This year, up to 16 prizes of 25,000 EUR will be awarded.
Eligibilities
The 2019 prize will be open to individual applicants (natural persons) who are EU citizens as well as to non-governmental legal entities that are established and based in the EU. The contest is not open to public authorities; public administration authorities at national, regional or local/municipal level cannot apply.
Legal entities applying must be formally established prior to the deadline for applications.
The Prize is not meant to reward a work/activity/product linked to a particular political party agenda. Applications from political parties, from bodies affiliated to political parties, from natural persons elected and currently in public office or included in electoral lists running for public office or works promoting explicitly or implicitly a political agenda from a particular political party are not eligible.
The target population/audience/participants of the work/activity/product proposed for the Prize must be citizens in the EU Member States.
Those who applied for the Spinelli Prize for Outreach 2017 or 2018 cannot apply for the 2019 edition of the Prize unless they apply with a completely different work/activity/product.
Those who applied for the Spinelli Prize for Outreach 2017 or 2018 but were then considered ineligible can apply with the same work in 2019if they meet this year’s eligibility criteria.
The eligibility criteria must be complied with during the whole duration of the Contest and up until the Commission’s award decision
