The Cultural Policy Research Award of 10,000 Euro is designed to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural policy by rewarding emerging cultural researchers for outstanding practice. The overall area covered by the award is 'applied comparative cultural policy research'. Preference will be given to proposed research which covers a topical issue affecting contemporary Europe and which considers the possible remodelling of cultural systems, cultural institutions and cultural policy education. The research project must provide new insights and suggest practical policy orientations and/or recommendations for decision makers and thinkers (new policy solutions, proposals of instruments and/or procedures). Research may focus on a variety of topics: legal, economic, social, managerial, ethical, technological and other relevant categories of issues (e.g. in the media & communication sphere) will receive equal attention in the selection process. Priority will be given to evaluative, comparative and action-research projects which cover the European or macro-regional space. 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 the context of European enlargement and integration. Eligibility: Young academics, researchers and policymakers aged 35 or under are eligible to apply. The winner of the CPR Award 2005 will be announced on 6 June 2005, at the European Foundation Centre's 16th Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Conference Foundations for Europe: Making the Union Work for All Citizens, Budapest, Hungary, June 4th- 6th 2005.

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