IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award for International Tax Law
This annual award promotes and celebrates scientific research of the highest standards.
An international jury judges the submitted publications and selects the work that makes the most outstanding contribution to the development of international tax law.
About the Frans Vanistendael Award
The dotation for the Frans Vanistendael Award is EUR 10,000, plus a flat amount for travel and accommodation expenses incurred by attending the award ceremony (if the ceremony takes place on IBFD's premises).
Eligible publications are all articles, books, book chapters and monographs on international tax law (including European Union tax law), in paper or digital format published in English between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2026 that have provided an outstanding contribution to the development of international tax law.
Since 2025, the IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award is conferred in two distinct categories:
- IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award for Books; and
- IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award for Articles and Book Chapters.
The conferral of the 13th IBFD Frans Vanistendael Award will take place in May 2027.
Find out more about the 2026 award and our most recent winners.
Submission procedure and rules
Submissions can be made by anyone, not just the original authors, until 31 December 2026.
Make sure to read the official rules and eligibility requirements carefully before submitting.
For any other queries, please write to ibfd.award@ibfd.org
Application - Select Your Category
I want to submit a book
I want to submit an article or book chapter
Jury
The 2027 edition will be carried out with the support of the following jury members:
Philip Baker, Joachim Englisch, Na Li, Pasquale Pistone (Chairman), Jennifer Roeleveld, Luis Schoueri, Dikshit Sengupta, Stephen Shay, Maria Teresa Soler Roch.
Previous award winners
- 12th edition
• Articles and Book Chapters: Cai, Qiang. ‘Reassessing the Economic Allegiance Theory from a Transaction Cost Perspective: What’s the Benefit Principle Got to Do with It?’ World Tax Journal 17, no. 4 (2025). https://doi.org/10.59403/2k1bmeb.
• Books: Ricardo Andre Galendi Junior. The Justification and Structure of the GloBE Model Rules. IBFD Doctoral Series 78. IBFD, 2025. - 11th edition: Buriak, Svitlana, "International Taxation of Global Value Networks.", IBFD Doctoral Series 72. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: IBFD, 2024.
- 10th edition: Teo, Nikki, J., “The United Nations in Global Tax Coordination”, published by Cambridge University Press, 2023
- 9th edition: Collier, R., Dykes, I., “On the Apparent Widespread Misapplication of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines”, published by IBFD in Bulletin for International Taxation, Volume 76, no. 1
- 8th edition: Professor Dr Andrés Báez Moreno, “Because Not Always B Comes After A: Critical Reflections on the New Article 12B of the UN Model on Automated Digital Services”, published by IBFD in the World Tax Journal (Volume 13), No. 4, 2021
- 7th edition: Professor Adolfo Martín Jiménez, “Value Creation: A Guiding Light for the Interpretation of Tax Treaties?”, published by IBFD in the Bulletin for International Taxation (Volume 74), No. 4/5, 2020
- 6th edition: Professor Emeritus of Tax Brian Arnold, “The Evolution of Controlled Foreign Corporation Rules and Beyond”, published by IBFD in the Bulletin for International Taxation (Volume 73), No. 12, 2019
- 5th edition: Dr Aitor Navarro, “Transactional Adjustments in Transfer Pricing”, published by IBFD in 2018
- 4th edition: Professor Tsilly Dagan, “International Tax Policy: Between Competition and Cooperation”, published by Cambridge University Press in 2017
- 3rd edition: Professor Dr Romero Tavares, “Multinational Firm Theory and International Tax Law: Seeking Coherence”, published by IBFD in the World Tax Journal (Volume 8), No. 2, 2016
- 2nd edition: Professor Dr Wolfgang Schön, “Neutrality and Territoriality – Competing or Converging Concepts in European Tax Law?”, published by IBFD in the Bulletin for International Taxation (Volume 69), No. 4/5, 2015
- 1st edition: Dr John F. Avery Jones and Professor Dr Jürgen Lüdicke, “The Origins of Article 5(5) and 5(6) of the OECD Model”, published by IBFD in the World Tax Journal (Volume 6), No. 3, 2014