The National Council on Public History offers two $500 travel grants to encourage new professionals to attend the NCPH 2011 annual meeting in Pensacola, FL, April 6-10. (New professionals are individuals, such as recent graduates of public history programs, who have been working within the public history profession for less than three years.) Each award recipient will attend the meeting and be presented with a framed certificate and a cash award during the awards luncheon; winners will be asked to write a short article for the NCPH newsletter, Public History News, describing his/her public history work and conference experience. One of the New Professional Awards is underwritten each year by Historical Research Associates, Inc. Award winners also receive complimentary registration for for the awards luncheon.
Eligibility
Applicants must be members of NCPH, must have been practicing public historians for no more than three (3) years, and must have no institutional travel support to attend the annual meeting.
Submission Process
Applicants should submit a cover sheet, a current c.v. or resume, and a letter explaining how attendance at the annual meeting would be professionally beneficial. Applications will be judged on the strength of the c.v. and the persuasiveness of the letter.
E-mail submissions only.
The nomination may be emailed in one document to each of the the three New Professional Committee members and to ncph@iupui.edu. State “New Professional Award” clearly in the subject line. Nominations must be sent in one complete document (MS Word or PDF).
Submissions must be emailed by 1 December 2010.
Past Award Winners
Since 2004, two awards are given, one of which is underwritten by Historical Research Associates, Inc.
2010-Alisha Cromwell, Living City Preservation, and Laura McDowell, The Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, the Newberry Library, and the Edgewater Historical Society
2009-Meghan Bishop, Tyron Palace Historic Sites and Garden and Santi Thompson, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina
2008-Peter Friesen, Godiah Spray Tobacco Plantation at Historic St. Mary’s City and John Dickinson, Georgia Historical Society and Costal Oral History Project
2007-Leigh Cutler, Historical Research Associates, Inc. and Lee Wittmann, Independent Historian
2006-Stephen Light, Columbia County Historical Society and Kate Navarra Thibodeau, Wistariahurst Museum
2005-Kris Woll, Gotham Center for New York City History and Jennifer Ross-Nazzal, NASA Johnson Space Center
2004-David Cline, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and Allison Marsh, National Museum of American History
2003-Brian Buff, Albany County Historical Association
2002-Edward Salo, Geo-Marine, Inc.
2001-James Holton, Polk County Historical Museum
2000-Michael Kelleher, Building Conservation Associates
First time presented in 1999 to Douglas Dodd, California Department of Transportation
Public History News Articles
New Professional Award Winners write an article for Summer/June issue of the NCPH newsletter, Public History News.
2010 Award Winners
Alicia Cromwell (pg 14)
Laura McDowell (pg 14)
2009 Award Winners
Meghan Bishop (pg 11)
Santi Thompson (no article available)
2008 Award Winners
Peter Friesen article (pg 8)
John Dickinson article (pg 8)
2007 Award Winners
Lee Wittmann article (pg 19)
Leigh Cutler article (pg 14)
2006 Award Winners
Stephen Ligh article (pg 9)
Kate Navarra Thibodeau article (pg 9)
2005 Award Winners (Summer 2005 online issue not available)
2004 Award Winner
David Cline article (pg 6)
Allison Marsh article (pg 6)
2003 Award Winner
Brian Buff article (pg 7)