Applications are currently ongoing for the STARTS Prize Africa. This competition is an initiative of the European Commission, designed to drive an alliance of science, technology, and the arts. Its organizers hope to discover people and projects that are leveraging a combination of these three to address important challenges in our day. Those problem areas are preferably situated within the social, environmental, and economic domains.
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The STARTS Prize Africa has already gained a reputation for being a program that spotlights and rewards work at the intersection of arts, science, and business. This edition of the program—STARTS Prize Africa –is built to promote individuals and organizations that are operating in this intersection with creative, commercial and technological solutions to show for their efforts.
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Benefits
These benefits could accrue to participants in the STARTS Prize Africa:
- Total prize money of €30,000, distributed as follows: a grand prize of €15,000, and 5 Awards of Distinction, each of them worth €3,000
- The winner will accept the award in person at an award ceremony and present their work to the STARTS Prize Forum, both at the Ars Electronica Festival scheduled for September 3-7, in Linz, Austria
- Their work will be exhibited at the Ars Electronica Festival as well
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Eligibility
This award is given to persons or organizations that meet the following criteria:
- Working at the intersection of science, technology and arts to tackle economic, environmental, humanitarian, or political challenges
- The competition invites entries from music, performing and visual arts, gaming, film animation, VR and XR, photography, architecture, journalism, design, social welfare, human-centred AI projects, citizen science initiatives, and art-science collaborations
- Open to individuals as well as artist groups with at least one African (who submits their entry on the group’s behalf)
Applications will remain open until March 5, 2025. You can apply HERE.
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