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Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida Award

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.

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).

Jury

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.

Guilherme d´Oliveira Martins

Former Minister for Education and Director at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Vasco Vieira de Almeida

Founding Partner of Vieira de Almeida

Ana Maria Bettencourt

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)

Isabel Alçada

Former Minister for Education and Consultant to the Casa Civil da Presidência da República (Civil House of the Presidency of the Republic) for Education

Maria Emília Brederode Santos

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)

Schedule – 2nd Edition

December 2023

Launch of the Award’s second edition

30th of September
2024

Deadline to submit the papers

31st January
2025

Deadline for the jury to deliberate

Until the 28th of
February 2025

Communication of the results to the applicants and publication of the winning paper

Ultil the 30th
of July 2025

Award ceremony and launch of the third edition

Application Form

Papers for the 2nd Edition of the Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida Award must be submitted by 11.59 pm on the 30th of September 2024.

Candidate Profile

Full Name

Date of Birth

Identification Document

Address

Código Postal

Localidade

Telephone Number

E-mail Address

Academic Qualifications

Description of Research Paper

Title

Description of the paper's originality and innovative character

Description of its potential contribution to the furthering of knowledge in the respective area of research

File with the research paper (PDF max 12MB)

I hereby represent that I am aware of the Award’s Regulation.

I hereby represent that the paper attached is the product of my research and I further acknowledge that the paper will be disregarded and rejected if any third-party ideas or words are used without such third party being duly identified or having authorized the use of their ideas or words.

Processing of personal data

Fundação Vasco Vieira de Almeida (hereinafter “Fundação VVA") acts as data controller regarding the processing of any personal data.

The information provided in this form shall be treated as confidential and used solely for the purposes of assessing applications to the Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida award (“Award”), pursuant to the Award’s Regulation and our relationship with you. All fields must be completed. Failure to provide any data required shall entail the rejection of your paper for the purposes of the Award.

Pursuant to the Award’s Regulation, Fundação VVA shall convey the applicants’ personal data to the members of the Jury, who shall process such data solely for purposes of assessing the papers submitted. The data shall be stored for the duration of the procedure and shall thereafter be eliminated or anonymized, save where Fundação VVA is required by law to store them for a longer period.

Data subjects are ensured rights of access, rectification, erasure and update of their personal data under applicable law, as well as the right to limit and oppose their processing, by means of a written request addressed to the data controller and sent by email to geral@fundacaovva.org. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial appeal avenue, you are entitled to submit a complaint to the CNPD or any other relevant control authority under the law, should you believe that the processing of your data by Fundação VVA breaches the legal framework in force from time to time.

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