PortailCoop Awards

Standard PortailCoop–ICA–CCR Best Student Paper Awards

PortailCoop is delighted to sponsor two awards at the 2026 ICA CCR Europe Research Conference. As the global hub for the cooperative movement, PortailCoop is a digital library created and managed by the Institut international des coopératives Alphonse-et-Dorimène-Desjardins (IICADD)l, which gathers, organizes, and makes knowledge on cooperatives easily accessible to researchers, practitioners, students, and libraries on an international scale. This year the awards will be sponsored in cooperation with the Center for Research in Business Management (CEGEA) of Universitat Politècnica de València.

Award categories

Best Young and Emerging Scholar Paper ICA-CCR-PortailCoop Award
  • Awarded to the best paper by a young researcher (under 35 years old)
  • Prize: €250
Best Senior Scholar Paper ICA-CCR-Portail Coop Award
  • Awarded to the best paper by a senior researcher
  • Prize: An original screen print by the artist Isabel Oliver, provided by the Center for Research in Business Management (CEGEA) at the Universitat Politècnica de València

Submission guidelines

  • Deadline for submission: 30 September.
  • Submit a full paper in English.
  • Papers should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length, including tables, figures, and references.
  • The body of the papers should follow the following structure: Background, Aims, Methods, Results, Discussion, Contributions and Implications, Key References.
  • Paper should be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF.
  • Please indicate the award category directly below the title of your paper.
How to apply

Please submit your paper through the conference platform (all full papers submitted through the platform by eligible scholars will be considered for the awards).

Evaluation
  • The awards will be announced at the conference.
  • The jury will be formed by the conference organizers in cooperation with the ICA-CCR, the PortailCoop team of IICADD, and selected members of the conference scientific board, ensuring an impartial evaluation without conflicts of interest.

Evaluation criteria for jury

Novelty

Does the paper present new ideas, methods, or findings?

1 (not original) – 5 (highly original)

?/5

Significance

How important are the contributions to the field of coop research or coop practice?

1 (flawed) – 5 (excellent)

?/5

Soundness

Are the methods and conclusions scientifically rigorous?

1 (unclear) – 5 (very clear)

?/5

Contribution to conference theme

As final criterion in case of equally well evaluated papers

Qualitative comment

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General comment of appreciation

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