The International Expert Council will define three candidates in two nominations to win the Ivan Franko International Prize in 2017.

Today, on the fourth of April, the Prize Committee submitted 20 research papers for consideration of the International Expert Council that claim to win the Ivan Franko International Prize.

Pursuant to the Provision, the members of the Expert Council shall define no more than three papers in each nomination starting from the date of receipt of the documents from the Prize Committee and submit them for consideration of the International Jury. While selecting the laureates, the members of the Expert Council shall be guided by their personal knowledge, and compare these research papers with the following criteria: presence of innovative and original approaches in the research; conceptual role, consistency and critical thinking in the research; international context and a level of scientific research. In case of absence of dignified paper in any nomination where all research papers receive less than 4 positive conclusions of the members of the Expert Council, the Prize Committee shall make the decision not to award the Prize in this nomination. Thus, the research papers in those nominations where the Expert Council has determined the research papers- nominees shall be submitted for consideration of the International Jury.

This year, the International Jury will seat in Vienna. On June 23-25, the scientific and interdisciplinary discussion will take place at Vienna University, where the laureates of the Ivan Franko International Prize 2017 will be announced.

The award ceremony of the laureates will take place on the fatherland of Ivan Franko in the town of Drohobych in Lviv region on August 27, 2017.

Let us remind that the Ivan Franko International Prize is awarded to the researches, whose research papers have been submitted to the Prize Committee by the research institutions and named as the best ones in accordance with the estimation of the International Jury. The prize has two nominations: for significant achievements in the field of Ukrainian Studies and for significant achievements in the field of social and humanitarian sciences.