The European Cultural Foundation (ECF), the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and ENCATC have launched the call for applications for the 2011 Cultural Policy Research Award. The Award provides 10.000 Euro to a young cultural policy researcher who will carry out a research project (1 year) on a relevant topic in contemporary European applied research in the field.

The Cultural Policy Research Award was launched in 2004 by the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, and since 2008, is developed in partnership with and managed by ENCATC. Through the CPRA annual competition, the programme partners aim to encourage and enable cultural policy researchers to undertake comparative and cross-cultural applied research that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners active in the field. The Award is devoted to research projects which shed light on contemporary European cultural issues and challenges.

The high profile international Jury that selects the winner includes: Lluís Bonet – President (University of Barcelona, Spain),  Milena Dragićević Šešić (University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia) Ritva Mitchell (Cupore, Finland), Jacques Bonniel (Universite Lyon 2, France), Mikhail Gnedovsky (Cultural Policy Institute, Russia), Therese Kaufmann (eipcp, Austria) and Eleonora Belfiore (University of Warwick, UK).

Candidates (who must hold an M.A. level degree in social sciences, art & humanities, or public policy research, and must be no older than 35 at the time of applying) will be assessed according to their qualifications, the relevance of their research project to cultural policy issues, and their vision of how policy recommendations could be implemented.

Applications must be submitted between February 16th and May 30th 2011 through the online application form on theCPR Awardwebsite. Before applying, candidates are strongly advised to consult the website for advice on how to prepare their applications.

The 6 finalists which are selected amongst all the CPRA applicants will also be invited to attend the Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum (YCPR Forum). Funded by the ECF, and developed in partnership with ENCATC, the 5th YCPR Forum (11-12 October 2011) will take place alongside the ENCATC Annual Conference in Helsinki and will provide young cultural researchers with the chance to come together face to face and discuss themes, ideas and methodologies of common interest.

Online applications at CPRA website: http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=19

for more information, please, contact:

Elizabeth Darley, Research Policy Officer at ENCATC (e.darley@encatc.org)

CPRA and the YCPR Forum are part of a programme package in support of young cultural policy researchers. More information available at http://www.eurocult.org/activities/advocacy