The Commonwealth Institute, in conjunction with the Centre for Commonwealth Education which it is establishing with the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge, is launching an annual award of GBP 3,000 for outstanding scholarship in educational research. The subject of the 2005 award is Aspects of Fiscal Decentralisation Impacting Primary and Secondary Education in Commonwealth Countries. The award is being offered by the Commonwealth Institute in order to achieve its goals of recognising and promoting excellence and innovation in education in the Commonwealth. further information may be obtained from Dorothy Garland, Deputy Secretary General (External) at the Association of Commonwealthn Uuniversities in London.