2004-2007 Templeton Freedom Award Winners

Templeton Freedom Prizes for Excellence in Promoting Liberty recognize excellent work by institutes and scholars who address important subjects related to advancing the understanding of freedom. The winners of the Templeton Freedom Prizes from 2004 to 2007 were:

Ethics and Values

• First Prize: Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, US (2004); Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria (2005);  Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute, Austria (2006); Forum for the Study of Judicial Administration, Argentina (2007)
• Second Prize: Instituto Cultural Ludwig von Mises, Mexico (2004); Center for Media Freedom & Responsability, Philippines (2005);  Business Managers Christian Association, Argentina (2006); Ratio Institute, Sweden (2007)

Free Market Solutions to Poverty

• First Prize: Instituto Libertad y Democracia, Peru (2004); Centre for Civil Society, India (2005); E.G. West Centre, UK (2006); Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, US (2007)
• Second Prize: National Economic Research Institute, China (2004); Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Montenegro (2005); Centre for Independent Studies, Australia (2006); Montenegro Business Alliance, Montenegro (2007)

Social Entrepreneurship

• First Prize: Liberty Institute, India (2004); International Development Enterprises, India (2005); Education Advancement Fund International, USA (2006); Property and Environment Research Center, US (2007)
• Second Prize: Fraser Institute, Canada (2004); Maxim Institute, New Zealand (2005); Law Review Project, South Africa (2006); Civitas, UK (2007)

Student Outreach

• First Prize: Centre for Civil Society, India (2004); Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, US (2005); Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (2006); Scientific Research Mises Center, Belarus (2007)
• Second Prize: National Center for Policy Analysis, US (2004); New Economic School, Georgia (2005); Center for Free Enterprise, South Korea (2006); Liberalni Institut, Czech Republic (2007)

For Initiative in Public Relations

• First Prize: Scientific Research Mises Center, Belarus (2007); F.A. Hayek Foundation, Slovakia (2004); Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Montenegro (2005); Hellenic Leadership Institute, Greece (2006)
• Runner-up: Center for Politiske Studier, Denmark (2007); Centre for Civil Society, India (2004); Maxim Institute, New Zealand (2005); IMANI: The Centre for Humane Education, Ghana (2006)

Templeton Freedom Award Grants are given to outstanding, promising think tanks. Preference is shown for innovative institutes, operating in difficult parts of the world or working in innovative areas that expand the scope of, and market for, think tank research on freedom. The winners of the Templeton Freedom Award Grants from 2004 to 2007 were:

• Albanian Liberal Institute (2006)
• Access to Information Programme, Bulgaria (2005)
• Asociacion Nacional de Consumidores Libres, Costa Rica (2005)
• Association for Liberal Thinking, Turkey (2004)
• Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, Canada (2005)
• Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Montenegro (2005)
• Center for Free Enterprise, South Korea (2005)
• Center for Liberal-Democratic Studies, Serbia (2004)
• Center for Political Studies, Denmark (2007)
• Centre for Civil Society, India (2004)
• Centre for Independent Studies, Australia (2006)
• Centro de Divulgacion del Conocimiento Economico, Venezuela (2004)
• Centro de Investigaciones Economicas Nacionales, Guatemala (2007)
• Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de America Latina, Argentina (2005)
• Civic Institute, Czech Republic (2004)
• Forum for the Study of Judicial Administration, Argentina (2007)
• Free Market Center, Montenegro (2005)
• Free Market Foundation, South Africa (2004)
• Freedom Institute, Indonesia (2006)
• Friedrich A. v. Hayek Institute, Austria (2005)
• Frontier Centre for Public Policy, Canada (2006)
• Fundacion Atlas1853, Argentina (2005)
• Fundacion Libertad, Argentina (2004)
• Fundacion Libertad y Democracia, Bolivia (2007)
• F.A. Hayek Foundation, Slovakia (2004)
• Hellenic Leadership Institute, Greece (2006)
• Imani: Centre for Humane Education, Ghana (2006)
• Inter Region Economic Network, Kenya (2005)
• Institut Economique de Montreal, Canada (2004)
• Institute for Market Economics, Bulgaria (2006)
• Institute of Economic Affairs, Ghana (2004)
• Institute of Public Policy Analysis, Nigeria (2005)
• Instituto Bruno Leoni, Italy (2004)
• Instituto Ecuatoriano de Economia Politica, Ecuador (2004)
• Instituto de Estudios Empresariais, Brazil (2007)
• Instituto de Libre Empresa, Peru (2007)
• Instituto Liberade do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2006)
• Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, Chile (2004)
• Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (2005)
• Japanese for Tax Reform, Japan (2007)
• Liberales Institute, Switzerland (2005)
• Liberty Institute, India (2004)
• Lithuanian Free Market Instiute (2004)
• Ludwig von Mises Institute, Romania (2006)
• Maxim Institute, New Zealand (2005)
• New Economic School, Georgia (2005)
• Prague Security Studies Institute, Czech Republic (2007)
• Romania Think Tank, Romania (2007)
• Scientific Research Mises Center, Belarus (2007)

Honorable Mentions (2006-2007)

• Alternate Solutions Institute, Pakistan (2007)
• Beijing Siyuan Research Center, China (2006)
• Bishkek Business Club, Kyrgyzstan (2006)
• Center for Political Studies, Denmark (2006)
• Conservative Institute of M.R. Stefanik, Slovakia (2007)
• Fundacion IDEA, Mexico (2007)
• Fuping Development Institute, China (2006)
• Independent Center for Studies in Economics and Law, Romania (2007)
• Institute for Transitional Democracy and International Security, Hungary (2007)
• Instituto de Libre Empresa, Peru (2006)
• Invertir Institute, Peru (2007)
• Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies, Israel (2006)
• Liberal Group of Kerala, India (2006)
• Liberalni Institute, Czech Republic (2006)
• Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong (2007)
• Romania Think Tank, Romania (2006)
• Scientific Research Mises Center, Belarus (2006)

Press Releases

• 2007 Templeton Freedom Prize for Initiative in Public Relations
• 2007 Templeton Freedom Award Grant and Prize winners - Also read 2007 TFA booklet
• 2006 Templeton Freedom Prize for Initiative in Public Relations
• 2006 Templeton Freedom Award Grant and Prize winners - Also read 2006 TFA booklet
• 2005 Templeton Freedom Prize for Initiative in Public Relations
• 2005 Templeton Freedom Prize winners & Award Grant winners - Also read 2005 TFA booklet
• 2004 Templeton Freedom Prize for Initiative in Public Relations
• 2004 Templeton Freedom Award Grants and Prizes -  Also read 2004 TFA booklet

TFA-Related Articles

• Bringing Religion & Liberty Together by Alejandro Chafuen, Milestones’ July 2007 issue, John Templeton Foundation.
• Templeton Freedom Awards by Alejandro Chafuen, Milestones’s May 2007 issue, John Templeton Foundation.
• Leveraging Freedom Awards Around the World by Frank Brown, Milestones’s May 2006 issue, John Templeton Foundation.
• Talking Freely About Free Enterprise by Stephen Henderson, Milestone’s May 2004 issue, John Templeton Foundation.

Atlas also has published TFA Booklets profiling the winners of the Templeton Freedom Awards. Contact Yiqiao Xu at yiqiao.xu@atlasusa.org/202-449-8449 if you would like to receive a copy, or have questions about this program.