The Annual Sakıp Sabancı
International Research Award
Announcement for the 2010 Competition
"Multiculturalism in the Governance of the European Union and Turkish Accession"
Sabancı University is pleased to announce the topic for the “Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award” for the year 2010. The topic for the 2010 award is "Multiculturalism in the Governance of the European Union and Turkish Accession". The essays submitted to the competition should address the issues and challenges that multiculturalism presents for the governance of the European Union. In particular, the authors should assess the benefits and contributions of Turkey’s accession to the EU’s governance in meeting these challenges.
The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 19, 2010.
The competition is open to all scholars in the social sciences and humanities working on contemporary Turkey. The selection committee will give priority to those submissions which have the potential for publication in a leading scholarly journal.
The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award includes $20,000 for the first prize, $10,000 for the second, and $5,000 for the third. An independent, international jury will select the prize winners.
Conditions for the competition are:
- All entries must be new and original works, not published previously in any form.
- Essays must be approximately 13.000 words, including title, citations, and endnotes. (References should be shown in the form of endnotes.)
- An abstract of 500 words and a short c.v. of the applicant are required.
- Entries must be submitted in English by means of e-mail, in the form of an attached Word or PDF document to the following address: sabanciaward@sabanciuniv.edu
- Each submission must include a cover page that includes the following information: The applicant’s name, home institution and department, mailing and e-mail address and phone number.
Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award is named in honor of the late Mr. Sakıp Sabancı, a prominent Turkish philanthropist and business leader. The corporation that he headed, Sabancı Holding, is one of the world's largest family owned businesses. Mr. Sabancı was also the founder of İstanbul's Sabancı University, one of Turkey's leading academic institutions.
The Award is designed to promote fresh thinking, new ideas, and original research relevant to Turkish studies conducted in any field of the humanities and social sciences. It is administered by the Trustees of Sabancı University and the prize winners are selected by an independent, international jury.
