Arquivo.pt Award

The Arquivo.pt Award is a Call created to promote the use of sites preserved by Arquivo.pt. Its aim is to encourage and recognize research and the discovery of useful applications of the Portuguese web archive for society.

Arquivo.pt is a research infrastructure managed by FCT, which allows you to search and access web pages that have been archived since 1996. The main objective is to preserve information published on the web for memory, study and research purposes.

Millions of pages are published on the web every day, and the amount of information that is exclusively published on this medium has been increasing rapidly in recent years. However, after a relatively short time, the vast majority of this information is no longer available and is irretrievably lost. The archiving and preservation of information published on the Portuguese Web allows this knowledge to be accessible to future generations.

The Call will reward original and innovative works that demonstrate the usefulness of the Arquivo.pt service and the importance of preserving and using information published on the web. The works must have Arquivo.pt as the main source of information, and be practical applications or complete research studies based on information preserved on the web by Arquivo.pt.

The three best classified works will be awarded prizes:

• 1st place: 10,000 euros
• 2nd place: 3,000 euros
• 3rd place: 2,000 euros

The Call is open to all interested parties, whether individuals or groups, but applications must be submitted in the name of a single responsible person.