Suma Awards

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The Suma Awards ( spelling SUMA Awards or SUMA Awards ) were cultural prizes awarded annually from 2008 to 2015 by the German network culture association Suma e. V. Since 2018 the prices have been converted into scholarships for students at German universities and colleges.

Structures

According to the statutes, the Suma Awards were given "for work or projects that are essential for a good life in a digital world". Since 2018, the awards have been given to students in the form of scholarships. In order to receive a SUMA scholarship, it is also crucial that the topic of the work is of general importance for search engine technology.

The scholarship can be granted with a maximum of 1000 euros per month for a maximum period of one semester (6 months). The applicant's economic situation is not decisive here - an application can also be successful if the applicant is already receiving financial support from other sources.

Award winners

  • 2008: 1. www.opportuno.de job search engine Opportuno by Michael and Andreas Bogen; 2. www.oamos.com/ media art search engine Oamos cross-media, user-controlled internet tool; 3. The song of the data octopus of the fun punk group Die Betakteten .
  • 2009: 1. de.eyeplorer.com/ EyePlorer: Search engine technology from vionto GmbH with graphic representation of semantically related terms and topic categories; 2. fdmbx.org/ the Freedombox Search Project in Afghanistan; 3. www.neocer.de/ Medienkunst neocer by Marc Löhe and Pascal Bovee
  • 2010: 1. newsclub.de/bundestag/ the open government search engine "NewsClub im Bundestag" opens up speeches in the German Bundestag that were previously not searchable via the Internet; 2. www.linguee.de/ the online dictionary Linguee ; 3. the dissertation Sociotechnical practices of communicating medical knowledge via the web and their epistemic implications .
  • 2011: 1. liquidfeedback.org/ LiquidFeedback : a tool for digital democracy. 2. l3t.eu/ the open access textbook L3T; 3. washabich.de/ Translation of medical findings into understandable language.
  • 2012: www.religionen-enthaben.de - provides relevant information to children about six world religions, among other things.
  • 2013: "The surveillance state", a video work by the filmmaker Manniac published on YouTube .
  • 2014: freenetproject.org/ the Freenet project, an effective protection against surveillance, control and censorship .
  • 2015: 1. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden for his educational work 2. the pretty Easy privacy project ; 3. The PRISM Break project , which lists alternatives for common software products that protect privacy .

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ see homepage
  2. ↑ BMBF Scholarship Guide / SUMA-EV, Association for Free Access to Knowledge / SUMA Scholarship. Retrieved March 14, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Between religious FAQ and hate speech , Heise News from December 5, 2012, accessed March 3, 2016
  4. ↑ SUMA Award for the Freenet Project , Heise News from February 12, 2015, accessed March 3, 2016
  5. ↑ Suma Award for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden , Heise News from March 3, 2016