Inclusive Copyright Thesis Award

Award Information

• The award consists of a sum of USD 5000 (gross). The winner will be announced publicly in June 2024.

Requirements

• The thesis must have been submitted to, and accepted by, an institution of higher education in 2023, in the framework of a Master’s degree program.
• Law students enrolled in a JD program in the United States are eligible for this contest, provided they submit a research paper of publishable quality that was submitted for course credit and are nominated by the professor of that course.
• The thesis must be on copyright law and written in English.
• The work must be the applicant’s own original work.
• The work cannot have been submitted to other competitions for prizes or awards.
• Submissions must include, in addition of the thesis, the following:
  • Name, telephone number, address, valid email address
  • Name of the Master’s or JD’s program, (planned) graduation date and title of the thesis
  • Official proof of acceptance of the thesis by the institution of higher education (in case of students in a JD program, the paper should be submitted for credit in the course of a JD program, and the nomination by the course instructor will suffice)
  • An executive summary of the thesis (max. 1000 words)
  • A personal statement on why diversity and inclusion issues matter to you (max. 500 words)
  • An essay on the intersection of copyright and diversity (max. 700 words)

Eligibility Criteria

• Any person can apply. Underrepresented groups (race/ethnic minority groups in countries where that group is minoritised or non-dominant; women; people with disabilities; LGBTQIA2S+) are especially encouraged to apply.
• The following are not allowed to apply:
  • Google staff or family of Google staff
  • Customers, partners or vendors of Google and their staff
  • Government officials
  • Persons who are (1) residents of US embargoed countries, (2) ordinarily resident in US embargoed countries, or (3) otherwise prohibited by applicable export controls and sanctions programs
  • Sadly, due to applicable regulations, they are not able to extend the competition to residents of the following countries/regions: Brazil, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Quebec, Sudan, Syria.

Judging Criteria

• Timeliness of the topic
• Legal relevance and level of profundity/extent of research done
• Methodology
• Novelty of the approach to, or of the insights into, the subject
• Use of language and writing skills.

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