Call for Applications: 2026-2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellowship
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Call for Applications: 2026-2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellowship
"The University of Akron School of Law's Intellectual Property Policy Institute (IPPI) is now accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellowship-a year-long, non-resident program supporting rigorous scholarship on intellectual property, creativity, and innovation law. Now entering its twelfth year, the Edison Fellowship brings together a small group of U.S. scholars for three intensive, invitation-only roundtables with senior commentators including Professors John Duffy, Erika Lietzan, Michael Risch, and Mark Schultz."
"Fellows develop a research project from proposal to near-publication, producing a paper suitable for submission to a law or peer-reviewed journal by the end of 2027. The fellowship provides travel and lodging for in-person sessions and a $3,000 honorarium upon completion of program requirements. Applications are open to tenure-track or tenured law and economics professors, Ph.D. scholars, and practitioners pursuing research agendas in IP or innovation policy."
The University of Akron School of Law's Intellectual Property Policy Institute (IPPI) invites applications for the 2026–2027 Thomas Edison Innovation Law & Policy Fellowship, a year-long non-resident program supporting scholarship on intellectual property, creativity, and innovation law. The program convenes a small group of U.S. scholars for three invitation-only roundtables with senior commentators. Fellows advance a research project from proposal to near-publication and produce a paper suitable for submission to a law or peer-reviewed journal by the end of 2027. The fellowship provides travel, lodging, and a $3,000 honorarium. Eligible applicants include tenure-track or tenured law and economics professors, Ph.D. scholars, and practitioners; applications require a research proposal (max five pages) and a CV, submitted as a single PDF by November 23, 2025 (5:00 p.m. ET).
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