WTO 2023 Essay Award for Young Economists

The World Trade Organization has asked young economists to submit papers for the 2023 WTO Essay Award. The award aims to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade cooperation and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO and the academic community. 

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

• Table of Content
• About World Trade Organisation (WTO)
• WTO Essay Award
• Aim and Benefits of WTO Essay Award
• Requirements for WTO Essay Award Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About World Trade Organisation (WTO)

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible. The WTO has many roles: it operates a global system of trade rules, it acts as a forum for negotiating trade agreements, it settles trade disputes between its members and it supports the needs of developing countries. All major decis...&nb... continue reading

WTO Essay Award

Aim and Benefits of WTO Essay Award

• 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 award ceremony will take place on 14-16 September 2023 at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.
• The winning author will receive funding to attend the meeting.

Requirements for WTO Essay Award Qualification

• 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 completing a PhD 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. To be considered for the award, essays cannot exceed 15,000 words.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

All submissions should be sent to [email protected]. Submissions should include as separate attachments in PDF format:

1. The essay
2. The CV of the author(s), specifying (i) current affiliation(s), (ii) the academic institution awarding the PhD, (iii) the year (or the expected year) of the PhD, (iv) the date of birth of the author(s).

For more details, visit WTO website.