Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Fellowships for Historians of Foreign Relations

For more information visit the websites listed below

* Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathbook
* Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathlecture
* Stuart L. Bernath Article Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernatharticle
* Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#bernathdissertation
* Myrna F. Bernath Book Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#myrnabook
* Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#myrnafellowship
* Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Ferrell
* Norman and Laura Graebner Award
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Graebner
* Michael J. Hogan Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#hogan
* W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Holt
* Samuel Flagg Bemis Research Grants
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#travel
* The Betty M. Unterberger Dissertation Prize
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#unterberger
* Lawrence Gelfand-Armin Rappaport Fellowship
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#gelfand
* Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#Link
* Georgetown Travel Grant
http://www.shafr.org/prizes.htm#georgetown


The Bernath Memorial Prizes


The Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, the Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize, the Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize, and the Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant were established through the generosity of Dr. Gerald J. and Myrna F. Bernath, in memory of their late son, Stuart L. Bernath, Ph.D.

The Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize
The purpose of the award is to recognize and encourage distinguished
research and writing by scholars of American foreign relations. The
prize of $2,500 is awarded annually to an author for his or her first
book on any aspect of the history of American foreign relations.

The Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize
The Stuart L. Bernath Lecture Prize recognizes and encourages excellence in teaching and research in the field of foreign relations by younger scholars. The prize of $500is awarded annually.

The Stuart L. Bernath Scholarly Article Prize
The purpose of the prize is to recognize and encourage distinguished research and writing by young scholars in the field of diplomatic relations. The prize of $1,000 is awarded annually to the author of a distinguished article appearing in a scholarly journal or edited book, on any topic in United States foreign relations.


The Stuart L. Bernath Dissertation Grant
The Bernath Dissertation Grant of $4,000 is intended to help doctoral
candidates defray expenses encountered in the writing of their
dissertations. The grant is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held
during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

Applicants must be actively working on dissertations dealing with some
aspect of U.S. foreign relations history. Applicants must have
satisfactorily completed all requirements for the doctoral degree except
the dissertation. Membership in SHAFR is not required.

The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship
The Myrna F. Bernath Fellowship was established by the Bernath family to promote scholarship in U.S. foreign relations history by women. The Myrna Bernath Fellowship of $5,000 is intended to defray the costs of scholarly research by women. It is awarded biannually (in odd years) and announced at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize
This prize is designed to reward distinguished scholarship in the history of American foreign relations, broadly defined. The prize of $2,500 is awarded annually. The Ferrell Prize was established to honor Robert H. Ferrell, professor of diplomatic history at Indiana University from 1961 to 1990, by his former students.


The Norman and Laura Graebner Award
The Graebner Award is a lifetime achievement award intended to recognize a senior historian of United States foreign relations who has significantly contributed to the development of the field, through scholarship, teaching, and/or service, over his or her career. The award of $2,000 is awarded biannually. The Graebner Award was established by the former students of Norman A. Graebner, professor of diplomatic history at the University of Illinois and the University of Virginia, to honor Norman and his wife Laura for their years of devotion to teaching and research in the field.

The Michael J. Hogan Fellowship

The Michael J. Hogan Fellowship was established to honor Michael J. Hogan, long-time editor of Diplomatic History.The Hogan Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to promote research in foreign language sources by graduate students. The fellowship is
intended to defray the costs of studying foreign languages needed for research. It is announced at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship
The W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to defray the costs of travel, preferably foreign travel, necessary to conduct research on a significant dissertation project. The fellowship is awarded annually at the SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

Samuel Flagg Bemis Research Grants
The Samuel F. Bemis Research Grants are intended to promote research by doctoral candidates, by untenured faculty members, and by those within six years of the Ph.D. and working as professional historians. A limited number of grants of varying amounts (generally, up to $2,000) will be awarded annually to help defray the costs of domestic or international travel necessary to conduct research on significant scholarly projects.

The Lawrence Gelfand - Armin Rappaport Fellowship
SHAFR established this fellowship to honor Lawrence Gelfand, founding member and former SHAFR president and Armin Rappaport, founding editor of Diplomatic History.
The Gelfand-Rappaport Fellowship of $4,000 is intended to defray the
costs of dissertation research travel. The fellowship is awarded annually at SHAFR luncheon held during the annual meeting of the American Historical Association.

Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing
The Link-Kuehl Prize is awarded for outstanding collections of primary source materials in the fields of international or diplomatic history, especially those distinguished by the inclusion of commentary designed to interpret the documents and set them within their historical context. Published works as well as electronic collections and audio-visual compilations are eligible. The prize is not limited to works on American foreign policy, but is open to works on the history of international, multi-archival, and/or American foreign relations, policy, and
diplomacy.

Georgetown Travel Grants
This grant was designed to subsidize research by doctoral students in the archives of the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. The prize was discontinued in June 2003.