VdAcademia, Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s training academy duly certified by DGERT is launching its 2013 International Award edition together with Almedina publishers. This award is open to all Law students coming from Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe.

Entrants to the award apply by presenting a written research paper on a certain subject which, in 2013 will be "The crisis impact on public/private contracts". The deadline for handing in papers is the 30 April 2013. The award amounts to € 3.000 for the first prize and € 1.000 for special mentions.

This is VdAcademia award's fourth edition which was firstly launched in 2010 at a national level to include Mozambique in its second edition and opening up to more Portuguese-speaking countries in 2013. The awards continuing expansion follows VdA growing activity abroad through its international platform VdAtlas which assures VdA's clients the same standards of excellence wherever they venture. Along the same line, VdAcademia aims to promote and reward excellence in Portuguese-speaking universities.