The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation

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Since 1989, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation has supported and encouraged the careers of talented young individuals both in France and abroad. It has developed various programmes that promote diversity and achievement. The Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation is actively engaged in the spheres of culture, solidarity and sport.

The 21^st annual grant awards

On 1 February 2011, for the 21^st consecutive year, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation awarded grants to eleven young culture and media professionals in support of their individual projects.

Television and Film
The Documentary Filmmaker grant was awarded to Claire Billet for her project on development aid in Afghanistan. The Animation Filmmaker grant went to Julien Bisaro for his short film project titled Bang, bang! The Film Producer grant was awarded to Damien Couvreur for the production of Moka, Frédéric Mermoud's second film.

Books and Print Media
The judges awarded the Writer grant to Vincent Message, who intends to focus his second novel on the working and business world. Marie Bourreau was awarded the Print Journalist grant for her news reporting project on reconstructive surgery for disfigured American veterans. The Bookseller grant, which went to Sébastien Bonifay and Pierre Negrel, will enable the co-winners to organise numerous special events at their Les Deux Mondes bookstore in Bastia (Corsica). In addition, a special Bookseller prize was awarded to Nathalie Gerbault to develop a collection of books for
children with disabilities at her bookshop Talulu in the French town of Annemasse (Haute-Savoie).

Photography
Clémence de Limburg received the Photographer grant for her reporting project on small people.

Digital
The judges selected Salomon Baneck-Asaro's "augmented dance" project as the recipient of the Digital Artist grant.

Music
The Musician grant was won by Varduhi Yeritsyan to record a double album of Russian music.

This new group of young grant winners follows in the footsteps of the 181 other recipients honoured since 1990.

Partnership with Sciences Po

Since 2007, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and Sciences Po have been offering high-level athletes a unique training programme designed to open up new career prospects. Specifically tailored to fit into their stringent competition and training schedules, the Sciences Po-Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation Executive Education Programme offers athletes a chance to pursue their education while continuing to practice their sport. A total of 17 athletes from such disciplines as swimming, wheelchair tennis and boxing are currently enrolled in the programme.

Partnership with the Centre Pompidou

In 2010, faithful to its long-standing commitment to teenagers, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation entered into a partnership with Studio 13/16 at the Centre Pompidou. This studio aimed at promoting the practice of the arts by young people between the ages of 13 and 16 is the "first space at a major cultural institution especially designed for teenagers". Numerous activities are available, including creative multidisciplinary workshops led by artists. Inaugurated in September 2010, the studio was designed by Mathieu Lehanneur, a young designer who received support from the Foundation for an exhibition in New York in 2008.