Award in collaboration with ENCATC (European network on cultural management and policy) and the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The award served to encourage talented researchers to address issues, relevant to Europe, in the academic field of cultural policy studies. The award consisted of a €10,000 cash prize to enable the winners to conduct a research project. Laureates include Nina Obuljen Koržinek (elected Minister of Culture in the Government of Croatia in 2016), Sophia Labadi, Claire Bullen, Davide Ponzini, Aleksandar Brkić, Christiaan De Beukelaer, and Višnja Kisic. From 2008 to 2019, ECF granted the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture to recognise cultural change-makers across Europe. The annual award is made in honour of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, who served as ECF President from 1984 to 2007. Past laureates include the late cultural theorist Stuart Hall, museum director Charles Esche and film director John Akomfrah. Current Programmes In 2019 the European Cultural Foundation celebrated its 65th anniversary. In a dedicated publication 'Stories of Europe' many Europeans from ECF networks look back together on ECF's achievements. As many other ECF publications this publication is freely available online. Stories of Europe Since the outbreak of the Covid'19 pandemic in 2020 ECF set up an emergency fund: Culture for Solidarity Fund. With other foundations contributing this fund supports artists and cultural makers across Europe. Since the Russian war in and on Ukraine this pulled fund became a tool to support the Ukrainian cultural sectors. Culture of Solidarity Fund Other programmes include: The Europe Challenge - launched by the European Challenge in 2020 to offer support, resources and funding to libraries and communities – to help explore how people can meet, live together and work in the Europe of today.webpage The Europe Challenge The European Pavilion - ECF's ambition to facilitate a space that encourages experimentation and reflection on Europe. It set out to support a European network of arts and cultural organisations that, through artistic and educational projects, offers the opportunity to explore ideas for a future Europe. webpage The European Pavilion Re:framing Migrants in European Media – a pilot programme to change current media narratives by assuring appropriate media representation of migrant and refugee communities across Europe.website Re:framing Migrants in European Media The Cultural Deal for Europe campaign was launched in November 2020 together with Culture Action Europe and Europa Nostra Europa Nostra as a call to the European Union to