Aids and promotion of languages
Prize for the best doctoral thesis written in Catalan at Pompeu Fabra University [in Catalan]
Amount
Class A: €3,000
Class B: €1,500
Objective
To increase the prestige of the Catalan language as a language of science and academia and to fully normalize its use in the field of high quality research at the same level as other languages of international scope
Aimed at
Doctoral students who have deposited and defended a doctoral thesis in any of the doctoral programmes at UPF during the academic year prior to the annual announcement of the prize
Call for grants for doctoral theses in Catalan (February 2021)
Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR)
Amount
80,000 €
Objective
To promote the writing of doctoral theses in Catalan
Aimed at
Doctoral students who have defended their doctoral thesis in Catalan during the year 2020 and who publish it online in the Online Doctoral Thesis (TDX) repository by 31 December 2021
UPF-Fesoca Award for Catalan Sign Language
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) - Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences
Amount UPF-FESOCA Award for Catalan Sign Language
- Award for best written work: 350 € and a certificate
- Award for the best signed work: 350 € and a certificate
Objective
This award aims to encourage knowledge and promotion of Catalan sign language and is linked to the implementation of the Catalan sign language educational profile as part of the degrees in Translation and Interpreting and in Applied Languages
Aimed at
Upper secondary education and advanced vocation training students
Objective
To promote Catalan in research
Aimed at
Researchers who have written their research in Catalan
Objective
This award aims to recognise civic, individual or collective actions and initiatives, or those by companies, favouring the public presence, use and prestige of the Catalan language
Aimed at
General public
Objective
This award aims to reward the best work of research on sociolinguistics, whether from a perspective that is synchronous or historical, theoretical or applied, demolinguistic or ethnographic, which refers to any geographical area of the Catalan-speaking territories
Aimed at
General public
Objective
This award aims to promote and raise awareness of the Catalan language and culture
Aimed at
General public
Directorate-General for Language Policy of Government of Catalonia
Amount
No monetary award
Objective
This award aims to recognise the work of physical or legal persons in the social promotion of the Catalan language in different areas and promote actions in civil society which encourage Catalan usage in private sectors
Aimed at
General public
Objective
This award aims to recognise the best literary translation from Catalan published during the year before the call
Aimed at
Translators who have translated a work from Catalan which was published between 1st January and 31st December during the year before the call which was authored exclusively by the translator
12th edition of the Llanterna Digital Awards for short films in Catalan and Occitan
Serveis Lingüístics de Lleida
Amount
Audiovisual products for the first two categories and 700 € for the other two
Objective
This award aims to reward short films in Catalan and Occitan which provide a reflection on the language, are made with ingenuity and originality, take advantage of the potential of digital media and are of artistic quality
Aimed at
There are four categories: Primary schools, secondary schools, members of the university community and open application
UPF Award for the best work of research in the field of languages
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) - Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences
Amount
- Award for the best work: 350 € and a certificate
- Special mention: a gift certificate for the amount of 100 € and a certificate
Objectives
The award is linked to the Applied Languages and Translation and Interpreting courses. The best upper secondary education work of research conducted in any field relating to these areas of study during the academic year for public, private and subsidised private schools in Catalonia
Aimed at
Upper secondary education students
Objectives
This prizes takes originality, technical, artistic and linguistic quality into account, and the contribution to promoting the language on social media
Aimed at
Persons under 35 years of age
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) - Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences
Amount
Variable
Objectives
This award aims to illustrate the vitality of French and German teaching and promote multilingualism at home. It also aims to introduce foreign language translation practice into secondary schools, in order to highlight the importance of translation in our society
Aimed at
Students in the third and fourth year of compulsory secondary education, those in upper secondary education from all secondary education centres in Catalonia
Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) - Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences
Amount
No monetary award
Objective
Batxibac allows students to mix their studies by having a third of their class time in upper secondary education taught in French, as well as studying French language and literature, and the history of France during their course
Aimed at
Upper secondary education students
Objective
The aim of the Multilingualism Award is to encourage Pompeu Fabra University students to acquire foreign language skills (usually languages other than English) and, at the same time, promote the linguistic competence in English certification test, so that students can certify their level of English
Aimed at
Students on any degree programme at the Pompeu Fabra University centres who have taken the linguistic competence in English certification test in the examination period immediately before the call of this award
A maximum of 15 awards are granted across the University as a whole and a maximum of 3 awards for students on the same degree programme
In the first call for the award, students who have taken the linguistic competence in English certification test during the 2009-2010 academic year may take part, on an exceptional basis
Objective
This award aims to recognise the work carried out in different fields to preserve linguistic diversity, revitalise and reactive linguistic communities and promote multilingualism
Aimed at
Companies, groups or individual members of the academic community and civil society that have stood out in actions related to multilingualism
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Ministry of Business and Knowledge, Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) and Secretariat of Universities and Research of Catalonia
Amount
Variable
Objective
This award aims to grant aid to universities in Catalonia for actions that promote and use languages in the university environment
Aimed at
Universities in Catalonia
Fundació Congrés de Cultura Catalana and Fundació Ramon Llull
Amount
6,000 €
Objective
This award aims to recognise the individual work of a person from outside the linguistic domain, written in any language, which has made a significant contribution to the knowledge of Catalan historical and cultural realities, or an institution from outside the linguistic domain which has been dedicated to the promotion of Catalan language and culture in its country
Aimed at
Physical or legal people on an international level
Government of Catalonia and Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR)
Amount
Variable
Objective
This award aims to finance enrolment fees for language courses and certification tests for students at Catalan universities who want to certify that they have a B2 level of a foreign language in order to meet the requirements of the Government of Catalonia
Aimed at
Students at Catalan universities
Objective
This award aims to reward the best recent original dissertation on a topic related to the sociology of language
Aimed at
Students (sociology)
IV Linguistic (Auto)Biographies Competition
Fundació Aurèlia Figueras, Endangered Languages Study Group (GELA) and Vives Network of Universities
Amount
3,000 €
Objective
The aim of this project is to create a source of documentation through linguistic autobiographies
Aimed at
General public