Atlas is pleased to announce that it has selected the Free Market Foundation of South Africa as the recipient of the 2010 Freda Utley Prize for Advancing Liberty.
From the Press Release:
FMF was established at a time when South Africa’s Prime Minister John Vorster was steadily increasing intervention in the economy in preparation for the [...]

Today is the deadline for  nominations for Atlas’s Fisher Memorial Award for Publications. Nominations of excellent publications, copyrights between 2008-2009, can be submitted here for the opportunity to win $10,000.
Past winners here:

2009 Fisher Award Winners Press Release
2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998,1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, Lifetime Achievement Award

Atlas is now accepting applications for the 2010 Fisher Memorial Awards for publications. Submit your organization’s book, paper, website or article with a copyright date of 2008 or 2009, for the opportunity to win $10,000.
Submissions may be made in any language, but the letter of nomination MUST be in English.
For more rules and information go [...]

For Immediate Release
October 19, 2009
Contact: Atlas Economic Research Foundation, 202-449-8449
Thinks Tanks from 12 Countries Honored for Contributions to Public Debates on Free Enterprise and Individual Liberty
WASHINGTON, DC — Today the Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced the winners of the 2009 Templeton Freedom Awards for Excellence in Promoting Liberty, the largest international awards program [...]

The deadline for applications is May 31st, so be sure to submit your organization’s soon.
The Templeton Freedom Awards offer prizes of $10,000 in the following categories:

Solutions to Poverty – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects addressing how sound economic and legal institutions can solve problems of poverty.
Ethics & Values – recognizing outstanding research and [...]

Atlas is now accepting applications for  the Templeton Freedom Awards.
The Awards are given to outstanding projects carried out by institutes in the following categories :

Solutions to Poverty – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects addressing how sound economic and legal institutions can solve problems of poverty.
Ethics & Values – recognizing outstanding research and innovative projects [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INVESTING IN THE FUTURE OF LIBERTY: ATLAS ANNOUNCES FIVE $100,000 GRANTS TO PROMISING YOUNG THINK TANKS
WASHINGTON, DC, April 15, 2009 - The Atlas Economic Research Foundation announced five new recipients of Dorian & Antony Fisher Venture Grants, a program to help some of the most promising young think tanks in the world.  [...]

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Think Tank Publications Receive International Recognition from Atlas
WASHINGTON, DC, April 15, 2009 – Since 1990, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation has honored its founder, the late Sir Antony Fisher, with an annual awards program in his name. The Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Awards recognize think tanks that produce outstanding publications that enhance [...]

Atlas felt a sense of déjà vu is a timely article appearing in this week’s Economist commenting on the increase in sales of Ayn Rand’s best seller Atlas Shrugged. 
Defender and champion of free-market capitalism, Ayn Rand  anticipated today’s economic disaster as an outcome when  individuals’ destinies are decided by the government. Today’s current economic climate [...]

Check out the recently released video by Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute, analyzing the so-called stimulus plan. 
The message of this video is that people should be encouraged to save and not to spend. The current financial crisis is due to bad government policies that have motivated too much irresponsible expenditure. We certainly don’t need [...]