Three (3) scholarships will be awarded for the Intellectual Property courses in the Summer Institute (IPSI).
This competition is independent of the competition established for the JD program and the master’s degrees (LLM/MIP).
Applicants to the Intellectual Property courses in the Summer Institute (IPSI) must meet the requirements listed below:
Applicants for the scholarship for the Intellectual Property courses in the Summer Institute (IPSI) must prepare a written essay that will be evaluated by a Qualifying Jury and must strictly comply with the following requirements:
Topic: Any topic related to Intellectual Property.
Length: The paper should be up to 9 pages long and follow the format below:
Anonymity: The essay should not have any mention of the author.
Unpublished: The essays must be unpublished and written by the participant. They cannot have been submitted to other contests or published.
Language: The essay must be submitted exclusively in the English language.
Originality: Special consideration will be given to the originality of the work as well as the author’s own ideas and concepts on the subject matter.
Use of Artificial Intelligence: The use of artificial intelligence tools is permitted, as is the use of other technologies, such as research or reference tools; however, the use of artificial intelligence tools for the purposes of writing, editing, revising, and/or translating the essay is prohibited. ASIPI has technological tools in place to detect such uses and reserves the right to disqualify any essay found to be in violation of any of these rules.
Participants must submit their essay along with a letter that includes their full name, country, e-mail and phone number.
In this letter they must also declare under oath that the essay is of their authorship, original and unpublished, and expressly state that they comply with all the requirements contained in the Rules and that they assume the obligations and commitments contained therein.
Likewise, they must also indicate that they are competing for the IPSI program.
Only in the case that the applicant works in a company that is a corporate member of ASIPI, a letter issued by said company must also be attached indicating that the applicant works for it and that they are aware of this application. This letter will be required when the work is sent in case the participation has not been notified until the date indicated in this section.
The essays must be sent via e-mail together with the submission letter to the ASIPI Secretariat ([email protected]) no later than January 29, 2027.
Once the essays have been received, it must be confirmed that they comply with the requirements outlined in the Rules of the contest. If any work does not meet the requirements, the author will be informed immediately and given five calendar days from the notification date to correct the error.
If the correction is not received within the aforementioned period, it will be assumed that the participant has withdrawn his/her application from the scholarships contest.
The Qualifying Jury will select at least six (6) essays for the IPSI competition, indicating the score assigned to each essay and the corresponding ranking order.
If any winner does not accept or cannot access the assigned scholarship for any reason, the scholarship will be offered to the participants selected by the Qualifying Jury, respecting the order of precedence according to the score obtained.
In the event of a tie, close scores, or disagreement among the members of the Qualifying Jury, ASIPI’s Executive Committee may require a personalized oral interview with the authors of the selected essays so that the Qualifying Jury may gain a deeper understanding of their motivations, understanding of the topic, and argumentative skills.
The deadline for the Qualifying Jury to report the selected essays is March 15, 2027, and the result will be notified to ASIPI’s Secretary.
ASIPI’s Secretary shall communicate the names of the winners and the topics of the respective essays to the Executive Committee for its immediate approval.
The ASIPI Secretary will then notify the winners no later than March 30, 2027.
Scholarship recipients must confirm their participation in the respective Academic Program to the ASIPI Secretary no later than April 15, 2027.
