The following grants and prizes are awarded by the Faculty each year, providing that suitable candidates present themselves.
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
The Colin Matthew Fund: established for the promotion and encouragement of historical study or research within the University. The grants are intended to support travel for the purposes of research (which may lead to a thesis) but other uses will be considered. It is intended to make a number of awards up to a total value of £1,000: the maximum value of an individual award will be £500.
Laurence Binyon Prize: for travel to Asia, the Far East, or another area outside Europe, to extend knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts. Awards will be given to candidates whose travel plans are not related to their academic discipline.
The Sara Norton Prize: for an essay of not more than 30,000 words (though an essay of shorter length will be acceptable) on a subject within the field of the political history and institutions of the United States of America. The subject must be approved by the Board of the Faculty of Social Studies. Value: £600.
Undergraduate
Undergraduates reading History and its Joint Schools are eligible for the following prizes.
1. Prizes awarded for work submitted in Preliminary Examinations.
The H.W.C. Davis Prize: is awarded by the Examiners in History for the best performance in the Preliminary Examination in that subject. Value: £300.
2. Prizes awarded for work submitted in the Final Honour Schools.
The Arnold Modern Historical Essay Prize: for the best thesis in History (since AD 285) submitted in the Honour School of History or any of its joint schools, or in the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics. Value: £500.
The Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize: for a thesis on some subject connected with recent British History, Political Science, or Economics, or with some problem of British policy – domestic, imperial, or foreign – in relation to finance or other matters, submitted for the Honour School of History, History and Economics, or Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Value: £500.Gibbs Prizes: awarded for outstanding performances in the Honour School of History and its Joint Schools.
The Kirk-Greene Prize in Modern African History: for the best performance in the area of Modern African History in the Honour School of History and the associated Joint Schools. Value: £75.
3. Prizes awarded separately from the Final Honour Schools, but essays entered for which may subsequently be submitted as theses in the Final Honour Schools of History and its Joint Schools:
The Curzon Memorial Prize: for an essay on some aspect of Indian life or history. Value: £600. Maximum length: 12,500 words.
The Beit Prize: for an essay on some subject connected with the advantages of ‘Imperial Citizenship’ or on some subject connected with Colonial History. In practice this is defined as topics in the field of British Imperial and Commonwealth History, or in imperial aspects of British History. Value: at least £250. Maximum length: 15,000 words.
The Robert Herbert Memorial Prize: for an essay or short dissertation ‘on some subject connected with those problems of Imperial Administration to which Sir Robert Herbert devoted his life’. In practice defined as topics in the field of British Imperial and Commonwealth History, or in imperial aspects of British History. Value: at least £300. Maximum length 15,000 words.
The Jane Willis Kirkaldy Junior Prize: for an essay on a topic concerning the history of science (including the history of medicine) and technology. Value: £300. Length 10–15,000 words.
The Wylie Prize: for the best essay on some aspect of the history of the United States of America. Value £150. Maximum length: 15,000 words. Prior approval for the subject of the essay must be obtained from the examiners.
Cecil Roth Memorial Prize for Italian Studies: for an essay on an approved subject within the field of Italian art, history or literature in the period from the end of the Roman Empire in the west until the end of the eighteenth century. Approval for the subject to be obtained through the Secretary of the Taylor Institution, 37 Wellington Square. Value: £400; with two book prizes of £50 each. Length not to exceed 10,000 words.
4. Prizes for imaginative travel:
Gladstone Memorial Trust Travel Awards. Eight or more travel awards for Undergraduates in their first or second years. The awards will be of up to £600 each. Closing date is 13th February 2012. Interviews will be held in London on 13th March 2012.
Postgraduate
Lady Allen and Linares Rivas Scholarships
Arnold, Bryce and Read travel grants
Bryce Research Studentship in History
The Irish Government Senior Scholarship Fund
The Jane Willis Kirkaldy Senior Prize
The Marquis of Lothian’s Studentship in Modern History
The Amy Mary Preston Read Scholarship
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