The Special Scholarship Foundation was established according to the Presidential Decree On Special Scholarship Fund to Support the Creative Activities of Writers, Artists and Composers of the Older and Younger Generations (№ 612 of August 6, 2007). The Special Scholarship Foundation funds are directed to finance special scholarships for writers, artists and composers of the older and younger generations to increase the state care for artists of the Republic of Azerbaijan and to create more favourable conditions for the development of art in the country. The Special Scholarship Foundation was formed at the expense of the state budget and envisaged in the centralised expenditures of the Ministry for Culture.
The Union of Azerbaijan Writers, the Union of Azerbaijan Composers, and the Union of Azerbaijan Artists select special scholarship holders from the older and younger generation of writers, artists, and composers. The Union of Azerbaijan Writers, the Union of Azerbaijan Composers and the Union of Azerbaijan Artists submit the list of chosen fellows approved by their general meetings to the Ministry for Culture by March 1 of each year. The List for the following years is formed based on the results of the activities of these selected artists.
The approved “Rules for the use of a special scholarship fund to ensure the creative activities of writers, artists and composers of the older and younger generation” determines the number, amount and duration of special scholarships as follows:
- AZN 300 (three hundred) per month for the older generation for one year (fifty for writers, fifty for artists and thirty special scholarships for composers);
- AZN 200 (two hundred) per month for the younger generation for one year (twenty for writers, twenty for artists and ten special scholarships for composers).
In this case, the choice of the unions of writers, artists and composers are not accidental because the government established this format of scholarship to ensure the implementation of the following orders:
- On Measures to Improve the Creative Conditions of the Members of the Writers’ Union of Azerbaijan (No. 2023 of March 12, 2007),
- On Measures to Improve the Creative Conditions of the Members of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan (No. 2024 of March 12, 2007) and
- On Measures to Improve the Creative Conditions of Members of the Union of Composers of Azerbaijan (No. 2025 of March 12, 2007).
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