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The Garvey Fellowship Contest for junior higher education faculty and students is held every other year. The submission deadline is May 1, 2007. 2007 Garvey Fellowships will be awarded for the best essay on the topic:

 “Is foreign aid the solution to global poverty?”

Only essays written on this topic will be considered.

Student Eligibility

• the applicant must be 35 years old or younger, as of May 1, 2007. 
• the applicant must be enrolled in a college or univesrity in Fall 2007. For example, high school students graduating in Spring 2007 are eligible if they will be enrolled in college in Fall 2007; college students graduating in Spring 2007, and not enrolled in Fall 2007 are not eligible. 
• applicant can be part-time or full-time 
• applicants may be citizens of any country, and may be living in any country.

Junior Faculty Member Eligibility

Junior faculty members must hold a position of Assistant Professor or higher, and not be tenured as of Fall 2007. Applicants must be no older than 35 years, as of May 1, 2007.

Prizes:

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

Entry Deadline and Formats:

The deadline for entry is 11:59 pm PDT, May 1, 2007. Entries must be submitted in electronic form through this website. Please see the Essay Submission Page.

Suggested Essay Length:

College or university students: 1,500 to 3,000 words.
Junior faculty members: 5,000 to 8,000 words.

Style Guidelines: 

• essays must be in English.
• essays must begin with a title.
• well researched papers with referneces and footnotes that back up assertions are best, but judges aren’t looking for the paper with the most footnotes.
• essays need not be technical or demonstrate hyper-specialized scholarship but they should be serious in content, tone, and style.
• essays will be judged based on clarity, rigor, eloquence, and precision.
• please review past winning essays for examples of what is expected.

Judging Procedure:

Each essay is read and ranked independently by three academics who comprise the panel of judges. All identifying information is removed from the essays so that they are judged blindly, in case any of the judges know any of the contestants. After each paper has been ranked, the rankings are combined to determine which paper has the highest average ranking.

Benefits:

In addition to the monetary prizes, The Independent Institute assists with placing the winning essays for publication in prominent journals, on websites, and through other outlets. In addition, winners may be invited to speak at the Institute’s seminar series or other forum. Winners’ names are advertised through the Institute’s website and in print ads appearing in prominent publications.

Announcement of Winners:

Winners will be notified in Fall, 2007. Materials submitted will not be returned. Winning essays become the property of The Independent Institute, which will cooperate fully with the authors in their republication elsewhere.

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