Prize:

The award, which amounts €2000, will be handed out to a student or researcher for submitting the best essay related to authors’ rights/copyright with a European dimension.

The essay must:

• be related to authors’ rights/copyright;
• have a European dimension (this may include a comparison of third-country systems with those of the EU);
• include aspects that could be of interest to the collective management of authors’ rights/copyright.

Eligibility:

• master’s students or newly master’s graduates (year 2024) from any university in the world (minimum 4th year tertiary, master’s level, LL.M, pre-doctoral or doctoral level students/researchers);
• candidates must be under the age of 35 on 16 November 2024;
• candidates must have been recommended to apply by at least one IP professor at a recognised university / faculty;
• the essays to be submitted for the competition can be a new work specifically prepared for the competition or be based on another academic work still in progress or already completed and presented at an academic institution in 2023.
• Guidelines are available in English, and in French.
  

Selection procedure/Key dates:

• the candidates must submit their application form and an abstract of the essay they intend to present, at the latest by November 15, 2024;
• the jury will make a first selection based on the abstracts submitted by the candidates. The result of this preliminary selection will be communicated to candidates on December 15, 2024;
• the short-listed candidates will need to submit their completed essay at the latest by: February 15, 2025;
• the jury will select the winner(s) and the results will be communicated to the candidates in the first half of April 2025.
• The application form is available in English, as well as in French.
  

Contact:
Questions, application forms, abstracts, and essays are to be sent to: alai.award@gesac.org

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