The Department of History Annual Awards
The Peter T. Cominos Memorial Award
Awarded annually by the History Department for the best graduate paper of publishable quality. The winning paper will be selected by a three-person committee consisting of representatives from three different geographic subfields. The paper should demonstrate the highest professional standards of research, writing and analysis. Students interested in submitting a paper for the award should provide a PDF of the work to the Director of Graduate Studies. Due Date: March 1. Entries are limited to work produced in the previous calendar year. The award is announced at the end of the academic year.
The Sylvia R. Frey Award
Awarded annually by the History Department for the best dissertation chapter. The winning chapter will be selected by a three-person committee consisting of representatives from three different geographic subfields. The chapter should demonstrate the highest professional standards of research, writing and analysis. Students interested in submitting a paper for the award should provide a PDF of the work to the Director of Graduate Studies. Due Date: March 1. Entries are limited to work produced in the previous calendar year. The award is announced at the end of the academic year.
The Award for Best Published Article
Awarded annually by the History Department for the best article published by a graduate student in the previous two years. The winning article will be selected by a three-person committee consisting of representatives from three different geographic subfields. The article should demonstrate the highest professional standards of research, writing and analysis. Students interested in submitting an article for the award should provide a PDF of the work to the Director of Graduate Studies. Due Date: March 1. Entries are limited to work produced in the previous calendar year. The award is announced at the end of the academic year.
The William R. Hogan Fellowship Award
Awarded annually by the History Department to a graduate teaching instructor in the History Department who has demonstrated particular excellence in teaching in the previous calendar year. The Graduate Studies Committee of the Department selects the candidate based upon mandatory student evaluations and written faculty evaluations. The award is announced at the end of the academic year.
Fulbright Program
Information on the Fulbright program can be found on the Fulbright US Student Program website or by contacting the NTC Office of Fellowship Advising at Reveal Email Address.
Fulbright-Hays--Group Projects Abroad Program
https://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsgpa/index.html
The American Historical Association
https://www.historians.org/awards-and-grants/awards-and-fellowships-calendar
The Princeton Society of Fellows
https://sf.princeton.edu/application
The Center for Engaged Scholarship (CES)
The CES offers dissertation fellowships for students who have achieved ABD status. More information can be found on the Center for Engaged Scholarship website.
John Carter Brown Library Residential Research Fellowships
The John Carter Brown Library is a center for advanced research in history and the humanities. Its world-class collection on the early Americas includes rare books, manuscripts, maps, and supporting materials from the early decades of European print to the first half of the nineteenth century. The JCB awards over forty fellowships annually to scholars engaged in research on the early Americas. More information can be found on the John Carter Brown website.
Florida Atlantic University-Huntington Fellowship
The Florida Atlantic University Libraries and the Huntington Library are jointly offering three short-term research fellowships for advanced graduate students in the complementary holdings of the Weiner Spirit of America Collection and the Huntington Library. More information can be found on the Florida Atlantic University website.