CERN announces the Accelerate@CERN programme
Geneva, 22 October 2013. CERN is launching Accelerate @ CERN, its new country specific one month research award for artists who have never had a longer stay at a science laboratory before. It is the sister strand of CERN 's successful flagship artists residency programme, Collide @ CERN2. Both are part of Arts @ CERN, which was initiated by CERN's Cultural Policy, Great Arts for Great Science in 20113. "Accelerate @ CERN is a clear demonstration of the willingness of society now for science and technology to work together with the arts as expressions of culture" said CERN Director General Rolf Heuer. Every year, two countries will fund two different artistic domains to participate in the Accelerate @ CERN research awards. The awards will be made after an open call in the country funding the award, and the winners will receive a stipend of 5000CHF for their one month research visit to CERN, as well as subsistence and travel costs.
