Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI) and Nadace CERGE-EI invite university students to submit papers to the New Economic Talent competition.
The competition is open to Bachelor’s and Master’s students (full-time or part-time) in any field, who are interested in contemporary economic issues and wish to understand better the forces and processes that ‘shape the world’.
The first round of the competition would entail Applicants submission of a complete paper and an extended abstract. The topic of the paper can be in any sub-field of Economics, broadly defined. Papers will be judged based on originality, substance, analytical nature, and clarity of writing.
Applicants Selected would present their papers at CERGE-EI in Prague, the Capital City of Czech Republic for the second round of competition.
Prize packages include an amount of $1,000 USD, a trip to one of the next Global Development Network conferences to present the winning paper, and VIP tickets to CERGE-EI’s special events, such as the Distinguished Speaker Series and the Graduation Gala. 
The competition which would also have English as its working language is open to all students from around the world.
The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2014. Prospective applicants should send their papers and extended abstracts to talent@cerge-ei.cz. or should visit www.cerge-ei.cz/talent. for further details.
CERGE-EI is a joint workplace of Charles University in Prague and the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, with the objective of promoting modern education and research in economics.
The Nadace CERGE-EI was therefore created for the purpose of raising funds to help support economics education in the Czech Republic and throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
Source: Embassy of Czech Republic.
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