Awards

NCPH awards recognize excellence in the diverse ways public historians apply their skills to the world around us. The award program's purpose is to promote professionalism and best practices among public historians and to raise awareness about their activities. Awards are presented to recipients during the awards luncheon at the NCPH's spring annual meeting.

A challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities makes possible our expanding awards program. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Current and past recipients are listed under each award below.

Excellence in Consultanting Award--Up to two(2) $450 awards recognize outstanding work and contributions by consultants or contractors.

Outstanding Public History Project Award-- $1,000 recognizing a project that contributes to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or that serves as a model of professional public history practice.

Graduate Student Travel Award--Five travel grants of up to $300 each for graduate students presenting (session or poster session) at the 2010 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR.

NCPH Book Award--A $1,000 award for the best book about or “growing out of” public history published within the previous two calendar years (2008 and 2009).

New Professional Award--Two $500 travel grants to encourage new professionals, practicing public history for no more than three years, to attend the 2010 Annual Meeting.

Student Project Award--The $500 travel grant to attend the 2010 Annual Meeting recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of public history.

G. Wesley Johnson Award--A $750 award for the best article in The Public Historian for the 2009 calendar year.

Robert Kelley Memorial Award--This $500 award honors distinguished achievements by individuals, institutions, or nonprofit or corporate entities for making history relevant to individual lives of ordinary people outside of academia.

Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis--A $500 cash award and a certificate, rewarding historical studies that contribute directly to the formation of public policy.

Graduate Student Award Winners at the 2009 Annual Meeting