2005 Olive W. Garvey Fellowships

Since1974, the Olive W. Garvey Fellowships program has awarded fellowshipsto outstanding college students around the world through a competitiveessay contest on the meaning and significance of economic and personalliberty. Garvey Fellows have since become some of the finest scholars,business leaders, and journalists, applying and advancing publicknowledge and appreciation around the world for the ideas of individualliberty and personal responsibility.

Garvey Fellowships will be awarded for the best essay on the topic:

Fellowships will be awarded in two categories of young scholars:

Students up to the age of 35
First Prize: $2,500
Second Prize: $1,500
Third prize: $1,000

Junior faculty members up to the age of 35 and not yet tenured
First Prize: $10,000
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $1,500

Eligibility:

Collegeor university students—part-time or full-time, undergraduate orgraduate, from all nations and academic disciplines—are eligible.(Student must be enrolled on date of essay submission.) Students mustbe no older than 35 years.

Junior faculty members—must hold aposition of Assistant Professor or higher, not yet tenured, and may notbe older than 35 years.

2005 Olive W. Garvey Fellowships

Since1974, the Olive W. Garvey Fellowships program has awarded fellowshipsto outstanding college students around the world through a competitiveessay contest on the meaning and significance of economic and personalliberty. Garvey Fellows have since become some of the finest scholars,business leaders, and journalists, applying and advancing publicknowledge and appreciation around the world for the ideas of individualliberty and personal responsibility.

Garvey Fellowships will be awarded for the best essay on the topic:

Fellowships will be awarded in two categories of young scholars:

Students up to the age of 35
First Prize: $2,500
Second Prize: $1,500
Third prize: $1,000

Junior faculty members up to the age of 35 and not yet tenured
First Prize: $10,000
Second Prize: $5,000
Third Prize: $1,500

Eligibility:

Collegeor university students—part-time or full-time, undergraduate orgraduate, from all nations and academic disciplines—are eligible.(Student must be enrolled on date of essay submission.) Students mustbe no older than 35 years.

Junior faculty members—must hold aposition of Assistant Professor or higher, not yet tenured, and may notbe older than 35 years.

Length of Entries:

College or university students—no longer than 3,000 words.
Junior faculty members—5,000 to 8,000 words.

Style guidelines:

Thejudges will look for clarity, rigor, and eloquence. Papers need not betechnical or demonstrate hyper-specialized scholarship, although theyshould be serious in content, tone, and style. Papers may be footnoted,but judges aren't looking for the paper with the most footnotes.(Foreign students: please submit your essay in English.)

Judging Standards:

Allidentifying information is removed from the essays such that they arejudged blindly. Each essay is read and ranked by each of the threeacademicians who comprise the panel of judges. After each paper hasbeen ranked, the judges' results are combined to determine which paperhas the highest average ranking.

Benefits:

Inaddition to the monetary prizes, the Independent Institute assists withplacing the winning essays for publication in prominent journals, onwebsites, and through other outlets. In addition, winners may beinvited to speak at the Institute's seminar series or other forum.Winners' names are advertised through the Institute's website and inprint ads appearing in prominent publications.

Further Information:

TheIndependent Institute has published a useful reading list on thisyear's theme. The reading list, entry form, and further information isavailable on our website: http://www.independent.org/students/garvey, or write for a copy of the reading list, entry form, and guidelines.

Entry deadline and formats:

Thedeadline for entry is May 1, 2005. All entries must be submitted inelectronic format. Please mail your essay together with the entry form,postmarked by May 1, 2005, on a 3.5-inch disk, either Macintosh orWindows, using a recent edition of Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. Labelthe disk with your name, address, and the operating system and wordprocessing software used. Please include a paper copy of your essay.Because the essays are judged blindly, please put your name only on thecover page. Your entry form must include your mailing address(es),phone number(s), and name of your school. Students must include theirmajor, class level, and faculty advisor's name and contact information.Junior faculty members include their position and department chair'sname and contact information. Mail to:

Alternatively, submissions may be e-mailed by May 1, 2005 (preferably as an attachment in Word) to garvey@independent.org. The entry form information must accompany your submission.

Winnerswill be notified in September, 2005. Materials submitted will not bereturned. Winning essays become the property of The IndependentInstitute, which will, however, cooperate fully with the authors intheir republication elsewhere.

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