Created in 1974 , the Olive W. Garvey Fellowships were offered biennially from 1982 until 2007. Since 2008 the contest has been sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and is now annual.

2003 Garvey Fellowship Winners

Essay Topic

“The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace and the spread of commerce and the diffusion of education than upon the labor of Cabinets or Foreign Offices.” —Richard Cobden (1804–1865)

Junior Faculty Member Winners

First Prize ($10,000)	Alex Robson (School of Economics; Australian National University; Canberra, Australia)
Second Prize ($5,000)	Edward Stringham (Assistant Professor of Economics; San Jose State University)
Third Prize ($1,500)	Thomas E. Woods, Jr. (Assistant Professor of History; Suffolk County Community College)

Student Winners

First Prize ($2,500)	Kevin Page, Junior, Economics (Louisiana State University)
Second Prize ($1,500)	Brian Richey, Senior, Political Science and History (University of Illinois-Chicago)
Third Prize ($1,000)	Zsuzsánna Magdó, Junior, Political Science-International Relations, History (American University in Bulgaria)

Judges