The Hamilton Project Economic Policy Innovation Prize $25,000 Awarded for Best Innovative Policy Proposals

Website: www.brookings.edu/projects/hamiltonproject.aspx
Application deadline: August 1, 2008

The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution invites students to participate in its second annual Economic Policy Innovation Prize competition.  The Project will award $25,000 in prizes for the best innovative policy proposals written by undergraduate and graduate-level students.  The top graduate-level proposal will be awarded $10,000 and the top undergraduate proposal will be awarded $5,000, with the remaining $10,000 divided among the runners-up.  In addition to the cash prizes, the winning students may also be invited to turn their proposals into discussion papers issued by The Hamilton Project.

The goal of The Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize is to encourage the next generation of leaders to rigorously pursue innovative policy solutions to the pressing economic issues facing our nation.  The former US Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, a founding member of The Hamilton Project Advisory Council, recently awarded the first undergraduate and graduate-level prizes at an event in Washington, DC.

“In this election year it is more important than ever that we help generate new and creative ideas for moving our nation forward,” said Jason Furman, director of The Hamilton Project and a Brookings senior fellow.  “Today’s students will be tomorrow’s leaders and we look forward to learning their ideas for improving public policy.” The Hamilton Prize is open to students at accredited U.S. educational institutions.  The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2008.

For the guidelines of The Hamilton Prize competition, or to see copies of the 2007 winning proposals, please visit their Website.

Contact information:
The Hamilton Project
policyprize@hamiltonproject.org