Essay Contest, Ocha-IGL Award 2022 (Call for submissions: June 3, 2022~)

2023年1月24日更新

Essay Contest, Ocha-IGL Award 2022

Institute for Global Leadership (IGL) holds an English essay contest named the “Ocha-IGL Award”, targeting students who have attended our symposiums and seminars.

IGL has held Ocha-IGL Award annually since 2021 with the support of professors who spoke at the IGL symposium and wished to donated their honorarium. Claudia Peus, Vice President of the Technical University of Munich, and Keiko Honda, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, former CEO of the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, kindly offered to donate the honorarium to the student leadership education at Ochanomizu University.

Applicants who have participated in an IGL-sponsored program are eligible for this call. Candidates must write an English essay reflecting on what they have learned about leaders/leadership, and how they will apply their knowledge in the future. Outstanding works selected by the committee will win a prize.

Applicant Guideline

Appication Qualification： Students of the university (undergraduate, graduate, and research students) who participated in the symposiums and seminars (see beow) organized or co-sponsored by IGL held from January 2022 to February 2023. Students who are currently on leave are not eligible to join the contest.

Date	Titles of symposiums, seminars, etc. organized or co-sponsored by IGL (to be added as soon as they are decided)		Affiliations and positions at the time of the event
Tue, January 18, 2022	The 17^th IGL Online Special Lecture	“Women Leadership in Climate Change and Disaster Resilience: the Case of the Philippines”	Emma PORIO Professor, Philippines Ateneo de Manila University
Sat, January 22, 2022	The 19^th IGL Online Seminar	“Cultivating Leadership: My Mosaic Journey”	Lian DAI Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
Fri, February 18, 2022	The 4^th IGL International Symposium on Women's Leadership in Asia	“Global Women’s Leadership: Proposals from Asia”	Sung-Nam CHO Professor Emeritus, Ewha Womans University, Specially Appointed Professor, IGL KUSAKABE Kyoko Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, IGS project collaborator
Tue, July 19, 2022	The 22^th IGL Seminar Summer Program Special Lectures	“Womenomics Imperative”	Kathy MATSUI General Partner, MPower Partners
Wed, July 20, 2022	The 23^th IGL Seminar Summer Program Special Lectures	“Quality Education for All: SDGs and Japan’s International Cooperation”	KOIZUMI Takako Deputy Director, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Thu, July 21, 2022	The 24^th IGL Seminar Summer Program Special Lectures	“Education for Sustainable Development in Japan”	SUGIMURA Miki Professor, Sophia University
Tue, Oct 11, 2022	The 26^th IGL Seminar	“Growth Mindset and Leadership”	Rodrigo CASERTA Area President, Growth Markets, Avanade Carla RAMCHAND Chief Operating Officer, Growth Markets, Avanade
Fri, Dec 23, 2022	IGL International Symposium	“Climbing up the Glass Cliff: Another Invisible Barrier Behind the Glass Ceiling？”	Ryan MICHELLE Professor, Director of Global Institute for Women's Leadership, The Australian National University KOKUBO Midori Professor, Ritsumeikan University (Japan) Helen PETERSON Professor, Orebro University (Sweden)

Relevant symposiums and seminars will be added to the table above from time to time, so please check them.

Writing procedure
　　•Applicants are required to participate in our seminars or symposiums and write an English essay addressing what they have learned about leaders/leadership and how they plan on applying their knowledge in the future. The original title should be addressed.
　　•Applications are limited to apply once per person.
　　•The application documents should be prepared in the valid format. Please refer to the related link: click here.
　　•Essays must be 500-700 words long. This length does not include citations and references. The manuscripts should be original and sophisticated.
　　•The manuscripts must be prepared using Word software such as MS Word.
　　•The use of charts is not permitted. You should also avoid plagiarism. Direct quotations should be enclosed in quotation marks (“ ”), and if there are citations or references, please specify them at the end of the sentence.
　　•The copyright of the submitted work belongs to Ochanomizu University.
Submission address:
　　• Please send the essay manuscript (Word and PDF) as an attachment to the following email address : Ocha-IGL-Award@cc.ocha.ac.jp
　　•Emails should be entitled “IGL Essay Contest Application.”
Appication deadline: Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 17:00 (JST)

Awards

Awards：
　　■Grand Prize: one person　(Supplementary prize: Amazon gift certificate worth 10,000 yen)
　　■Excellence Award: two persons　(Supplementary prize: Amazon gift certificate worth 5,000 yen)
　　■Special Prize: several persons　(Supplementary prize: Amazon gift certificate worth 2,000 yen)
Winners announced: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Contest Awards Ceremony：Mid-March 2023
Winners will be contacted by email. The award ceremony will be held in person.

If you have any questions, please email Ocha-IGL Award Office, Institute for Global Leadership.
Inquiries: Ocha-IGL-Award@cc.ocha.ac.jp

Essay Contest, Ocha-IGL Award 2022 (Call for submissions: June 3, 2022~)