Young Talent Competition Award

As part of the Lear Competition Festival, Lear has instituted the Young Talent Competition Award (YTCA) for young economists and lawyers who wish to pursue a professional or academic career in the field of competition law and economics, policy assessment, and regulation. Research proposals need to be related to one of the following topics:

• Competition law
• Competition economics
• Public policy assessment
• Regulation (in any sector)

The winner will be awarded a prize of € 1,500 and the opportunity to join the 2026 edition of the Trento Summer School on Advanced EU Competition Law & Economics (maximum two attendees).

In addition to the above, the GW Competition and Innovation lab will award monetary prizes to the second and third place winners of the YTCA as follows:

• € 1,000 to the second-place winner
• € 500 to the third-place winner

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