The Green Harbor Prize is an award sponsored by Green Harbor Financial to support anthropological fieldwork on economic activities that are sustainable, eco-friendly, culturally sensitive, committed to community engagement, and/or socially responsible.  One of the purposes of the Green Harbor Prize has been to promote awareness of socially responsible / sustainable investing.  If you're interested these topics as they relate to your own situation, please feel free to contact me with your questions.

For 2009, the award was raised to $1,000.  This award was intended as supplemental funding for Ph.D. candidates doing their field research, and was only to be awarded to students who were in a position to use the funds for fieldwork-related expenses. Only students in graduate programs located in the states listed at the bottom of this website were eligible.

Preference was given to proposals that explore the actual or theoretical linkages between the proposed anthropological research and the field of responsible or sustainable investing.  Such exploration could have been provisional.  The research did not have to be on or about investment per se.  The submission requirements were as stated below:

Please submit:

1.  A research proposal with a descriptive title, and including a statement about how the knowledge generated by the project may be applicable outside of academics (total maximum length of 5 double-spaced pages, not including bibliography);

2.  The phone numbers and e-mail addresses of two professional references, specifying one as your primary advisor; and

3.  A curriculum vitae, which would include your own contact information.

Submission by e -mail is required.  The proposal (which must be sent as a stand-alone document) and CV may be in MS Word, rtf, or pdf formats; reference contact information may be included in the text of the e-mail.  Submissions should be made to cm@greenharborfinancial.com, subject line "Green Harbor Prize Application -- [Your last name]."  

As an additional benefit, all applicants can have an hour of my time to answer any general, specific or strategic financial questions.  Applicants may either use this time themselves or give it to someone else, provided whoever uses it reside in one of the states listed at the bottom of this website.

Graduate students are encouraged to review any tips spelled out here, which may ultimately be worth much more than this prize, depending upon your situation. 

For additional information, please view the Q & A page, or contact cm@greenharborfinancial.com.  Questions, comments and feedback are welcome.