Acceptance of the research papers and documents for the Ivan Franko International Prize terminates tomorrow, the 1^st of March.

After accepting the documents, the Prize Committee will transfer the research papers for consideration of the Nomination Committees to determine whether the papers correspond to the stated nominations. The papers approved by the Nomination Committee will be transferred to the International Expert Council which will determine three nominees in each nomination of the Prize. The meeting of the International Jury will take place in Vienna on June 23-25, where the winners of the Prize will be chosen out of three nominees in each nomination.

Let us remind, that there are two nominations of the Prize: for significant achievements in the field of Ukrainian Studies and for significant achievements in the field of social and humanitarian sciences. The Prize is awarded annually and granted on 27^th of August, on birthday of Ivan Franko. The winners of the Prize are granted a monetary award (in 2017, the prize fund amounts to 500 thousand hryvnias) and a Golden Mark of the Winner.