One of the principal purposes of the David D. Caron Fund is to establish the David D. Caron Prize. The Prize is awarded to the best paper presented at the Research Forum by a current student or recent graduate. The Prize is accompanied by a travel stipend to enable the recipient to attend the Society's Annual Meeting to receive the Prize.
León Castellanos-Jankiewicz
The inaugural winner of the David D. Caron Prize was Dr León Castellanos-Janciewz of The Asser Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands. Dr Castellanos-Jankiewicz's paper, presented at the 2018 ASIL Mid-Year Meeting at UCLA, was entitled: "Nationalism, Alienage, and Early International Rights".
Yanbai Andrea Wang
The second winner of the David D. Caron Prize was Dr Yanbai Andrea Yang of Stanford Law School, California, USA. Dr Yang's paper, presented at the 2019 ASIL Mid-Year Meeting at Brooklyn Law School, was entitled: "Exporting American Discovery".
Tatsiana Ziniakova
The third winner of the David D. Caron Prize was Tatsiana Ziniakova of the Wake Forest University School of Law. Tatsiana won for her paper at the 2020 ASIL Mid-Year Meeting at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law "Gender-Based Violence in International Human Rights Law: Evolution towards a Binding Post-Binary Framework".
Shiri Krebs
The fourth Caron Prize winner is Shiri Krebs, Associate Professor of Law, Deakin Law School, for her paper "The Effects of Visual Evidence on the Application of International Humanitarian Law: A Behavioural Approach".
Chen Yu
The fifth winner of the David D. Caron Prize was Dr. Chen Yu, City University of Hong Kong (previously of National University of Singapore), for her paper "International Adjudication as Interactional Law-Making".
Tobias Traxler
The sixth winner of the David D. Caron Prize, in 2023, was Tobias Traxler, National University of Singapore (previously of European University Institute), for his paper "Issues of Timing and Pro-Claimant Bias in Arbitration Selection".
Sebastian von Massow
The seventh winner of the David D. Caron Prize was Sebastian von Massow of the European University Institute. Sebastian won for his paper at the 2024 ASIL Mid-Year Meeting at the University of Chicago, entitled "Redrawing Trade Routes Through Litigation: Phosphates and the Front Polisario in Panama and South Africa".