The Coordinating Council for Women in History (CCWH) is a space for network and community building for women historians of diverse backgrounds, interests, and professions. It offers multiple fellowships for graduate and early career scholars. The deadline for most awards is in mid-June.
Catherine Prelinger Award
The CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award is a scholarship of $20,000 which will be awarded to a scholar of excellence. This award, named for Catherine Prelinger, a former CCWH president and nontraditional scholar, is intended to enhance the work of a contemporary scholar whose academic path has not followed the traditional path of uninterrupted study, moving from completed secondary, to undergraduate, then graduate degrees, followed by a tenure-track faculty position.
Eligible applicants must be members of CCWH and must hold either A.B.D. status or the Ph.D. at the time of application. They shall be actively engaged in scholarship that is historical in nature, although the degree may be in related fields. Applicants will show evidence of a nontraditional professional career and describe a project that will further enhance women’s roles in history. They should also demonstrate their contributions to women in the historical profession and/or service on behalf of women. The Prelinger Committee encourages applications from independent and non-academic scholars.
CCWH/Berks Graduate Student Fellowship
The CCWH / Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Graduate Student Fellowship is a $1000 award to a graduate student completing a dissertation in a history department. The award is intended to support either a crucial stage of research or the final year of writing.
The applicant must be a graduate student historian in a history department in a U.S. institution; must have passed to A.B.D. status by the time of application; may specialize in any field of history; may hold this award and others simultaneously; and need not attend the award ceremony to receive the award.
Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship
The CCWH Ida B. Wells Graduate Student Fellowship is an annual award of $1000 given to a graduate student working on a historical dissertation that interrogates race and gender, not necessarily in a history department. The award is intended to support either a crucial stage of research or the final year of writing.
The applicant must be a CCWH member; must be a graduate student in any department of a U.S. institution; must have passed to A.B.D. status by the time of application; may hold this award and others simultaneously; and need not attend the award ceremony to receive the award.
Carol Gold Article Award
The Carol Gold Best Article Award is a $500 prize given to the best article published in a peer-reviewed journal in the year of the award or the two prior years. Applicants must be current members of the CCWH at the time of application. All members are encouraged to apply.
Nupur Chaudhuri First Article Prize
The CCWH Nupur Chaudhuri Article Prize is an annual $1000 prize that recognizes the best first article published in the field of history by a CCWH member. The the article must be published in a refereed journal in one of the two years preceding the prize year (so 2021 and 2022 for the 2023 award). An article may only be submitted once. All fields of history will be considered, and articles must be submitted with full scholarly apparatus.
Rachel Fuchs Memorial Award for Excellence in Mentorship and Service to Women/LGBTQ in the Profession
The Coordinating Council for Women in History honors the memory of Rachel Fuchs with an award that recognizes and applauds service to the profession, including mentoring. The Rachel Ginnis Fuchs Memorial Award of $500 will be given annually.
The Sandra Trudgen Dawson Award
In the spirit of Sandra’s pragmatism and dedication to concrete aid to anyone who asked, we envision this award as furthering work in any of the areas in which Sandra excelled—research and scholarship (e.g., travel to collections), teaching (e.g., developing curricula), or service to history organizations that promote connection and collaboration (e.g., organizing conferences, establishing workshops). The prize can thus be used for travel costs, research materials, care labor, or any other expense that will enable recipients to carry Sandra’s legacy into the future.
The $500 award is open to any CCWH member with a terminal degree whose career has not followed the traditional tenure-track path.
Fellowship Website:
https://theccwh.org/awards