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Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic declares the competitions for the Educational Awards and Physical Sciences Award open

01.09.2015

The Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic and Danske Bank will extend the agreement for the issue of the Educational Awards and declare open the competition for the award of 12,000 euros, which will be divided between three recipients.

The Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic and Skype will also extend their agreement for the issue of the Physical Sciences Award and will grant, this year, a special award of 4,000 euros. Applications for both awards will be accepted until 2 October.

The Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic invites all people connected with the field of education at all levels of study, including those who have achieved outstanding results as teachers, faculty members, directors of educational institutions, compilers of textbooks and methodological materials; initiators and implementers of practical innovations in the field of education; or those who have developed educational policy as education officials.

The Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic also invites all people who have excelled as teachers and/or faculty members of physical sciences at any educational stage; whose students have been recognised in international competitions or achieved good results in physical sciences competitions; who have compiled physical sciences textbooks and methodological materials; and those who in the course of teaching physical sciences have initiated and implemented practical innovations. In the context of the President of the Republic's Special Physical Sciences Award, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, bioinformatics and gene technology are considered physical.

The following must be submitted in order to nominate a candidate: a written application with personal information (name, address, education and work experience) and a detailed description of the activities being submitted for the award along with recommendations from the candidate's employer or working collective, professional, occupational or specialised association(s).

Nominations can be submitted by the people who correspond to the aforementioned requirements themselves or by their employers or educational institutions, as well as associations that operate in the field of education. Candidates can also be put forward by students or university students, as well as student and university student organisations or councils.

These documents should be sent to the President of the Republic's Cultural Foundation at A. Weizenbergi 39, 15050 Tallinn, or with a digital signature by e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Nominations must be submitted by 2 October 2015 (incl. date on postal stamp) at the latest.

For additional information, please contact:

Piret Arukaevu
Head of the Cultural Foundation of the President of the Republic
Tel. 631 6202
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