Call for Papers: 2024 Essay Award for Young Economists

 Deadline Date: June 03, 2024

 Donor Name: World Trade Organization (WTO)

 Grant Size: $1000 to $10,000

https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news24_e/essay_01feb24_e.htm

The WTO has issued a call for young economists to submit papers for the 2024 WTO Essay Award.

The aim of the award is to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade cooperation and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the academic community.

Prize

• The annual WTO Essay Award provides a prize of CHF 5,000 to the author(s) of the winning essay. In the case of a co-authored paper, the prize will be equally divided among the authors.
• The winning paper will be officially announced at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), the largest conference specializing in international trade.
• The award ceremony will take place on 12-14 September 2024 at Athens University in Greece. The winning author will receive funding to attend the meeting.

Eligibility

• The paper must address issues related to trade policy and international trade cooperation. 
• The author(s) of the paper must possess 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 defense.
• In the case of co-authored papers, this requirement shall apply to all authors. In addition, to be considered for the award, essays cannot exceed 15,000 words.

Publication

• The winning essay may be published in the WTO Working Paper Series. It is the responsibility of the author(s) to endeavour to secure publication of the contribution in a journal.

For more information, visit World Trade Organization (WTO).