The Grawemeyer Award For Ideas Improving World Order is presented annually to the winner of a competition designed to stimulate the recognition, dissemination and critical analysis of outstanding proposals for improving world order.

Prize Amount
$200,000 cash, payable in five annual installments of $40,000.

Entries Sought
Submissions will be judged according to originality, feasibility and potential impact, not by the cumulative record of the nominee. They may address a wide range of global concerns including foreign policy and its formation; the conduct of international relations or world politics; global economic issues, such as world trade and investment; resolution of regional, ethnic or racial conflicts; the proliferation of destructive technologies; global cooperation on environmental protection or other important issues; international law and organization; any combination or particular aspects of these, or any other suitable idea which could at least incrementally lead to a more just and peaceful world order.

Judging Criteria
Originality, feasibility and potential impact; not by cumulative record of the nominee.

Nominees
Individuals, government agencies, non-profit groups, international organizations.

Nominators
Chairs of political science departments, professional associations of political scientists or related disciplines, publishers and editors of books and journals in political science and world affairs; self-nominations also will be considered.

Entry Procedure
Entries must be submitted in four copies and accompanied by an entry form, nominator's letter, biographical sketch of nominee and agreement that the material will be placed in university archives. Non-English entries must be translated. Entries must be received by Jan. 14, 2009 and all supporting materials must be on-hand by Feb. 13, 2009.

Restrictions
Ideas or achievements must have been presented or published within the past five years.

Selection
Initial screening by a committee of political scientists. Secondary screening by a jury of three prominent political scientists, statesmen, journalists, economists, lawyers or military experts. Final screening by U of L president, College of Arts and Sciences dean, political science chairman and up to four others named by the president. University trustees approve final recommendation.