Call for Expressions of Interest

“Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach: Spreading Knowledge about Europe” - EAC/20/2017

 

(2017/C 212/09)

 

Objectives and description 

The Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture has launched a call for applications for an EU-wide contest for the prestigious ‘Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach: Spreading Knowledge about Europe’ - EAC/20/2017.

 

This Prize will reward outstanding contributions that communicate the founding values, history, action and key benefits of the EU to citizens; enhance citizens' understanding of the EU; broaden ownership of the European project and build trust in the EU's promise of a better future for all.

 

The prize targets scientists, artists, scholars/researchers, writers, journalists and all kinds of other actors who can contribute to articulating what Europe stands for today and tomorrow and why European citizens should "fall in love with Europe" despite its imperfections.

 

Eligible Candidates

The prize is open to individuals or groups of individuals (natural persons). The individual applicant (or the group leader, in case of groups of individuals applying) must have at least a Master's Degree and must, at the time of the application, be affiliated with a legal entity such as, for example, an academic institution, organisation, civil society organisation, company or other type of legal entity established and based in an EU Member State.

 

Funding conditions and duration

The initiative will award:

·         six first prizes of 50,000 EUR;

·         six second prizes of 30,000 EUR;

·         ten third prizes of 17,000 EUR.

 

Deadline of proposals' submission

Registration of intention to apply is compulsory by 16 August 2017.

Registration form is available here: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/aliero-spinelli-registration-form

 

The deadline for full applications will be 2 October 2017. 

 

Only those who express interest to apply by registering will be eligible to submit a full application.

 

The award ceremony will be held in early 2018.

Further information

Please find attached the corresponding documents.

 

For more information, please visit the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/education/calls/altiero-spinelli-prize-contest-2017_en

 

Kind Regards,

Flora

 

Flora Stavropoulou
Intern

European Office of Cyprus

Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor

B-1000, Brussels

Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85

E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy

 

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