Are you a law student currently studying or researching authors’ right/copyright? Submit your application form and the abstract of your essay by November 15, 2024 and you may win a prize!
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.
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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.
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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
Visit ALAI's website for more information by clicking on this link.
English flyer is available below
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French flyer is available below
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