Faculty External Honors

Columns in the table can be sorted alphabetically. The National Research Council considers certain awards as Highly Prestigious or Prestigious. The default table is sorted by NRC status. Use the search tool to find specific awards in Arts & Humanities.

Award Name & Link	NRC Status	Agency Name	Estimated Deadline Month	Description	Sub-field
Emerson-Thoreau Medal	Highly Prestigious	American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Continuous	Awarded to an individual for his or her total literary achievement rather than for a specific work.	English Language and Literature
Whiting Writers' Award	Highly Prestigious	Whiting Foundation	Continuous	Given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.	English Language and Literature
William Riley Parker Prize	Highly Prestigious	Modern Language Association	Continuous	Awareded for an outstanding article in PMLA.	English Language and Literature
Sarton Medal for Lifetime Scholarly Achievement	Highly Prestigious	History of Science Society	Continuous	Awarded annually to an outstanding historian of science, selected from the international scholarly community.	History
Award for Distinguished Service to the Humanities	Highly Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	Continuous	Recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions in the field of the humanities.	Multi- disciplinary
Founders Award	Highly Prestigious	American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Continuous	Honors individuals and institutions that have advanced the ideals of the founders of the Academy.	Multi- disciplinary
Sidney Hook Memorial Award	Highly Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	Continuous	Recognizes national distinction by a single scholar in each of three endeavors: scholarship, undergraduate teaching, and leadership in the cause of liberal arts education.	Multi- disciplinary
The Henry Allen Moe Prize in the Humanities	Highly Prestigious	American Philosophical Society	Continuous	Awarded to the author of a paper in the humanities or jurisprudence read at a Meeting of the Society.	Multi- disciplinary
MLA Award for Lifetime Scholarly Achivement	Highly Prestigious	Modern Language Association	January	Honors the lifetime scholarly achievement of a distinguished member of the association.	English Language and Literature
AAS-National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows	Highly Prestigious	American Antiquarian Society	January	The American Antiquarian Society offers long-term visiting academic research fellowships tenable for four to twelve months each year.	History
Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History	Highly Prestigious	American Philosophical Society	January	Awarded annually to the author whose book exhibits distinguished work in American or European cultural history.	Multi- disciplinary
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards - Christian Gauss Award	Highly Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	January	Honors outstanding books in the field of literary scholarship or criticism.	Multi- disciplinary
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards - Ralph Waldo Emerson Award	Highly Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	January	Offered for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.	Multi- disciplinary
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards - Science Book	Highly Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	January	Recognizes superior books by scientists written to illuminate aspects of science for a broad readership.	Multi- disciplinary
Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition	Highly Prestigious	Grawemeyer Foundation	January	Honors those who bring beauty and inspiration into the world.	Music (except performance)
Grawemeyer Award for Religion	Highly Prestigious	Grawemeyer Foundation	January	Honors highly significant contributions to religious and spiritual understanding.	Religion
The Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit	Highly Prestigious	Society for Classical Studies	March	Awarded for an outstanding contribution to classical scholarship published by a member of the Society during the three years before the current calendar year.	Classics
James Russell Lowell Prize	Highly Prestigious	Modern Language Association	March	For an outstanding literary or linguistic study or a critical biography.	English Language and Literature
Member with NEH Fellowship	Highly Prestigious	American School of Classical Studies at Athens	April	NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.	Classics
Awards for Scholarly Distinction	Highly Prestigious	American Historical Association	April	Established to honor senior historians in the United States.	History
Fellowships for Advanced Research on Japan	Highly Prestigious	National Endowment for the Humanities	April	Awards support research on modern Japanese society and political economy, Japan's international relations, and U.S.-Japan relations.	Multi- disciplinary
Fellowships for University Teachers	Highly Prestigious	National Endowment for the Humanities	April	NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.	Multi- disciplinary
Herskovits Prize	Highly Prestigious	African Studies Association	April	Presented to the author of the most important scholarly work in African studies published in English during the preceding year.	Multi- disciplinary
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship	Highly Prestigious	National Endowment for the Humanities	April	NEH Fellowships are competitive awards granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing.	Multi- disciplinary
Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History	Highly Prestigious	American Society for Theatre Research	April	Awarded each year to the best book in "theatre history or cognate disciplines published during the previous calendar year.	Theatre and Performance Studies
Distinguished Scholar Award	Highly Prestigious	American Society for Theatre Research	April	Given to a scholar whose body of work has made a significant contribution to the field of theatre, dance, opera, and/or performance studies.	Theatre and Performance Studies
National Book Award-FICTION	Highly Prestigious	National Book Foundation	May	Honors the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature, published each year.	English Language and Literature
National Book Award-NONFICTION	Highly Prestigious	National Book Foundation	May	Honors the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature, published each year.	English Language and Literature
National Book Award-POETRY	Highly Prestigious	National Book Foundation	May	Honors the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature, published each year.	English Language and Literature
National Book Award-YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE	Highly Prestigious	National Book Foundation	May	Honors the best Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translated Literature, and Young People's Literature, published each year.	English Language and Literature
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize	Highly Prestigious	Poetry Foundation	May	Honors a living US poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.	English Language and Literature
John K Fairbank Prize in East Asian History	Highly Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding book in the history of China proper, Vietnam, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, or Japan, substantially after 1800.	History
The Albert J Beveridge Award	Highly Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Honors outstanding historical writing.	History
Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize	Highly Prestigious	American Studies Association	June	Recognizes the outstanding achievement of an individual who has dedicated a lifetime of work to the mission and values of American studies.	American Studies
Templeton Prize	Highly Prestigious	John Templeton Foundation	June	Honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works.	Religion
Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award	Highly Prestigious	Renaissance Society of America	August	Honors a lifetime of uncompromising devotion to the highest standard of scholarship accompanied by exceptional achievement in Renaissance studies.	History
ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships	Highly Prestigious	American Council of Learned Societies	September	Supports small teams of two or more scholars collaborating intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences.	Multi- disciplinary
ACLS Fellows (ACLS/SSRC/ NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships)	Highly Prestigious	American Council of Learned Societies	September	ACLS invites research applications from scholars in all disciplines of the humanities and related social sciences.	Multi- disciplinary
George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism	Highly Prestigious	Department of English, Cornell University	September	Awarded to the American who has written the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year (July 1 to June 30), whether it is an article, an essay, treatise or book.	Multi- disciplinary
Harry Levin Prize	Highly Prestigious	American Comparative Literature Association	October	Recognizes an outstanding first book in the discipline of comparative literature.	Comparative Literature
Renee Wellek Prize	Highly Prestigious	American Comparative Literature Association	October	Recognizes an outstanding book in the discipline of comparative literature; fields may include literary or cultural theory or history, or any other field of comparative literature.	Comparative Literature
Pen-Faulkner Award for Fiction	Highly Prestigious	PEN/Faulkner Foundation	October	Honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year.	English Language and Literature
Frederick Jackson Turner Award	Highly Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Given annually to the author of a first scholarly book dealing with some aspect of American history.	History
Genevieve Miller Lifetime Achievement Award	Highly Prestigious	American Association for the History of Medicine	October	Given annually to a member of the Association who has retired from regular institutional affiliation or practice, with a distinguished record of support for the history of medicine over many years, and who has made continuing scholarly contributions of a distinguished nature.	History
Haskins Medal for a distinguished book	Highly Prestigious	Medieval Academy of America	October	Awarded annually for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies.	History
Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship	Highly Prestigious	American Antiquarian Society	October	The purpose of the fellowship is to provide the recipient with time and resources to extend research and/or to revise the dissertation for publication.	History
Merle Curti Award	Highly Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	One award is given annually to the author of the best book in American social history.	History
National Humanities Center Fellowship	Highly Prestigious	National Humanities Center	October	The National Humanities Center welcomes up to forty scholars from across the humanities and all over the world.	Multi- disciplinary
The Bancroft Prizes	Highly Prestigious	Columbia University	November	Awarded to the authors of distinguished works in either or both of the following categories: American History (including biography) and Diplomacy.	History
Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement	Highly Prestigious	Archaeological Institute of America	November	Recognizes of a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to archaeology through research and/or field work.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Rome Prize	Highly Prestigious	American Academy In Rome	November	Supports innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities.	Multi- disciplinary
National Book Critics Circle Award	Highly Prestigious	National Book Critics Circle	December	Each year the National Book Critics Circle selects awards in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism.	English Language and Literature
Parkman Prize	Highly Prestigious	Society of American Historians	December	Awarded annually to a nonfiction work of history on an American theme published the previous year that is distinguished by its literary merit.	History
Abbott Payson Usher Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	Continuous	Awarded to honor the best scholarly work published under the auspices of SHOT.	History
Binkley-Stephenson Award	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	Continuous	Given annually for the best article that appeared in the Journal of American History during the preceding calendar year (March, June, September, December issues).	History
Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award	Prestigious	Immigration and Ethnic History Society	Continuous	Honors the best article published in the JAEH during the two preceding years.	History
Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize (outstanding articles)	Prestigious	History of Science Society	Continuous	Recognizes excellence in a research article published in Isis.	History
Fletcher M Green and Charles W Ramsdell Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	Continuous	Awarded in even-numbered years for the best article published in the Journal of Southern History during the two-preceding years.	History
G Wesley Johnson Award	Prestigious	National Council on Public History	Continuous	Awarded for the best article in The Public Historian for the calendar year.	History
Leopold-Hidy Prize for Best Article in Environmental History	Prestigious	American Society for Environmental History	Continuous	Articles that appear in the journal, Environmental History, are automatically considered by our journal's editorial board.	History
Sixteenth Century Society and Conference Medal	Prestigious	Sixteenth Century Society and Conference	Continuous	Given once every five years to the member of the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference who has done the most to promote and to advance the area of early modern studies.	History
Surrency Prize for the best article published in the Law and History Review	Prestigious	American Society for Legal History	Continuous	Awarded annually for the best article published in the Society's journal, the Law and History Review, in the previous year.	History
Sutherland Prize for the best article on English legal history	Prestigious	American Society for Legal History	Continuous	Awarded annually to the person or persons who wrote the best article on English legal history published in the previous year.	History
The Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	Continuous	Awarded for the best-presented paper at the SHOT annual meeting by a scholar of any age presenting for the first time.	History
The William Nelson Prize	Prestigious	Renaissance Society of America	Continuous	Given annually for the best article published in Renaissance Quarterly during the preceding calendar year.	History
Vilis Vitols Award	Prestigious	Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies	Continuous	Presented to the author of the best article in a given year of the Journal of Baltic Studies.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Visiting Research Fellowship	Prestigious	International Research Center for Japanese Studies	Continuous	Supports research by providing foreign scholars with opportunities to conduct research at academic institutions in Japan.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Don M. Randel Award for Humanistic Studies	Prestigious	American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Continuous	Recognizes superior humanistic scholarship.	Multi- disciplinary
Huntington Medal	Prestigious	American Numismatic Society	Continuous	Recognizes outstanding career contributions to numismatic scholarship.	Multi- disciplinary
Notable Books for Adults	Prestigious	American Library Association	Continuous	The goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation's readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader.	Multi- disciplinary
Residency	Prestigious	American Academy In Rome	Continuous	Provides artists and scholars of all nationalities the opportunity to experience the intellectual and artistic freedom, interdisciplinary exchange, and innovation that characterizes life at the American Academy in Rome.	Multi- disciplinary
Honorary Membership	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	Continuous	Honors SEM members or other individuals for extraordinary service to the Society or to the field of ethnomusicology.	Music (except performance)
APA Barwise Prize	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	Continuous	Awarded for significant and sustained contributions to areas relevant to philosophy and computing.	Philosophy
APA Royce Lectures in the Philosophy of Mind	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	Continuous	The Josiah Royce Lectureship is on the philosophy of mind.	Philosophy
Multi-Country Regional Research Fellowship	Prestigious	American School of Classical Studies at Athens	January	Supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their PhD.	Classics
Albert B Corey Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	January	Awarded in even numbered years for the best book on Canadian-American relations or on the history of both countries.	History
ASECS Women's Caucus Editing and Translation Fellowship	Prestigious	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	January	The Fellowship is an annual award of $1000 to support an editing or a translation work in progress of an eighteenth-century primary text on a feminist or a Women's Studies subject.	History
Clifford Prize	Prestigious	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	January	Recognizes an article that presents an outstanding study of some aspect of eighteenth-century culture, interesting to any eighteenth-century specialist, regardless of discipline.	History
Emile Du Chatelet Award for Independent Scholarship	Prestigious	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	January	Supports research in progress by an independent or adjunct scholar on a feminist or Women's Studies subject.	History
Erik Barnouw Award	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	January	Given annually in recognition of outstanding programming on television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of American history.	History
Gilbert Chinard Prize	Prestigious	Society for French Historical Studies	January	Recognizes the best book published for the first time and with a copyright date within the previous year by a North American press in one of the two following fields: the history of French-American relations; or the comparative history of France and North, Central, or South America.	History
The David Pinkney Prize for the best book on French history	Prestigious	Society for French Historical Studies	January	Awarded to the most distinguished book in French History, published for the first time and with a copyright date of the preceding year by a citizen of the U.S. or Canada.	History
The J Worth Estes Prize	Prestigious	American Association for the History of Medicine	January	Awarded for the best published paper in the history of pharmacology during the previous 2 years.	History
The William Koren	Prestigious	Society for French Historical Studies	January	Awarded to the most outstanding article on any period of French history published the previous year by a scholar appointed at a college or university in the United States or Canada.	History
Donald G Davis Article Award	Prestigious	American Library Association	January	Recognizes the best article written in English in the field of United States and Canadian library history including the history of libraries, librarianship, and book culture.	Multi- disciplinary
Claude V Palisca Award for Outstanding Edition Or Translation	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	January	Honors a scholarly edition or translation in the field of musicology published during the previous year in any language and in any country by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States.	Music (except performance)
The Emerging Scholar Award	Prestigious	Society for Music Theory	January	Given for an article or book published no more than seven calendar years after the author's receipt of the Ph.D.	Music (except performance)
The Outstanding Publication Award	Prestigious	Society for Music Theory	January	Given for a distinguished article by an author of any age or career stage.	Music (except performance)
The Wallace Berry Award for a distinguished book	Prestigious	Society for Music Theory	January	Given for a distinguished book by an author of any age or career stage.	Music (except performance)
APA Book Prize	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	January	Awarded in odd years for the best, published book that was written by a younger scholar during the previous two years.	Philosophy
Joseph A. Callaway Prize	Prestigious	Department of English, New York University	January	Awarded every other year for the best book on drama or theatre published during the previous two years.	Theatre and Performance Studies
AAS CIAC Small Grants	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	February	Dissertation-level graduate students and scholars with special interests in China, Taiwan, or Inner Asia are invited to submit proposals.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
An Wang Fellowship	Prestigious	Harvard Fairbank Center for East Asian Research	February	An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowships have historically supported junior scholars in any discipline.	Multi- disciplinary
Winsor Prize for Library History Essay	Prestigious	American Library Association	February	Recognizes the best essay written in English on library history.	Multi- disciplinary
AAR Book Award/Analytical-Descriptive Studies	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	February	Honors works regarding analysis or theory that focuses on religion as an object of enquiry or on its typical components, such as myth, ritual, or tradition.	Religion
AAR Book Award/Best First Book in the History of Religions	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	February	Honors exceptional scholarship and books in the field of "History of Religions" with a publication date within the preceding calendar year.	Religion
AAR Book Award - Constructive- Reflective Studies	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	February	Honors works concerning contemporary ethics, philosophy, interpretation, theology or analogous forms of critical reflection.	Religion
AAR Book Award/Historical Studies	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	February	Honors works concerning the history of a particular religion or religions in a specific historical period or geographical area	Religion
George Freedley Award	Prestigious	Theatre Library Association	February	Honors a work published during the preceding calendar year, with a subject related to live performance.	Theatre and Performance Studies
John Hope Franklin Publication Prize	Prestigious	American Studies Association	March	Honors the most outstanding book published in American studies for the year preceding the annual meeting.	American Studies
Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize	Prestigious	American Studies Association	March	Awarded to the best first book published in American studies that highlights intersectional dynamics in the study of race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or nation.	American Studies
Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	March	Awarded for an outstanding literary or linguistic study or a critical biography. Open to studies dealing with literary theory, media, cultural history, or interdisciplinary topics.	English Language and Literature
Charles S Sydnor Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	March	Recognizes a distinguished book in southern history published in odd-numbered years and awarded in even-numbered years.	History
Francis B Simkins Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	March	Recognizes the best first book by an author in the field of southern history over a two-year period.	History
Frank L and Harriet C Owsley Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	March	Recognizes a distinguished book in southern history published in even-numbered years and is awarded in odd-numbered years.	History
H L Mitchell Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	March	Given in recognition of a distinguished book concerning the history of the southern working class, including but not limited to industrial laborers and/or small farmers and agricultural laborers.	History
Leroy E Doggett Award for Historical Astronomy	Prestigious	American Astronomical Society	March	Awarded to an individual who has significantly influenced the field of the history of astronomy by a career-long effort.	History
The Albert C Outler Prize	Prestigious	American Society of Church History	March	Honors the best book, published in the prior calendar year, that illumines the diversity of global Christianity, issues of Christian unity and disunity (doctrinal, cultural, institutional), and/or the interactions between Christianity and other religions, in any period and area of the history of Christianity.	History
The Bennett H Wall Award (Book Prize)	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	March	Awarded to the best book published in southern business or economic history over a two-year period.	History
The Frank S and Elizabeth D Brewer Prize	Prestigious	American Society of Church History	March	Honors outstanding scholarship in the history of Christianity by a first-time author.	History
The Jane Dempsey Douglass Prize	Prestigious	American Society of Church History	March	Honors the best essay on women in the history of Christianity published in the previous calendar year.	History
The Philip Schaff Prize	Prestigious	American Society of Church History	March	Honors the best book in the history of Christianity by a North American scholar published in the prior calendar year.	History
The Sally Hacker Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	March	Honors exceptional scholarship that reaches beyond the academy toward a broad audience.	History
James R Wiseman Book Award	Prestigious	Archaeological Institute of America	March	The Award Committee will recommend the academic work on an archaeological topic it deems most worthy of recognition in that year.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
APA Article Prize	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	March	Awarded for the best, published article by a younger scholar in the previous 2 years.	Philosophy
Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	March	Awarded to the best unpublished essay or monograph on the philosophy of war and peace.	Philosophy
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	April	Awarded for an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work.	English Language and Literature
Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	April	Awarded for an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work.	English Language and Literature
Bainton Book Prize	Prestigious	Sixteenth Century Society and Conference	April	Awarded yearly for the best books written in English dealing with three categories within the time frame of 1450-1660: Art and Music History, History and Theology, Literature, and Reference Works.	History
Carl S Meyer Prize for the Best Paper Delivered At the Yearly Meeting	Prestigious	Sixteenth Century Society and Conference	April	Awarded annually for the best paper delivered at the yearly meeting by a scholar who is still in graduate school or has earned the Ph.D. in the last five years.	History
Fellowship in Aerospace History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	April	Support significant scholarly research projects in aerospace history.	History
Harold J Grimm Prize	Prestigious	Sixteenth Century Society and Conference	April	Awarded for the best article published during the previous year which reflects and sustains Grimm's lifelong search for a broad understanding of the Reformation as a fundamentally religious phenomenon which permeated the whole civilization of Europe in the Reformation Era.	History
Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize	Prestigious	Sixteenth Century Society and Conference	April	Awarded annually for the best article published in English on sixteenth-century French history during the preceding calendar year.	History
Pfizer Award for an Outstanding Book	Prestigious	History of Science Society	April	Awarded in recognition of an outstanding book dealing with the history of science.	History
The Bernard S. Finn IEEE History Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	April	Awarded to the best paper in the history of electrotechnology - power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science - published during the preceding year.	History
The Eugene S Ferguson Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	April	Awarded biennially for an outstanding and original reference work that supports future scholarship in the history of technology.	History
The Margaret W Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize	Prestigious	History of Science Society	April	Awarded in recognition of an outstanding book (or, in even-numbered years, article) on the history of women in science.	History
The Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	April	Awarded for a single-authored, unpublished essay in the history of technology that explicitly examines, in some detail, a technology or technological device or process within the framework of social or intellectual history.	History
The Sidney Edelstein Prize	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	April	Awarded to the author of an outstanding scholarly book in the history of technology published during the preceding three years.	History
Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize (best books for general readers)	Prestigious	History of Science Society	April	Honors books in the history of science directed to a wide public (including undergraduate instruction).	History
Outstanding Public Service Award	Prestigious	Archaeological Institute of America	April	Recognizes exceptional contributions that promote public understanding of, interest in, and support for archaeology and the preservation of the archaeological record.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
The Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archeology	Prestigious	Archaeological Institute of America	April	The recipient may be a professional or amateur scientist, or a team, whose interdisciplinary work with archaeologists merits recognition.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Houshang Pourshariati Iranian Studies Book Award	Prestigious	Middle East Studies Association	April	Recognizes outstanding publishing in Iranian studies.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Kulczycki Books Prize in Polish Studies	Prestigious	American Association for the Advancement of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies	April	Awarded annually for the best book in any discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs, published in the previous calendar year.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
W Bruce Lincoln Book Prize	Prestigious	American Association for the Advancement of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies	April	Awarded for an author's first published monograph or scholarly synthesis that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for the understanding of Russia's past.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Wayne S Vucinich Book Prize	Prestigious	American Association for the Advancement of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies	April	Awarded for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences published in English in the United States in the previous calendar year.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Albert Hourani Book Award	Prestigious	Middle East Studies Association	April	Recognizes outstanding publishing in Middle East studies.	Multi- disciplinary
Distinguished Africanist Award	Prestigious	African Studies Association	April	Recognizes lifetime distinguished contributions to African studies.	Multi- disciplinary
Phyllis Franklin Award for Public Advocacy of the Humanities	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	April	Honors a person who has fostered public support for the humanities through speaking, writing, policy making, or other activities.	Multi- disciplinary
Alan Merriam Prize	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	April	Recognizes the most distinguished English-language monograph in the field of ethnomusicology, published as the author's second or a later monograph.	Music (except performance)
Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	April	Supports research on Native American Music of the United States and Canada and to recognize the publication of said research.	Music (except performance)
Jaap Kunst Prize	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	April	Recognizes the most significant article in ethnomusicology written by members of the Society for Ethnomusicology during the first 10 years of their scholarly career.	Music (except performance)
Klaus P Wachsmann Prize for Advanced and Critical Essays in Organology	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	April	Recognizes a major publication that advances the field of organology through the presentation of new data and by using innovative methods in the study of musical instruments.	Music (except performance)
Robert M Stevenson Prize	Prestigious	Society for Ethno-musicology	April	Honors ethnomusicologists who are also composers by awarding a prize for a single composition, broadly defined as an original musical work created by the applicant.	Music (except performance)
Errol Hill Award	Prestigious	American Society for Theatre Research	April	Given in recognition of outstanding scholarship in African American theater, drama, and/or performance studies, as demonstrated in the form of a published book-length project (monograph or essay collection) or scholarly article.	Theatre and Performance Studies
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly work in the field of comparative literary studies involving at least two literatures.	Comparative Literature
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding translation into English of a book-length work of literary history, literary criticism, philology, or literary theory.	English Language and Literature
Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish.	English Language and Literature
Howard R Marraro Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly work on any phase of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.	English Language and Literature
Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures.	English Language and Literature
Kenneth W Mildenberger Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for a work in the fields of language, culture, literacy, or literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English.	English Language and Literature
Mina P Shaughnessy Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for a work in the fields of language, culture, literacy, or literature with strong application to the teaching of English.	English Language and Literature
Modern Language Association Prize for a Bibliography	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding enumerative or descriptive bibliography, archive, digital project, or collaborative research project.	English Language and Literature
Modern Language Association Prize for a Scholarly Edition	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly edition.	English Language and Literature
Morton N Cohen Award for A Distinguished Edition of Letters	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for outstanding edition of letters.	English Language and Literature
William Sanders Scarborough Prize	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly study of black American literature or culture.	English Language and Literature
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly work in French or francophone linguistic or literary studies.	French and Francophone Language and Literature
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of any of the Germanic languages (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish).	German Language and Literature
Cromwell Book Prize	Prestigious	American Society for Legal History	May	Awarded annually to the best book in the field of American legal history by an early career scholar.	History
David Thelen Award (Foreign Language Article Prize)	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	May	Honors the best article on American history written in a language other than English.	History
George L Mosse Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding major work of extraordinary scholarly distinction, creativity, and originality in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since 1500.	History
George Louis Beer Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Recognizes outstanding historical writing in European international history since 1895.	History
Herbert Baxter Adams Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for a distinguished book published in English in the field of European history.	History
Herbert Feis Award	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Recognizes distinguished contributions to public history, broadly defined.	History
Howard R Marraro Prize in Italian History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for the best book on Italian history, Italian cultural history, or Italo-American cultural relations.	History
J Franklin Jameson Fellows	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Recognizes outstanding achievement in the editing of historical sources.	History
James Henry Breasted Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	This prize is offered for the best book in English in any field of history prior to CE 1000.	History
Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded annually for the book in women's history and/or feminist theory that best reflects the high intellectual and scholarly ideals exemplified by the life and work of Joan Kelly.	History
John H Dunning Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for an outstanding monograph on any subject relating to United States history.	History
Leo Gershoy Award	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded to the author of the most outstanding work published in English on any aspect of 17th- and 18th-century European history.	History
Leonardo da Vinci Medal	Prestigious	Society for the History of Technology	May	Presented to an individual who has greatly contributed to the history of technology through research, teaching, publications, and other activities.	History
Littleton-Griswold Prize in American Law and Society	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Award for the best book in any subject on the history of American law and society, broadly defined.	History
Morris D Forkosch Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded for the best book in English in the field of British, British imperial, or British Commonwealth history since 1485.	History
Paul Birdsall Prize in European Military and Strategic History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded biennially for the most important work published in English on European military or strategic history since 1870.	History
Premio Del Rey Prize	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded biennially for a distinguished book in English in the field of early Spanish history.	History
The J Franklin Jameson Prize for Outstanding Editorial Achievement	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded biennially for outstanding achievement in the editing of historical sources.	History
The James A Rawley Prize in Atlantic History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Recognizes outstanding historical writing that explores aspects of integration of Atlantic worlds before the 20th century.	History
The Russell Major Prize on the history of France	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded annually for the best work in English on any aspect of French history.	History
Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History (book prize)	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Awarded annually for an outstanding book in African diaspora history.	History
Willi Paul Adams Award	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	May	Given biennially to the author of the best book on American history published in a language other than English.	History
William Gilbert Award for the Best Article on Teaching History	Prestigious	American Historical Association	May	Recognizes outstanding contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of articles in journals, magazines, and other serials.	History
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded each odd-numbered year to the author of an outstanding scholarly book on any phase of Italian literature or culture or comparative literature involving Italian.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded biennially for an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of the Slavic languages.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Jonas C Greenfield Prize For Younger Semitists	Prestigious	American Oriental Society	May	Granted every four years to a younger scholar for the best article in any area of Semitic studies that has been published during the most recent three-year period.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
H Colin Slim Award for Outstanding Article in Musicology	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Honors a musicological article of exceptional merit, published during the previous year in any language and in any country by a scholar who is past the early stages of her or his career and who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States.	Music (except performance)
Lewis Lockwood Award for outstanding work of musicological scholarship	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Honors each year a musicological book of exceptional merit published during the previous year.	Music (except performance)
Robert M Stevenson Award	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Recognizes outstanding scholarship in Iberian music.	Music (except performance)
The Alfred Einstein Award for outstanding article in musicology	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Honors a musicological article of exceptional merit, published during the previous year.	Music (except performance)
The Otto Kinkeldey Award	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Honors a musicological book of exceptional merit published during the previous year.	Music (except performance)
The Phillip Brett Award	Prestigious	American Musicological Society, Inc.	May	Honors exceptional musicological work in the field of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender/transsexual studies completed during the previous two calendar years.	Music (except performance)
MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies	Prestigious	Modern Language Association	May	Awarded to a member of the association for an outstanding scholarly study in any language of United States Latina and Latino or Chicana and Chicano literature or culture published in the two preceding years.	Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature
Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize	Prestigious	American Mathematical Society	June	Recognizes notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics.	History
John Phillip Reid Book Award	Prestigious	American Society for Legal History	June	Awarded for the best monograph by a mid-career or senior scholar, published in English in any of the fields defined broadly as Anglo-American legal history, with a preference for work that falls within Reid's own interests in seventeenth- through nineteenth-century Anglo-America and Native American law.	History
John W Blassingame Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	June	Honors distinguished scholarship and mentorship in African American history.	History
AAS E. Gene Smith Book Prize	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	June	Honors outstanding and innovative scholarship across discipline and country of specialization for a book on Inner Asia.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Irving Lowens Award for Best Article	Prestigious	Society for American Music	June	Awarded for an article that makes an outstanding contribution to the study of American music.	Music (except performance)
Irving Lowens Award for Best Book	Prestigious	Society for American Music	June	Awarded to the book judged as the best in the field of American music.	Music (except performance)
APA Berger Memorial Prize	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	June	Awarded to an outstanding published article in philosophy of law.	Philosophy
APA Essay Prize in Latin American Thought	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	June	Awarded to the author of the best unpublished, English-language, philosophical essay in Latin American thought.	Philosophy
Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship	Prestigious	Phi Beta Kappa Society	June	Awarded annually to scholars in the field of philosophy, without restriction to any one school of philosophical thought.	Philosophy
Antoinette Forrester Downing Award	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	July	Annual award for excellence in a published work devoted to historical topics in preservation.	Historic Preservation
Founders' JSAH Article Award	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	July	Given for an article published by an emerging scholar in the preceding two years in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians that exhibits excellence of scholarship and presentation.	Historic Preservation
History Manuscript Award	Prestigious	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics	July	Presented for the best historical manuscript dealing with the science, technology, and/or impact of aeronautics and astronautics on society.	History
Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize	Prestigious	Renaissance Society of America	July	Recognizes significant accomplishments in Renaissance Studies by members of the RSA and to encourage Renaissance scholarship.	History
Alice Davis Hitchcock Award	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	July	Recognizes the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Spiro Kostof Award	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	July	This award will be given to interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of cities.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Elisabeth Blair Macdougall Award	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	July	Recognizes the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of landscape architecture or garden design.	Landscape Architecture
ASTR Research Fellowship	Prestigious	American Society for Theatre Research	July	The purpose of the ASTR Research Fellowships is to underwrite some of the research expenses of scholars undertaking projects significant to the field of theatre and/or performance studies.	Theatre and Performance Studies
AAS Bernard Cohn Book Prize	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	August	Honors outstanding and innovative scholarship across discipline and country of specialization for a first single-authored monograph on South Asia, published during the preceding year.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
AAS NEAC James B Palais Book Prize	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	August	Given annually to an outstanding scholar of Korean studies from any discipline or country specialization to recognize distinguished scholarly work on Korea.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Grants	Prestigious	Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation	August	The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression.	Multi- disciplinary
American Academy of Religion Collaborative Research Grant	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	August	Collaborative research grants are intended to stimulate cooperative research among scholars who have a focus on a clearly identified research project proposed by American Academy of Religion members.	Religion
American Academy of Religion Individual Research Grant	Prestigious	American Academy of Religion	August	Individual research grants provide support for important aspects of research, such as travel to archives and libraries, and field work.	Religion
SCS Outreach Prize (formerly APA Prize for Scholarly Research)	Prestigious	Society for Classical Studies	September	Recognizes outstanding projects or events by an SCS member or members that make an aspect of classical antiquity available and attractive to an audience other than classics scholars or students in their courses.	Classics
Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellows	Prestigious	American Council of Learned Societies	September	Supports long-term, unusually ambitious projects in the humanities and related social sciences.	History
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellows	Prestigious	Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts	September	Fellowships are intended to support research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Frank Moore Cross Publication Award	Prestigious	American Schools of Oriental Research	September	Presented to the author/editor of the most substantial volume(s) related to the history and/or religion of the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
P.E. Macallister Field Archaeology Award	Prestigious	American Schools of Oriental Research	September	Honors an archaeologist who, during his/her career, has made outstanding contributions to ancient Near Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean archaeology.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Paul Mellon Visiting Senior Fellows	Prestigious	Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts	September	Supports research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Richard J Scheuer Medal	Prestigious	American Schools of Oriental Research	September	Honors an individual who has provided truly outstanding, long-term support and service contributions to ASOR.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Scott Opler Emerging Scholar Fellowship	Prestigious	Society of Architectural Historians	September	Supports emerging scholars whose papers have been accepted for delivery at the SAH Annual International Conference.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
AAS First Book Subvention Program	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	September	The AAS administers a program for AAS-member authors who require subventions to ensure publication of their first books.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Alfred Hodder Fellowship	Prestigious	Princeton University Council of the Humanities	September	Open to artists demonstrating "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts."	Multi- disciplinary
Center for Hellenic Studies Senior Fellowship	Prestigious	Center for Hellenic Studies	October	The purpose of the fellowship program is to encourage and support research of the highest quality on topics related to ancient Greek civilization.	Classics
Avery O Craven Award	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Given annually to the author of the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the Era of Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history.	History
Ellis W Hawley Prize	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Given annually to the author of the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present.	History
James A Rawley Prize	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Given annually to the author of the best book dealing with the history of race relations in the United States.	History
John Nicholas Brown Prize	Prestigious	Medieval Academy of America	October	Awarded for a first book or monograph on a medieval subject judged by the selection committee to be of outstanding quality.	History
Liberty Legacy Foundation Award	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Given to the author of the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle from the beginnings of the nation to the present.	History
Mellon Fellowships for Assistant Professors	Prestigious	Institute for Advanced Study	October	Supports promising young scholars who have embarked on professional careers.	History
Ray Allen Billington Prize	Prestigious	Organization of American Historians	October	Awarded to the author of the best book on the history of native and/or settler peoples in frontier, border, and borderland zones of intercultural contact in any century to the present and to include works that address the legacies of those zones.	History
School of Historical Studies/Members	Prestigious	Institute for Advanced Study	October	Supports scholarship in all fields of historical research.	History
The William H Welch Medal	Prestigious	American Association for the History of Medicine	October	Awarded to one or more authors of a book (excluding edited volumes) of outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history published during the five calendar years preceding the award.	History
Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize	Prestigious	Medieval Academy of America	October	Awarded annually for a first article in the field of medieval studies, published in a scholarly journal, judged by the selection committee to be of outstanding quality.	History
William F Holmes Award	Prestigious	Southern Historical Association	October	Presented every year for the best paper presented at the annual meeting by a graduate student or junior faculty member.	History
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Senior Fellows	Prestigious	Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts	October	The fellowships are reserved for qualified art historians, conservators, conservation scientists, educators, and librarians, who have worked at least 5 years in one of the departments of the National Gallery of Art and who have held the appropriate terminal degree in their field for at least five years.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Paul Mellon Senior Fellow	Prestigious	Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts	October	Supports research in the history, theory, and criticism of the visual arts.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Samuel H Kress Senior Fellows	Prestigious	Center for the Advanced Study in the Visual Arts	October	Supports research on European art before the early nineteenth century.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
AAS NEAC Japan Studies Grants	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	October	These programs are designed to facilitate the research of individual scholars, to improve the quality of teaching about Japan on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Japan into the major academic disciplines in the United States.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
AAS NEAC Korean Studies Grants	Prestigious	Association for Asian Studies	October	Grant program in Korean studies designed to assist the research of individual scholars based in North America to improve the quality of teaching about Korea on both the college and precollege levels, and to integrate the study of Korea into the major academic disciplines.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Visiting Research Scholar	Prestigious	International Research Center for Japanese Studies	October	In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center regularly appoints a number of scholars from around the world as Visiting Research Scholars.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Columbia University Fellow	Prestigious	Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities	October	The Columbia Society of Fellows in the Humanities will appoint a number of postdoctoral fellows in the humanities.	Multi- disciplinary
External Faculty Fellowship	Prestigious	Stanford Humanities Center	October	Faculty fellowships are awarded across the spectrum of academic ranks (assistant, associate, and full professor) and a goal of the selection process is to create a diverse community of scholars.	Multi- disciplinary
Getty Scholars / Residency at the Getty Center	Prestigious	Getty Foundation, The	October	Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities who are working in the arts, humanities, or social sciences.	Multi- disciplinary
Laurance S Rockefeller Visiting Fellowships	Prestigious	Princeton University Center for Human Values	October	Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life.	Philosophy
Alice Hamilton Prize for Best Article Outside Environmental History	Prestigious	American Society for Environmental History	November	Awarded for the best article outside journal Environmental History.	History
Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize	Prestigious	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	November	Given to the author of the best book-length biography of a late seventeenth-century or eighteenth-century subject.	History
Civil Engineering History and Heritage Award	Prestigious	American Society of Civil Engineers	November	Recognizes the recipient's contribution/s toward a better knowledge of, or appreciation of, the history and heritage of civil engineering.	History
George Perkins Marsh Prize for Best Book in Environmental History	Prestigious	American Society for Environmental History	November	Awarded for the best book in environmental history.	History
Gottschalk Prize	Prestigious	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	November	Recognizes an outstanding historical or critical study on the eighteenth century.	History
Lloyd Lewis Fellows in American History	Prestigious	Newberry Library	November	Support scholarship in any area of American history that is applicable to the Newberry's collection.	History
National Council on Public History Book Award	Prestigious	National Council on Public History	November	A $1,000 award for the best book about or growing out of public history published within the previous two calendar years.	History
Robert Kelley Memorial Award	Prestigious	National Council on Public History	November	Honors distinguished achievements by individuals, institutions, or nonprofit or corporate entities for making history relevant to individual lives of ordinary people outside of academia.	History
Robert L Kindrick CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies	Prestigious	Medieval Academy of America	November	Recognizes Medieval Academy members who have provided leadership in developing, organizing, promoting, and sponsoring medieval studies through the extensive administrative work that is so crucial to the health of medieval studies but that often goes unrecognized by the profession at large.	History
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities	Prestigious	Newberry Library	November	Supports scholarship in any field of study appropriate to the Newberry's collection.	Multi- disciplinary
Monticello College Foundation Fellowship for Women	Prestigious	Newberry Library	November	Designed for a pre-tenure woman whose work gives clear promise of scholarly productivity and would benefit significantly from being in residence at the Newberry.	Multi- disciplinary
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows	Prestigious	Newberry Library	November	Support scholarship in any field appropriate to the Newberry's collection.	Multi- disciplinary
Earle Johnson Bequest for Book Publication Subvention	Prestigious	Society for American Music	November	Supports the costs of the publication of significant books on American music.	Music (except performance)
APA Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	November	This fellowship is for the support and dissemination of research in the field of ethics.	Philosophy
WY Boyd Literary Award	Prestigious	American Library Association	December	Honors the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war.	English Language and Literature
Michael C Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis	Prestigious	National Council on Public History	December	Rewards historical studies that contribute directly to the formation of public policy.	History
Theodore Saloutos Book Award	Prestigious	Immigration and Ethnic History Society	December	Presented for the book judged best on any aspect of the immigration history of the United States.	History
AABS Research Grants for Emerging Scholars	Prestigious	Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies	December	AABS invites applications for research grants of up to $6,000 in any field of Baltic Studies.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Study	Prestigious	Social Science Research Council	December	The program promotes young North American researchers with specialized knowledge of modern and contemporary Germany and Europe.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Dartmouth Medal	Prestigious	American Library Association	December	Honors the creation of a reference work of outstanding quality and significance, including, but not limited to: writing, compiling, editing, or publishing books or electronic information.	Multi- disciplinary
Internal & External Faculty research Fellowships	Prestigious	Tanner Humanities Center	December	Provides scholars with the time and support to conduct research that makes significant contributions to humanistic knowledge.	Multi- disciplinary
Stonewall Book Awards	Prestigious	American Library Association	December	Honors books for exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/ transgender experience.	Multi- disciplinary
APA Edinburgh Fellowship	Prestigious	American Philosophical Association	December	The APA sponsors one visiting research fellowship per year.	Philosophy
Wilson Center Senior Scholar	Prestigious	Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars	TBD	The Center hosts international Program Scholars who conduct research and write in a variety of disciplines.	Multi- disciplinary
K-SAA Essay Prize	-	Embassy of France in the United States	Continuous	Recognizes outstanding scholarship devoted to the writers of our period and the culture in which they lived.	English Language and Literature
US/ICOMOS Fellows	-	International Council on Monuments and Sites	Continuous	Recognizes and honors American scholars, professionals and civic volunteers who have worked to advance international preservation standards and programs.	Historic Preservation
The Charles E. Scripps Award for the Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year	-	Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)	Continuous	Presented to any past or present administrator of a school, department of journalism or mass communication at accredited or non-accredited schools.	Journalism and Mass Communication
American Book Award	-	Association for Information Systems	Continuous	Honors excellence in American literature without restriction or bias with regard to race, sex, creed, cultural origin, size of press or ad budget, or even genre.	Multi- disciplinary
USA Fellow	-	Society of Experimental Social Psychology	Continuous	Recognizes the most compelling artists working and living in the United States, in all disciplines, at every stage of their career.	Multi- disciplinary
Kate B and Hall J Peterson Fellowships	-	American Antiquarian Society	January	Fellowships are for research on any topic supported by the collections.	History
Malcolm Bell	-	Before Columbus Foundation	January	Recognizes the best book on Georgia history published in the previous year.	History
Fellow	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	January	Recognizes the contributions of members to their profession and society at large based on their works, leadership and management, knowledge, and service.	Landscape Architecture
Short-term Fellows	-	Association of University Centers on Disabilities	January	Fellowships have supported research and writing done at the Folger Shakespeare Library since 1984.	Multi- disciplinary
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards	-	Academy of American Poets	February	Recognizes outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry.	English Language and Literature
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards	-	National Trust for Historic Preservation	February	Recognizes and celebrates the "best of the best" in preservation projects across the country - projects that highlight cutting-edge preservation approaches or technologies.	Historic Preservation
The ASLA Design Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	February	Recognizes an individual landscape architect who has produced a body of exceptional design work at a sustained level for a period of at least ten years.	Landscape Architecture
The ASLA Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	February	Bestowed upon a landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions to the profession have had a unique and lasting impact on the welfare of the public and the environment.	Landscape Architecture
The Jot D Carpenter Teaching Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	February	Recognizes an individual who has made a sustained and significant contribution to landscape architecture education.	Landscape Architecture
The LaGasse Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	February	Recognizes notable contributions by individuals to the management and conservancy of natural resources and/or public landscapes.	Landscape Architecture
Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowship	-	Soil and Water Conservation Society	February	Provides support for visiting researchers working on projects that require on-site consultation of University of Chicago Library collections, primarily archives, manuscripts or printed materials in the Special Collections Research Center.	Multi- disciplinary
Elva Knight Research Grant	-	International Reading Association	March	This grant is a US$5,000 grant for research in reading and literacy.	English Language and Literature
Open Competition	-	National Poetry Series, The	March	Five winning poets will each receive a $10,000 cash prize in addition to having a full-length manuscript published by a participating publisher.	English Language and Literature
William S Gray Citation of Merit	-	International Reading Association	March	Awarded to ILA members who have made outstanding contributions to multiple facets of literacy development: research, theory, practice, and policy.	English Language and Literature
Peter H. Brink Award for Individual Achievement in Historic Preservation	-	National Trust for Historic Preservation	March	Recognizes an individual who has made extraordinary contributions toward saving a historic place in the past year.	Historic Preservation
Bradford Williams Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	March	To recognize superior writing in Landscape Architecture Magazine (LAM) and excellence in writing about landscape architecture in other mainstream periodicals.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
President's Medal	-	American Society of Landscape Architects	March	Awarded each year to an ASLA member for unselfish and devoted service to the ASLA at the national level over a period of not less than five years.	Landscape Architecture
Early Career Achievement Award	-	Literacy Research Association	April	Recognizes the work of one member each year who is in the early part of her or his career.	English Language and Literature
Krieghbaum Under-40 Award	-	Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)	April	Honors AEJMC members under 40 years of age who have shown outstanding achievement and effort in all three AEJMC areas: teaching, research and public service.	Journalism and Mass Communication
MELUS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Studies	-	Huntington Library, The	April	Honors esteemed colleagues and scholars in multiethnic studies.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Edward B Fry Book Award	-	Literacy Research Association	May	Recognizes LRA members who author a book on literacy research and practice.	English Language and Literature
Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize	-	American Society for Testing and Materials International	June	Awarded for the best book, anthology, and article in African American women's history.	History
Marjorie Weston Emerson Award	-	IEEE Computer Society	June	Prize given annually for outstanding scholarly work on Mozart published in English during the two previous calendar years.	Music (except performance)
John Friedmann Award	-	Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning	June	Presented to a book or comparable work that best exemplifies scholarship in the area of planning for sustainable development.	Urban Studies and Planning
Albert J Kingston Award	-	Literacy Research Association	August	Given to honor an LRA member for distinguished contributions of service to LRA.	Comparative Literature
Oscar S Causey Award	-	Literacy Research Association	August	Recognizes outstanding contributions to reading research.	English Language and Literature
AAR Award for Excellence in Teaching	-	American Academy of Religion	August	Recognizes the importance of teaching, and honors outstanding teaching in the field.	Religion
American Academy in Berlin Fellow	-	American Academy in Berlin	September	Seeks to enrich transatlantic dialogue in the arts, humanities, and public policy through the development and communication of projects of the highest scholarly merit.	Multi- disciplinary
J Michael Parker Award	-	Literacy Research Association	October	Encourages research in adult literacy.	English Language and Literature
Innovative Course Design Competition	-	American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies	October	Encourages excellence in undergraduate teaching of the eighteenth century.	History
Philip Taft Labor History Book Award	-	Folger Shakespeare Library	October	Given for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history.	History
Camargo Core Program Fellowship	-	Association for Institutional Research	October	The Camargo Foundation has awarded residencies as part of its mission to support groundbreaking research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities.	Multi- disciplinary
Franklin Grants	-	American Philosophical Society	October	Supports the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.	Philosophy
AICP Fellow	-	American Planning Association	October	Fellows of AICP are nominated and selected by their peers to recognize and honor their outstanding contributions as a professional planner.	Urban Studies and Planning
Audrey Lumsden-Kouvel Fellowship	-	Newberry Library	November	Supports scholarship related to history and literature in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period.	History
Mellon Fellowships in Urban Landscape Studies	-	Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection	November	The Mellon Fellowships are intended to expand significantly the opportunities offered by the institution to study the history and future of urban landscapes through the lenses of democracy, race, identity, and difference.	Landscape Architecture
Lambda Literary Award	-	Georgia Historical Society	November	Lambda Literary Awards (the "Lammys") have identified and honored the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Bellagio Center Residence	-	Rockefeller Foundation, The	November	Offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers, and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents from a wide array of backgrounds, disciplines, and geographies.	Multi- disciplinary
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (CCK) New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society	-	American Council of Learned Societies	November	ACLS invites proposals in the humanities and related social sciences that adopt an explicitly cross-cultural or comparative perspective.	Multi- disciplinary
Short-term Fellows	-	Camargo Foundation	November	Short-term fellowships are open to scholars in any field where The Huntington's collections are strong.	Multi- disciplinary
Hagley Prize	-	Hagley Museum and Library	November	Awarded for the best book in business history, broadly defined.	Multi- disciplinary
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award	-	National Bureau of Economic Research	December	For 10 pages of poetry from a manuscript-in-progress.	Comparative Literature
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award	-	National Bureau of Economic Research	December	For a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern.	English Language and Literature
Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research	-	Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)	December	Recognizes a body of significant research over the course of an individual's career.	Journalism and Mass Communication
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award/Nonfiction	-	Association for the Study of Higher Education	December	Recognizes books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.	Language, Societies, and Cultures
Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts	-	World Cultural Council (WCC)	December	Acknowledges to those who lift our existence to a higher level by the beauty or inspiration of their creative talent.	Multi- disciplinary
Newberry Library Short-Term Fellow	-	Newberry Library	December	Short-Term Fellowships provide opportunities for individuals who have a specific need for the Newberry's collection.	Multi- disciplinary
Residential Fellowship	-	Southern Finance Association	December	Virginia Humanities offers fellowships to scholars and writers at the writing or production stage of a research project.	Multi- disciplinary
Alvin H Johnson AMS 50 Fellowship	-	American Musicological Society, Inc.	December	The Society makes available up to three funded dissertation-year fellowships each year.	Music (except performance)
Charles H. Sandage Award for Teaching Excellence	-	American Academy of Advertising	TBD	Recognizes outstanding contributions to advertising teaching.	Advertising
Mary Alice Shaver Promising Professor Award	-	American Academy of Advertising	TBD	Honors a junior faculty member who has demonstrated excellence and innovation in advertising teaching and research.	Advertising
Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Inklings Studies	-	Mythopoeic Society	TBD	Given to books on J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and/or Charles Williams that make significant contributions to Inklings scholarship.	English Language and Literature
Ann Webster Smith Award	-	International Council on Monuments and Sites	TBD	Honors an American individual, group of persons or institution for extraordinary and sustained achievement in perpetuating Ann Webster Smith's quest to make the U.S. a respected partner and trustworthy pillar to support the conservation of the cultural heritage in all parts of the world.	Historic Preservation
Metcalf Award in Art	-	American Academy of Arts and Letters	TBD	Honors young artists of great promise.	History of Art, Architecture and Archaeology
Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies/Fellowship	-	Southern Economic Association	TBD	The fellowship program brings roughly twenty scholars each year for stays of varying length to conduct research on a shared annual theme within the field of Judaic studies.	Religion
Gerald Kahan Scholar's Prize	-	American Society for Theatre Research	TBD	Award for the best essay written and published in English in a refereed scholarly journal.	Theatre and Performance Studies