Eligibility
College graduates, persons with Masters’ degrees or PhDs or post-PhD researchers in any area are eligible for the Award.
Value
The Award is twenty thousand Euros (EUR 20,000).
Promoting an education based on innovative and inclusive archetypes able to contribute towards a better protection of human rights is one of the pillars of Fundação Vasco Vieira de Almeida and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Fundação Vasco Vieira de Almeida established the Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida award with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to celebrate the late Ms. Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida. The award will distinguish research papers on innovative models for early childhood education, namely kindergarten, pre-school, and primary school, every two years.
The winning entries from the 1st edition can be found at the respective links:
> A Criança, a Cidade e o Patrimônio no Âmbito da Educação Infantil: Identidade Cultural, Pertencimento e Participação — Jeane Costa Amaral
> Arriscar a Mudança: os desafios dos modelos multinível no ensino da leitura e da escrita — Fernanda Leopoldina Viana, Iolanda Ribeiro, Celda Morgado, Irene Cadime, Sandra Santos, Bruna Rodrigues, Helena Costa, Maria do Céu Cosme, Rui Ramos
Media Kit available here.
College graduates, persons with Masters’ degrees or PhDs or post-PhD researchers in any area are eligible for the Award.
The Award is twenty thousand Euros (EUR 20,000).
The Jury will be alternately chaired by a member appointed by each Foundation and must include at least two reputable education experts. The Chairperson of the Jury for the 2nd edition of the award will be appointed by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Former Minister for Education and Director at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Founding Partner of Vieira de Almeida
Advisor to the Casa Civil da Presidência da República (Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic) for Education (1996-2006) and Chairperson of the Conselho Nacional de Educação (National Education Council)
Former Minister for Education and Consultant to the Casa Civil da Presidência da República (Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic) for Education
Chairperson of the Instituto de Inovação Educacional do Ministério da Educação (Institute for Educational Innovation of the Ministry of Education) (1997-2002) and Chairperson of the Conselho Nacional de Educação (National Education Council) (2017-2022)
Launch of the Award’s second edition
Deadline to submit the papers
Deadline for the jury to deliberate
Communication of the results to the applicants and publication of the winning paper
Award ceremony and launch of the third edition