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2008 Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition

Deadline: August 1, 2008.

2008 Hamilton Project Policy Innovation Prize Competition

Hamilton Project invites students to apply for 2008 Prize Competition--$25,000 awarded to winners.

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 runner(s)-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 U.S. 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.

The Hamilton Prize is open to students at accredited U.S. educational institutions. The deadline for submissions is August 1, 2008. Hamilton Project Director Jason Furman will organize a committee to select the winning proposals.

Click here to view the competition guidelines. For more information on The Hamilton Project, or to see copies of the 2007 winning proposals, please visit the Hamilton Project website at www.hamiltonproject.org.