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William R. Hochman Prize for Distinguished Student Research & Writing in History

This award was established to honor the late Professor William R. Hochman of the Department of History. It supports an annual award for a student or students whose senior thesis best represents Bill's advocacy of fresh critical approaches to sources and lucid written argument. Professor Hochman was a vital member of the 91自拍 community for over six decades and was the chair of the History Department for many years. He pushed his students to tackle the key issues of the time: the balances and battles between individual freedom and religious, social, and political authority.

Every year the History Department faculty award the William R. Hochman Prize for a Senior Thesis that demonstrates superior historical scholarship. Faculty nominate Senior Theses for consideration and evaluate them in Block 8. The William R. Hochman Prize is awarded at Honors Convocation in Block 8.

William R. Hochman winners:

• 2026: Mohan Raghunath
• 2025: Samuel Nystrom-Costales
• 2024 :Hongli Zeng
• 2023: Margaret Hughes
• 2022: Will Funk
• 2021: Jacob Roschelle
• 2020: Gabriel McGill 

Prior to its renaming in late 2019, this award was given as the Robert J. Cosgrove Award for Excellence in Student Research.

The Clyde Augustus Duniway Award for Outstanding Student Achievement

A Stanford University history professor turned administrator, Duniway served as president of the universities of Montana and Wyoming, and the 91自拍 from 1917-1923. At 91自拍, his efforts to raise academic standards provoked a storm of student protest.

Elsie L. Joerling Scholarship Fund

This scholarship was established in 1990. Elsie Louise Joerling '47 was a caseworker for El Paso County Department of Social Services. Ms. Joerling was born in Colorado Springs and graduated from Colorado Springs High School before matriculating at 91自拍. Ms. Joerling was active in Colorado Springs public life and was a volunteer at the Police Department's Victim Services Unit. In addition to this scholarship, she also left 91自拍 her stamp collection. 

This scholarship is awarded to an outstanding woman history major who receives financial aid.  

Past Elsie L. Joerling winners:

• 2026: Caroline Moffitt
• 2025: Emma Snow
• 2024: Sage Donnelly & Hailee Brooks-Kestler
• 2023:
• 2022:
• Spring 2021: Mahea Daniels
• Fall 2020 and Spring 2021: Taylor Hawkins
• 2019: Ellen Loucks
• 2018: Jaysha Schwindt
• 2017: Rachael Maxwell
• 2016: Taylor Wright
• 2015: Kaimara Herron-July

William Hochman Prize in War, Peace, and Human Values

The William Hochman Prize in War, Peace, and Human Values is awarded every year to honor student work on the experiences of war. Professor William Hochman was a World War II veteran, antiwar advocate, and tireless proponent for peace and human rights. The History Department welcomes student submissions, which include essays, poetry, photography, videos, and other media, for this prize in memory of Bill Hochman. 

Submissions should be sent to John Williams (jwilliams@coloradocollege.edu) by 4th Monday of Block 7. 

The winner will be announced at Honors Convocation. 

Past William Hochman Prize in War, Peace, and Human Values recipients: 

• 2025: Henry Wiener
• 2024: Hongli Zeng
• 2023: Alexandra (Sasha) Akinchina
• 2022: Isaac Yee
• 2021: Ruixue Zhou
• 2020: Fiachra Ross MacFadden

The following list was complied by Dr. Judith A. Miller, Emory University, Department of History, May 2018, and updated by department student workers October 2026. 

The Undergraduate Awards program
The Undergraduate Awards program (based in Ireland) offers awards in ("UA currently accepts submissions from students in any Institution of Higher Education in the world.") The UA website list information onand on 

The American Historical Association

The American Historical Association offers the Raymond J. Cunningham Prize annually for the best article published in a journal written solely by an undergraduate student.

The current prize amount is $500 each to the author and journal.

The International Studies Association

• The Intelligence Studies Section of ISA is pleased to announce the opening of the annual competition for the Intelligence Studies Section / Lynne Rienner Publishers Best Student Paper Award, which is generously supported by Lynne Rienner Publishers. The award is made annually by ISS in recognition of excellence for the best undergraduate or graduate student paper on a subject dealing with intelligence presented at the ISA Annual Convention.

• The award recognizes the most outstanding papers presented at the ISA-West annual meeting.

The Humanities Education and Research Association
 
In 2018 , HERA introduces their undergraduate research prize of $1,000. The prize is awarded to the best undergraduate conference paper (or divided among a panel of papers), sponsored by an attending professor (with a $500 prize awarded to the professor).

Phi Alpha Theta awards six prizes annually for outstanding papers written by members of the honor society:

• The George P. Hammond Prize of $500 for the best paper by a graduate student member of Phi Alpha Theta
• The Lynn W. Turner Prize of $500 for the best paper by an undergraduate student member of Phi Alpha Theta
• The Nels Andrew Cleven Founder’s Paper Prize Awards: two undergraduate and two graduate awards of $400 each for superior papers submitted by student members of Phi Alpha Theta

Classical Association of New England

A submitted paper must be the original work of an undergraduate student…on some aspect of ancient Mediterranean languages, literature, history or culture and should be of suitable length to be delivered orally in 15 minutes.

Council for European Studies

The Undergraduate Paper Prize is given for the best research paper written in English on any subject in European Studies as a part of an undergraduate university degree program. Designed to encourage interest and collaborative interdisciplinary work in the field of European Studies, projects that incorporate another discipline are strongly recommended.

Each winner will be invited to present their work at the next CES conference and receive a conference fee waiver. 

National Council for Black Studies

The Terry Kershaw Student Essay Contest is named in the honor of the late Dr. Terry Kershaw. Terry Kershaw, the former Head of the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati, was a NCBS Board Member (2001-2015), Vice President of NCBS (2010-2012) and editor of NCBS’ International Journal of Africana Studies (2002-2011).

• 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards (cash and plaque) will be giving for both undergraduate and graduate level students.

 Law and Society Association

The Law and Society Association presents one award to the undergraduate student paper that best represents outstanding law and society research.

The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History

The LGBTQ+ History Association will award the Joan Nestle Prize for an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student in 2025 or 2026. The prize is funded through a special fund established by CLGBTH’s lifetime members.

ASIANetwork

ASIANetwork invites undergraduate students from member institutions to submit papers for the Marianna McJimsey Award, which recognizes undergraduate student research dealing with Asia.

The winner and one or two runners-up receive invitations and funding to present their work at the Annual Conference, and the winning paper is published in .

The prize honors the outstanding service of Marianna McJimsey, the first Executive Director of ASIANetwork and the first editor of ASIANetwork Exchange.

The Peace and Justice Studies Association

The Best Undergraduate Thesis / Paper of the Year Award is given annually by the to recognize an outstanding undergraduate thesis, senior capstone, or honors paper in peace, conflict, or justice studies.

The Leo Baeck Institute

The Leo Baeck Institute-NY Essay Prize in German-Jewish History and Culture. "essay prize to acknowledge the best essay written by an undergraduate enrolled in ANY undergraduate program at a North American college or university on any topic related to the history and cultures of German-speaking Jews.

Association for the Study of Food and Society

Quest: The history of Spaceflight Quarterly

Awarded since 2011, the Sacknoff Prize is designed to encourage original research by university students in the field of space history.

Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit their original manuscript for consideration!

– A $850 cash prize
– Publication in the peer-reviewed journal, Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly
– A free one-year subscription to Quest: The History of Spaceflight
– An invitation to present at the annual meeting of the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) by its Aerospace Special Interest Group (Albatross)

The Children's Literature Association

The Carol Gay Award, initiated in 1997 as an undergraduate essay award to honor one of ChLA’s founding members, Carol Gay of Youngstown State University in Ohio, by her husband, Tom Gay, is presented to a college undergraduate for an outstanding paper which contributes to the field of children's literature.  This award is to be considered annually and awarded as warranted.

The Society for the History of Discoveries

An eligible research paper must be original and unpublished, written in English, between 3,000 and 8,000 words, not including footnotes or endnotes.  Papers written for college or university class assignments are encouraged, but students may write specifically for this prize.  A reasonable amount of illustrative and tabular material will be welcome but is not required.

American Association of Geographers, Russian, Central Eurasian And East European (RCEEE) Specialty Group

Thanks to sponsorship from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the AAG is pleased to offer two annual awards for promising research studying geography and entrepreneurship. The purpose of this award program is to identify innovative research in business, applied or community geography, that is relevant to questions related to entrepreneurs and their firms, as well as to relevant practitioners and policymakers. Research that has direct practical implications and addresses pressing environmental, economic and/or social problems is especially appropriate for these awards.

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies

The AABS Undergraduate Paper in Baltic Studies Award of $250 recognizes academic papers on Baltic Studies based on originality, scholarship, excellence in writing, and quality of engagement with the subject area.

Society for American Archaeology

This award recognizes an outstanding student conference paper based on original research.

American Association of Geographers (AAG)

Each year, our Communities—Regional Divisions, Specialty Groups, Affinity Groups, and Communities of Practice, lead the nomination and selection of awards that recognize outstanding members. This communities‑driven approach reflects the values, priorities, and expertise of those closest to the work. These awards support the mission of each community and honor scholars for their meaningful contributions within their specialty, affinity, or region. In doing so, they celebrate excellence, elevate peer‑recognized leadership, and advance the collective work of our community members. Below are this year’s award recipients for each community.

Southeastern Theatre Conference

The SETC History/Theory/Criticism/Literature Committee invites submissions in all topics related to the broad categories of history, theory, criticism, and literature from graduate and undergraduate students.

The Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA)

The Association for Africanist Anthropology (AfAA) sponsors the annual Nancy “Penny” Schwartz Undergraduate Paper Award. The $100 prize is awarded to the best undergraduate paper in Africanist anthropology.

The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA)

The Kenneth W. Payne Student Prize is presented each year by the Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) to a graduate or undergraduate student in acknowledgement of outstanding anthropological work on 1) a lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* topic, or 2) a critical interrogation of sexualities and genders more broadly defined.

The Society for the Psychology of Women (SPW) of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP)

The Society for the Psychology of Women (SPW) of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) jointly sponsor this award to celebrate outstanding student research that focuses on women’s lives and concerns, or more generally, on gender ideologies and behavior from a feminist perspective.

A $250 prize will be awarded to the author of the best paper. First prize and honorable mention winners will be announced at the next meeting of the American Psychological Association and receive one-year free memberships to both SPW and AWP. Winners are also invited to present their award-winning paper at the upcoming AWP Conference and serve as reviewers for the next year’s award.

The American Folklore Society

of the American Folklore Society invites submissions for its annual Warren E. Roberts Prize for Best Student Project (Essay or Multi-media) in Folk Art and Material Culture. The deadline for submissions is July 15. The recipient of the prize will receive a $100 honorarium. Projects written by undergraduate or graduate students on any aspect of folk art or material culture (broadly construed) written/created within the last two academic years are eligible.

The LGBTQIA+ Section exists to provide professional support for members of the American Folklore Society who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer. Allies are also encouraged to join this section and welcome participate in its activities. The Section encourages research into specific aspects of LGBTQIA+ culture and promotes the study of how LGBTQIA+ issues are dynamically interrelated with the folk expressions of the greater human community. The Section serves as a folklore resource to researchers and teachers and maintains an open dialogue with academic and public sector folklore programs on issues of mutual interest and concern.

The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS)

Society for Ethnomusicology

American Studies Association

Pacific Northwest Regional of the American Academy of Religion

Gender, Religion, Sexuality, and Power Unit: We are also open to papers from advanced undergraduate or Master's students, papers which would also be considered for the annual student paper prize (please identify your status with your proposal submission).

The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana

The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana annually invites submissions for its prize competition for the best undergraduate and graduate student papers on historic or contemporary communal groups, intentional communities and utopias. Submissions may come from any academic discipline and should be focused on a topic clearly related to communal groups or utopias."

The Cultural Studies Association

The following list was complied by Dr. Judith A. Miller, Emory University, Department of History, May 2018, and updated by department student workers October 2026. 

 Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies

Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion

Deadline passed on Oct 1

Appalachian Studies Association

New York State Political Science Association

Florida Conference of Historians

The Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association

Midwest Political Science Association

World Social Science Association

The Eastern Communication Association

Research Papers in Wisconsin Labor and Working-Class History

Pennsylvania Historical Association

Louisiana Historical Association

The Northern Great Plains History

New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance (NJSAA)

The Southwestern Political Science Association (SWPSA)