The World Trade Organisation has launched the WTO Essay Award for Young Economists 2013 aiming at promoting high-quality research on trade policy and international trade co-operation among young economists and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the academic community.
Applicants must have or be engaged in the completion of a PhD degree and, if over 30 years of age, be no more than two years past a PhD defence.
They will have to write an essay of maximum 15,000 words addressing the issues related to trade policy and international trade co-operation.
The winner author will get a prize of CHF 5,000 and have the essay published in the WTO Working Paper Series.
In the case of a co-authored paper, the prize will be equally divided among the authors.
The winning author(s) will be invited to attend the award ceremony taking place at the annual meeting of the [ http://www.etsg.org ]European Trade Study Group (ETSG) in September 2013 in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Submissions should be sent to [ fcp://@mail.eurodesk.org,%231015448/MailBox/essay.award@wto.org ]essay.award@wto.org and must include the essay and the CV of the author as separate attachments in PDF format.
Deadline: 1 June 2013.
Find out more: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/rese_18feb13_e.htm
