Project description
STARTS Prize - A grand prize for merging science, technology and art
The next annual STARTS Prize will open in January 2021, seeking pioneering projects at the interface of art, technology and science that contribute to economic and social innovation. The European Commission, together with Ars Electronica, Bozar and Waag will award the STARTS Prize between 2021 and 2023. The focus is on the people and projects that contribute to mastering social, ecological and economic challenges. The aim is to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice that effectively implement European policymaking to nurture innovation. Two STARTS prizewinners will each receive EUR 20 000. The consortium will also introduce a new prize call priority in the novel creation, access and distribution of media content and development of new approaches as a result of disrupting traditional media.
Objective
S+T+ARTS=STARTS – Innovation at the Nexus of Science, Technology, and the ARTS: STARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice that effectively implement European policymaking to nurture innovation and that showcase the role of artists and designers in these practises. The focus is on people and projects that contribute to mastering the social, ecological and economic challenges this continent faces. One element of this STARTS Initiative is a prestigious award generously endowed with €40,000 in prize money. A yearly competition is held to single out for recognition innovative projects at the nexus of science, technology and the arts that have what it takes to make a significant impact on economic and social innovation. The two STARTS prizewinners each receive €20,000 and are prominently featured at Ars Electronica, BOZAR, Frankfurt Book Fair and many dissemination partners around the world.To bring the STARTS Prize to a new level, the consortium extended the partnership and expands the project’s objectives in the following directions:
- Foster the growth and dynamic connectivity of STARTS to other international programs by community engagement and building a collaborative framework
- Introduce a new, additional STARTS Prize call priority in the novel creation, access & distribution of media content and development of new, qualitative approaches as a result of disrupting traditional media
- Build an evaluation framework to sensibly extract and map success indicators and impacts generated from the STARTS Prize winners
- Learn from this assessment for structured, sustainable recommendations for EU and national policy makers as well as the media industry
- Increase the dissemination activities in the media sector by involving actors such as Buchmesse and strong media partnerships
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CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
4040 Linz
Austria