Awards and Fellowships

Research and Conference Travel Awards

There are several sources of travel funds on campus. The Graduate Student Association awards conference travel funds once a year. The Office of Sponsored Programs administers the competition for some research grants. Graduate students can apply to the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for travel funds as well.

For international travel, graduate students can apply to the Reves Center whether they are presenting a paper or merely want to attend a conference in their field. The Charles Center oversees students' applications for various national fellowships, some of which are open to graduate students, such as the Fulbright Fellowship, Luce, and Mellon fellowships programs.

Morton Conference & Travel Research Award

The history department is making available small conference/research awards to history graduate students who are attending conferences or conducting research. All history graduate students (either on stipend or off) may apply. Not all applicants will receive funding or full funding.

Judith Ewell Award in Comparative and Transnational History

Judith Ewell Award in Comparative and Transnational History is given to an outstanding graduate student who specializes in Comparative and Transnational History

Ed Crapol Award in Modern US History

Ed Crapol Award in Modern US History is given to an outstanding graduate student who specializes in modern U.S. history

Selby Teaching Fellowship

The Selby award recognizes excellence in teaching, and will be given each Fall to a graduate student who served as a teaching fellow in the previous academic year. The awardee will be chosen by the Prizes and Awards committee, which will base the decision on some or all of the following materials: teaching evaluations, syllabus, and classroom observation from the graduate student's independently taught course; performance in History 705; student and faculty evaluations from the graduate student's TA experiences.

Bicknell Fellowship

The Bicknell Fellowship is sponsored by the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims and is awarded to an outstanding graduate student whose work focuses on Early American history. This fellowship was established in honor of the founder of the National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, the Hon. Thomas W. Bicknell, whose insight and vision laid the foundation upon which the Society was founded.

Glucksman Fellowship

This fellowship goes to a sixth-year graduate student who is an exceptional scholar and teacher. The Glucksman Fellow will serve in both semesters of the fellowship year as a Writing Center Preceptor in the HRWC, a TA for the Global History Survey course, or in another teaching or research assignment determined by departmental needs.

The George Washington Fellowship of the General Society for Colonial Wars

To be awarded to a doctoral student working on the history of Colonial America.

The Jim Whittenburg Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Jim Whittenburg Award for Excellence in Teaching honors a graduate student in History for outstanding teaching with a preference for experience teaching in the NIAHD Pre-College Program.

Writing Center Preceptorships

The department will usually award three of these positions to sixth-year students. Consultants work fifteen hours per week at the Center for the entire academic year and devote the rest of their time to finishing their dissertations.

Global History TA Fellowships

Global History T.A's serve as graders and discussion leaders for two sections of Hist. 192-Global History.

External Sources of Funding

There are many external sources of funding as well. The Office of Sponsored Programs has on-line information about many off-campus grants as well as guides to help you prepare your applications. Off campus, the various historical associations are excellent sources of information on grants and prizes of interest to graduate students. The American Historical Association, for example, has several awards aimed specifically at graduate students in particular fields. The AHA's guide to Grants, Fellowships and Prizes of Interest to Historians is an excellent source of information. You can find it online if you are a member of the AHA. The Organization of American Historians has information about fellowships and prizes in a wide range of fields on its website. Many libraries and historical societies have grants for historians who need to use their collections.

A Small Sample of Fellowship Links of Interest to Graduate Students: