[Reader-list] [Announcements] CPR Award NEW deadline: 31 March 2004.

[CPR Award]

New deadline for the ECF's 1st Cultural Policy Research Award
applications is 31 March 2004.


After the completion of the first deadline, which was 25 February 2004,
we are still receiving inquiries and applications from researchers
interested to compete for the 1st Cultural Policy Research Award.

Additionally, in order to ensure better opportunity for the CPR Award to
be internationally acknowledged, European Cultural Foundation has moved
the public pronouncement of the CPR Award winner, from April's
anniversary celebration to the "Sharing cultures conference" which will
be organized in Rotterdam in July 2004. 

Due to this, we have decided to set up a new deadline for the CPR Award
applications which is now 31 March 2004.

For more information about the CPR Award please refer to the following
text and our website http://www.cpraward.org .


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Within the framework of the Cultural Policy Development action-line, the
European Cultural Foundation announces the 1st Cultural Policy Research
Award (CPR Award).

Focus: European enlargement - which policy for art and culture?

Enlargement is a transnational issue affecting countries already in the
EU, those about to enter and those who will still be waiting to enter.
The fact that the EU does not sufficiently examine its own cultural
policy emphasizes the need for policy research within the European
transnational context. We are almost fifteen years on from the major
political shift that took place in Europe in 1989, and the ongoing
process of integration has brought substantial changes - the cultural
implications of these changes need to feature on both the political and
research agendas. This puts at the forefront the need for cultural
policy research within a European transnational context.

The main aim of the CPR Award is to stimulate academic research in the
field of cultural policy, with an emphasis on the implications of
enlargement; the research will throw light on contemporary European
cultural issues and problems, possibly analyzing them and working
towards new policy solutions. The CPR Award should also contribute to
the creation of a cultural policy "infrastructure" - a network of
scholars with competence in comparative research projects related to
cultural policy.

Additionally, the CPR Award project aims to evaluate existing research
achievements, identify existing academic centers and promote an
interdisciplinary approach in the sphere of cultural policy research.

The overall theme of the research is 'cultural implications of
enlargement'. Preference will be given to those whose proposed research
covers a topic of interest in contemporary Europe regarding the cultural
implications of enlargement. Research may focus on a variety of topics,
and those related to cultural policy education or the re-modelling of
the cultural system and cultural institutions will be taken into
consideration. Legal, economic, social, managerial, ethical,
technological and other relevant issues (e.g. media & communication)
will receive equal attention in the evaluation process.

Priority will be given to the evaluative, comparative and
action-research projects covering the EU accession countries, South East
Europe and the EU's neighboring countries. Research outcomes should
contain relevant policy proposals for systemic and structural changes,
or innovative, new ideas for re-thinking the position of arts and
culture in an enlarging Europe.

Young academics, researchers and policymakers (aged 35 or under) are
eligible to apply for the 10,000 Euro award.

Applications should be submitted through the online application form on
the CPR Award website until 31 March 2004. Candidates who are interested
to apply are strongly advised to examine the website in order to find
out how to prepare their applications.

The winner of the CPR Award will be publicly announced on the ECF's
"Sharing Cultures conference" which will be held in Rotterdam in July
2004.

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