An Austrian Cultural Forum is an agency of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, responsible for cultural and scientific dialogue with artists and scientists of each host country.
A cultural forum focuses on the specific needs of local users and partners, and works independently on different contents.
The international network currently consists of 30 cultural forums.
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York Translation Prize is an annual literary prize that supports translations of contemporary Austrian fiction, poetry, and drama which have not previously appeared in English, with a grant of US$5,000.
In 2012 and 2013 the award was "suspended until further notice" due to budgetary constraints.