“I am the son of the people coming up” – these words will be engraved on the Mark of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize.

Canadian artist of Ukrainian origin Oleh Lesiuk – the Head of the Ukrainian Union of Fine artists of Canada, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and Association of Sculptors of Canada has developed a sketch of the medal.

Mark of the Laureate of Ivan Franko International Prize will be presented on May 27, 2016 in Lviv, and will be awarded on August 27, 2016 in the motherland of the Great Kameniar (Bricklayer) – in Drohobych.

The winner of Ivan Franko International Prize, except of a Golden Mark, will be awarded a cash prize; in 2016 the prize fund amounts to five hundred thousand UAH, and the Diploma of the Winner. We would like to remind that the winners of Ivan Franko International Prize will be determined in two categories: for significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian Studies and for his personal outstanding contribution to the development of social and human sciences.

Ivan Franko International Fund have finished acceptance of the papers for obtaining of Ivan Franko Prize in the field of social and human sciences and Ukrainian studies.

This year the Prize Committee received 14 papers from different regions of Ukraine and abroad. Namely:

1. Victoriya Durkalevich (Drogobych, Ukraine)
The monografph «In search jf Identity: Individual Myth in Artistic Works by Ivan Franko, Andrzej Chciuk, Bruno Schulz»

2. Yury Yamash (Lviv, Ukraine)
The monograph of Yury Yamash “Trusz depicts Кamenyar”

3. Rostyslav Konta (Kyiv, Ukraine)
The monografph: “The ethnological researches in Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv (1892-1940): historiography”

4. Tinatin Mshvidobadze (Georgia)
The article “Corporality in the Virtual Space in the Internet Ag”

5. Tetiana Ohneva (Kyiv, Ukraine)
The monograph “Theater and Cinema in the Context of Art Concepts of the Early Twentieth Century”

6. Yuriy Makar; Mychailo Hornyi; Vitaliy Makar, Anatoliy Saliuk – co-author of Volume I (Chernivtsi, Ukraine)
The monograph “From Deportation to Deportation. Social and Political Life of the Ukrainians of Kholmshchyna and Pidlishia (1915-1947) Reserch. Memories. Documets”

7. Roman Horak (Lviv, Ukraine)
The book “I wished liberty to the chained… Biography Ivan Franko”

8. Nakhlik Yevhen (Lviv, Ukraine)
Monograph “Ivan Kotliarevskyi’s Travestied World: Text-Intertext-Context”

9. Gerchanivska Polina (Kyiv, Ukraine)
“Cultural Studies: Terminologikal Dictionary”

10. Lubomyr Husar (Lviv, Ukraine)
“Andrey Sheptytsky Metropolitan Galician (1901-1944) a forerunner of ecumenism”

11. Authors of the book: Korniychuk V.; Kravets YA.; Sabaduha V. and Yakubuv A. (Spain)
“The book “Ivan Franko. The Ukrainian pen of Spanish classics”

12. Project coordinator Ogneviuk Victor (Kyiv, Ukraine)
“Borys Grinchenko. Collected Works. Nation’s enlightening heritage”

13. Sichivitsa Oleg (Lviv, Ukraine)
Monograph “Liberal Restrictionism and Architectonics of Harmonius World: Treatise on Historiosophy fnd Political Science”

14. Chernets Vasyl; Bitayev Valery (Kyiv, Ukraine)
“Ukrainian Encyclopedia of Ethno Art Studies and Ethnocultural” in five Volumes.

The Committee of the Prize began to examine the research papers for compliance with the Provision “About Ivan Franko International Prize.” At the next stage the research papers will be transferred to the nominating committee for professional determining of the compliance of the submitted research papers with the defined scientific disciplines.

We remind that Ivan Franko International Prize is awarded annually to reward the outstanding literary artist, social and political activist, scientist philosopher, anthropologist and folklorist, prominent literary critic, columnist and translator, playwright Ivan Franko – on August 27.

The prize is awarded in two categories: for significant contribution to the development of Ukrainian studies and for significant personal contribution to the development of social and human studies. This year the amount of reward is five hundred thousand UAH.

On March 28, 2016 in Kiev the winners of the competition for the best design of symbol of the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize were announced.

The professional jury consisting of experts in sphere of awarding business, heraldry, faleristics and Franko study have chosen the winners.

In total, the jury accepted for consideration 12 works that met all the requirements and Procedure of the competition for the best design of symbol of the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize.

Dmitro Krugliak from Zaporizhzhya city and Sergii Lytvin from Poltava city shared the third place. They will receive a prize of 3 thousand UAH per each.

Oleg Lesiuk from Toronto (Canada) obtained the second place and a prize of 5 thousand UAH.

Since none of the design projects is complete and needs some improvement, the jury decided not to determine the first place.
It was decided to make the final design of symbol of the Winner taking into account the designes of the winners.

Management of the Fund offers to improve the design to Oleg Lesyuk – the Head of Ukrainian Union of Fine Arts of Canada, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and Association of Sculptors of Canada.

We remind that the competition for the best design of symbol of the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize was announced on January 27, 2016, and the works were accepted from February 15 to March 15, 2016.

The jury consisted of: Andriy Hrechylo, Doctor of Historical Sciences, head of Ukrainian Heraldic Society (chairman of the jury); Mykola Chmyr, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Member of the Commission of state awards and heraldry; Oleksiy Kohan, Honored Artist of Ukraine, graphic artist, member of Ukrainian Heraldic Society; Mykola Omelchenko, president of the club of collectors; Vitalii Shevchenko, journalist, writer, publisher, member of the National Union of ethnographers of Ukraine; Myhailo Shalata, literary critic, writer, Candidate of Philology, Franko scientist, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

On March 15th the admission of entries for the best design of symbol of the winner of Ivan Franko International Prize, which was initiated and organized by Ivan Franko International Fund, was completed.

Works from different parts of Ukraine and abroad were delivered for the competition. The symbol had to reflect Ukrainian tradition of faleristics and individual items (ornaments, body-size, background) – to belong to the scientific works of Ivan Franko, time and place of his life.

The winner of the competition will be selected by authoritative jury consisting of experts in sphere of awarding business, heraldry, faleristics and Franko study:
Andriy Hrechylo, Doctor of Historical Sciences, head of Ukrainian Heraldic Society (chairman of the jury); Mykola Chmyr, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Member of the Commission of state awards and heraldry; Oleksiy Kohan, Honored Artist of Ukraine, graphic artist, member of Ukrainian Heraldic Society; Mykola Omelchenko, president of the club of collectors; Vitalii Shevchenko, journalist, writer, publisher, member of the National Union of ethnographers of Ukraine; Mykola Shalata, literary critic, writer, Candidate of Philology, Franko scientist, member of the National Union of Writers of Ukraine.

Announcement of the winner will take place on March 25, 2016.
We remind that three prizes were established for the winners. The author of the design which will take the first place will obtain the reward of 10 thousand UAH, the second – 5 thousand UAH, the third – 3 thousand UAH.

The Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) encourages Ukrainians throughout the world to participate in the competition for the Ivan Franko International Prize named after the renowned writer whose 160th anniversary of birth and 100th anniversary of death are being marked by the entire global Ukrainian community.

The award was established by the Ivan Franko International Fund to promote comprehensive study of the creative, scientific and civic activities of Ivan Franko, and to encourage academics around the world to conduct relevant research in the social sciences and humanities, and Ukrainian studies, to broaden understanding and awareness of the scientific and cultural heritage of Ukraine in the global context.

“The Ukrainian World Congress calls upon the global Ukrainian community to understand and popularize the creative legacy of the renowned Ukrainian writer, academic and community activist Ivan Franko who made a significant contribution to the national rebirth of Ukraine,” commented UWC President Eugene Czolij.

Today, on February 19, 2016, a board meeting of the Ivan Franco International Fund occured in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev.

Participants of the meeting approved the regulations about the Nomination Committee, and changed the requirements for the research papers for obtaining of the prize. Accordint to the today’s decision of the board of the Fund, the papers which have been published (made public) in 2013-2015 will be accepted for submission for obtaining of the prize.

“This decision was taken by the Board of the Ivan Franko International Fund at the request of scientists from around the world. It will apply only to this year’s series of submissions,” – said the director of Fund Igor Kurus.

We remind that admission of the research papers for obtaining of Ivan Franko International Prize ends on April 1, 2016.

The research papers for obtaining of the prize should be sent at the address: 01034, 48a Volodymyrska str., of. 15, Kyiv city or at the e-mail:frankofund@ukr.net.

You can find the the regulations about the prize following the link: http://frankoprize.com.ua/index.php/uk/category/provision/

Ivan Franko International Fund announces a competition for the best design of the badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate.

The competition is purposed for all comers whose works were received by the Fund via e-mail (frankofund@ukr.net) marked as the “design” in the period from February 15, 2016 to March 15, 2016 inclusive.

According to the Director of the Fund Ihor Kurus, there are three prizes for the participants. Prize fund is UAH 10.0 thousand, i.e., the 1st prize; the 2nd prize is UAH 5.0 thousand; the 3rd prize is UAH 3.0 thousand.

“The lapel badge and bar shall reflect the Ukrainian tradition of phaleristics, and some elements (ornaments, type size, and background) – connection with the scientific work of Ivan Franko, time and place of his life”, stated Ihor Kurus.

In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund, grandson of Ivan Franko – Roland Franko – expressed hope for the Prize to take a rightful place in the international community, and the bar of the Prize laureate will be worn by the world’s leading scientists in the field of social and human sciences and Ukrainian studies.

Details of the competition and the requirements to the design of the badge are available at the website of the Ivan Franko International Fund – www.frankoprize.com.ua.

It shall be mentioned that Ivan Franko International Fund is a non-governmental charitable organization. The Fund aims to support the development of the Ukrainian studies and social sciences, the promotion and popularization of scientific and creative works of Ivan Franko. The primary and fundamental aim of the Fund is the establishment and implementation of the Ivan Franko International Prize and contribution to its international recognition. The prize is established by Ivan Franko International Fund, founded in June 2015 at the initiative of the grandson of the Great Kamenyar – Roland Franko. The scientific works for the prize are accepted from February 1, 2016 to April 1, 2016.

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PROCEDURE
of the competition for the best design of the badge
of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate

General issues
1. Program and terms of the competition for the best design of the badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate (hereinafter – the Competition), are developed to select the best competitive project of the badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate.
2. Badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate is purposed to honor individuals selected by the International Jury as Ivan Franko International Prize laureate in two nominations: for significant contribution to development of Ukrainian Studies and for significant personal contribution to development of social and human sciences.
3. The competition is held to select the best design of the badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate (hereinafter – the design).
4. Сharitable organization “Ivan Franko International Fund” (hereinafter – the Fund) is responsible for the competition, its organization and methodical support.

Terms of Competition
5. The competition is held from January 27, 2016 to March 25, 2016.
6. Projects for competition are accepted from February 15, 2016 to March 15, 2016.
7. Results of the competition are summarized on March 25, 2016.

Commission of the Competition
8. To select the winners and to ensure objective evaluation of the results of the Competition there is appointed the Commission for organization of the competition for the best design of the badge of Ivan Franko International Prize laureate (hereinafter – the Commission).
9. The Commission consists of experts in awarding, heraldry, phaleristics and Ivan Franko studies.
10. The composition of the Commission is approved by the Fund.
11. Meetings of the Commission shall be valid if attended by at least by 2/3 of its members. The decision of the Commission is taken by a simple majority vote of its members participating in the meeting. In case of tie votes the vote of the Chairman of the Commission is deciding. The Commission’s decision is ultimate.
12. The members of the Commission do not take part in the competition are not entitled to advise the participants of the Competition.
13. The Commission does not consider project proposals:
– submitted after the deadline;
– if they do not meet the requirements of the Competition.

Participants and conditions of the Competition
14. The competition is available for all comers. Works to be accepted to the Competition shall be sent by email (frankofund@ukr.net) or to the postal address of the Fund marked as “the design” (01034, c. Kyiv, 48a Volodymyrska str., office 15) in the period from February 15, 2016 to March 15, 2016 inclusive.
15. Three prizes are set for participants of the Competition:
the 1st prize — UAH 10.0 thousand;
the 2nd prize — UAH 5.0 thousand;
the 3rd prize — UAH 3.0 thousand.
Second and third prizes may not be awarded by the Commission.
The Commission may propose to several participants to jointly complete the projects.
16. The criteria for selection of design of the badge submitted to the Competition are the following:
– compliance with phaleristics and the following requirements;
– originality;
– functionality.
17. Requirements to the badge:
– the badge shall not reproduce the existing state awards of Ukraine and foreign countries;
– the badge can not use symbols of political parties and public organizations of Ukraine;
– the badge shall include attachment to the bar to wear a badge on the chest;
– the badge shall be original, to ensure its awareness and visual identification;
– the badge and bar shall reflect the Ukrainian tradition of phaleristics, and some elements (ornaments, type size, and background) – connection with the scientific work of Ivan Franko, time and place of his life;
– the badge shall contain the image of Ivan Franko, years of life: “1856-1916” and inscriptions from the front side: “Премія І.Франка”, “Ivan Franko Prize”.
– all components and inscriptions shall be legible and recognizable.
– the actual size of the badge shall not exceed 30 mm in width.
– width of the bar for the badge shall have generally accepted proportions in relation to the badge;
– the badge shall meet the requirements for its production of precious metals;
– the badge shall not need the use of precious and semiprecious stones and their imitations (crystals) for its production.
18. Following shall be submitted for participation in the Competition
a) if the materials are sent by regular mail:
– a statement with information about the author(s) of the design of the badge and information confirming that designs of the badge do no breach the intellectual property rights of third parties;
– graphical color image of the badge of actual size and enlarged size (up to 150 mm in height) on a sheet of high quality A-4 paper;
– the top right corner of the sheet shall contain the motto in the form of six-digit number;
– CD with with raster (jpeg format, resolution no less than 400 dpi) and vector (eps, ai or cdr format) image of the badge, its thumbnail (explanation in MS Word format (doc, rtf) 97 version and above);
– explanatory note (up to one page) with interpretation of colors, images and text applied when developing the design of the badge;
– ​stuck down envelope of C6 format marked with the motto on it in the form of six-digit numbers;
– the envelope shall contain reference with the following information: surname, name, patronymic, residence address, contact telephone numbers, percentage of distribution of the prize (if there is the team). There shall also be the copies of 1, 2 and 11 pages of passports.
b) if the materials are sent via e-mail:
– a statement with information about the author(s) of the design of the badge and information confirming that designs of the badge do no breach the intellectual property rights of third parties (explanation in MS Word format (doc, rtf) 97 version and above);
– graphical color image of the badge of actual size and enlarged size (up to 150 mm in height) on the A-4 format, in the top right corner of the sheet there shall be indicated the motto in the form of six-digit numbers (pdf format);
– files with raster (jpeg format, resolution no less than 400 dpi) and vector (eps, ai or cdr format) image of the badge, its thumbnail;
– explanatory note (up to one page) with interpretation of colors, images and text, applied when developing design of the badge (in MS Word format (doc, rtf), 97 version and above);
– a text file with the following information: surname, name, patronymic, residence address, contact telephone numbers, percentage of distribution of the prize (if there is the team) (in MS Word format (doc, rtf), 97 version and above);
– scanned 1, 2 and 11 pages of passport (in jpeg format).
​ 19. Use and processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Personal Data Protection”.
20. Winner of the Competition agrees to transfer copyright property rights to design of the badge by concluding the appropriate agreement with the Fund.
21. The original designs and accompanying materials, awarded with prizes, are not returned to the authors.
22. Information on the results of the Competition and its winners is posted on the official website of the Fund – www.frankoprize.com.ua

Funding of the Competition
23. The competition is free of charge.
24. Financing of the organization and conduction of the Competition is made by the Fund.

To get detail information about the competition, please contact the Fund: frankofund@ukr.net