil. Elnora Ten Wolde, BA.

Austrian State Prize for Literary Translation
: Ao.Univ.-Prof.i.R. Mag. Dr.phil. Erna Pfeiffer

European Tolerance Prize for Democracy and Human Rights awarded by the Austrian PEN Club and the City of Villach
Associate Professor (retired) Mag. Dr. phil. Erna Pfeiffer

Rector’s Prize for Science from the University of Zadar
: Lea Pesec, M.A.

Bishop DDr. Stefan László Prize (Main Prize)
Mag. Florian Oppitz, BA MA

Leo Baeck Essay Prize
: Dr. phil. Susanne Korbel, BA, MA

Early Career Achievement Award (Maynooth University)
Mag. Dr. phil. Bernhard Bauer

Austrian Humanist Society for Styria (Prize for the best final thesis)
Mag.phil. Lisa Kos
, Mag.phil. Clemens Josef Wurzinger

Anton Schelnast Prize for Achievement and Innovation
Mag. Ursula Pichler (individual submission)
Mag. Petra Steinkellner (individual submission)
Mag. Gunter Vasold and Fabio Tosques, M.A. (team submission)

ASciNA Award (in the ‘Young Scientist’ category)
Mag.phil. Dr.phil. Thomas Pölzler, MA

Doctorate conferred under the auspices of the President of the Republic
: Mag.rer.nat., Mag.phil., Dr.phil. Gabriel Hofer-Ranz, BA, MA (PhD in Philosophy)

Viktor Obendrauf Prize
: Mag. phil Helene Kortschak, BA (Lecturer in English and Spanish)
Mag.Mag.phil. Stephan Schicker, PhD (Lecturer in German Studies)

University of Graz Teaching Award: Focus on ‘Exceptional Commitment during the Covid Summer Semester 2020’

Recognition Awards:
BA Paige Baralija, MA, Institute of English Studies, KS Language Productive and Receptive Skills
: Mag. Florika Griessner, Institute for Theoretical and Applied Translation Studies; KS Italian: Basic Translation Skills II – Oral Text Competence
: Associate Professor Mag. Dr. phil. Brigitte Spreitzer-Fleck, Institute of German Studies, SE Bachelor’s seminar on Module 3 (Emotions in Medieval Literature)
Mag. Dr.phil. Georg Weidacher, Institute of German Studies, PS Text Linguistics