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. For information about the 2010 Templeton Fellowships Essay Contest, please click here.

2009 Templeton Fellowship Winners

Essay Topic

“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.”—Benjamin Franklin

 Which virtues contribute the most toward achieving freedom, and how can the institutions of civil society encourage the exercise of those virtues?

Junior Faculty Member Winners

First Prize	($10,000)	Ben O’Neill, University of South Wales at ADFA (Australia)
Second Prize	($5,000)	Ross Corbett, Northern Illinois University (USA)
Third Prize	($1,500)	Claudia Williamson, Appalachian State University (USA) and New York University (USA)


Honorable Mentions:

Daniel J. D’Amico, Loyola University New Orleans (USA)
Keith Hyams, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
Robert Salvino, Coastal Carolina University (USA)

Student Winners

First Prize	($2,500)	Brad Taylor, University of Canterbury (New Zealand)
Second Prize	($1,500)	Jordan Paul Smith, Cornell University (USA)
Third Prize	($1,000)	Antonio Zanella, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)


Honorable Mentions:

Bruno Alves, Institute of Political Studies, Catholic University of Portugal (Portugal)
Liz Carlisle, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Guinevere Nell, George Mason University (USA)
Lynette Osiemo, University of Pretoria (South Africa)
George Pianka, Cornell University (USA)
Tino Sanandaji, University of Chicago (USA)
Lara Schubert, Claremont Graduate University (USA)
James Todd, University of Alabama (USA)

Judges