|
with the purpose of stimulating the creation and divulgation of works
in simple, straightforward language to provide the public in general and
university students in particular with information on scientific and
technological advances and the divulgation of useful aspects of any
variety of realms of knowledge.
REGULATIONS
Entries for the «Estudi General» European Scientific Divulgation Award
are to be original, unpublished essays on popular scientific or
technological topics written in Valencian, Spanish, English or French,
with a length of 100 to 200 double-spaced typewritten DIN A4 pages on one
side only. A computer file copy should be presented. The title page should include the following “Entry for the
«Estudi General» 2011 European Scientific Divulgation Award”. The titles of the works presented will be
published on the website
www.valencia.edu/cdciencia
The cash purse of the «Estudi General» Award is 18,000 euros, to be
understood as payment for the copyright for the first 4000 copies that
may be sold, and as remuneration of the status of jury in next year's
edition. This award is also sponsored by Bancaixa.
The jury shall be comprised of the mayor of Alcira, or councilor who
has delegated, the Vicerector for Research and Science Policy delegated
by the rector of the University of Valencia, who shall act as chairman; Fernando,Sapińa
director of the Collection "Sense Fronteres, Anna Cross, a professor in
the Department of Applied Physics, and David Bueno in the concept
of winning last year
The jury shall follow the procedure of successive voting until a
majority of votes are given to one single work, which shall be
classified as the winner. Nevertheless, should the jury decide that none
of the entries has the minimum quality for publishing, the award may be
withheld. In no case shall be divided the award cash purse.
Edicions Bromera and the
Servei de Publicacions of the University of
Valencia shall be the co-publishers of the winning work, in its Valencian version, within the collection called
Sense Fronteres. These publishers shall have a preferential option, for a
maximum period of one month, to decide on the publication of any other
non-awardwinning works presented, if recommended to do so by the jury. The
Servei de Publicacions of the University of Valencia
shall have the preferential option of publishing the works in other
languages and commissioning for their translation if so required.
The period for acceptance of entries closes on 12 September 2011.
Entries should be sent to: Register Office of Universitat de Valčncia
addressed to Cŕtedra de Divulgació de la Cičncia,
Universitat de Valčncia, Avda. Blasco Ibáńez, 13. 46010 Valčncia, Spain.
The award shall be given on the very same day as all other prizes in
the «Ciutat d'Alzira» awards ceremony to be held on 11 November 2011. The
awards ceremony will take place during a literary dinner where the
winners will receive, besides the cash purse, the trophy designed by
Manuel Boix, symbol of the «Ciutat d'Alzira» Literary Awards.
The original manuscripts, typewritten and clearly legible, shall be
presented in five copies and must bear on the cover: the title of the
work, the author’s name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
Works may also be presented under a pseudonym, as long as the
corresponding information is contained in a sealed envelope.
Original works not receiving an award may be collected from 1 December
2011 at the Cŕtedra de Divulgació de la Cičncia, Universitat de Valčncia.
Works may be returned to authors by courier service on request and at the
author’s own expense. The organisation shall not be held liable for any
lost copies. Any originals still not claimed after 1 month shall be destroyed.
The presentation of originals presupposes the total acceptance of these
regulations and of the rights and obligations derived therefrom. Any
issues not covered by the present regulations shall be freely resolved by
the jury.
The winner agrees to join the jury for the following edition, as a duty
resulting from award, which includes the remuneration of the
aforementioned commitment.
Further information: cdciencia@uv.es
|