It has been awarded at the Donaueschinger Musiktage since 1972 and has since become the most important international award for advanced works of radio art: the Karl Sczuka Prize, founded in 1955 by the former Südwestfunk and initially awarded every two years for radio play music.

  
The Karl Sczuka Prize has since become the most important international award for advanced works of radio art. In 1955 it was donated by the former Südwestfunk and initially awarded for radio play music every two years. According to the statutes, the award has been given since 1972 to the “best production of an audio work that uses musical materials and structures in acoustic forms”. John Cage, Oswald Egger, Luc Ferrari, Heiner Goebbels, Mauricio Kagel, Alison Knowles, Friederike Mayröcker and Gerhard Rühm were among the prize winners who came to Donaueschingen.

The independent jury consisting of Olaf Nicolai (chair), Inke Arns, Julia Cloot, Michael Grote and Thomas Meinecke will decide who will receive the 63rd prize, which will be awarded this year, at their meeting in June. It is open to the public and consists of a main prize of 12,500 euros and a sponsorship prize of 2,500 euros. The funding award includes the possibility of a two-week production in a Südwestrundfunk radio play studio.

  
In conjunction with the awarding of the Karl Sczuka Prize, the “Karl Sczuka Research Scholarship in Collaboration with the Goethe Institute” is jointly awarded by SWR and the Goethe Institute as an additional prize. The aim of the research grant, which is endowed with 5,000 euros, is to support the research phase for international radio art projects, which is often only possible under rudimentary conditions. It offers the opportunity to do research in non-German-speaking countries. The annual research grant is aimed at artists who work in the field of acoustic and time-based art (audio, performance and sound artists), who deal with the narrative, technical and artistic possibilities of the medium of radio and who are active in Germany .

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