NCPH Graduate Student Travel Awards
Student Project Award
The $500 travel grant to attend the 2027 Annual Meeting recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of public history.
Student Travel Award
Up to five travel grants of $500 each for graduate students presenting (session, poster session, or working group) at the 2027 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri.
STUDENT PROJECT AWARD
2026 Award Winner
An Archive for Activists: Historical Preservation for Environmental Justice in North Carolina, Emma Jo Donnelly, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Submissions will reopen for 2027 Awards in summer 2026
Questions? [email protected]; (317) 274-2716
A challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities makes possible our expanding awards program and other uses of earned income on the NCPH endowment. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
GRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD
2026 Winners
- Talia Brenner, North Carolina State University
- Alyssa Brown, Syracuse University
- Eleanor Rose Carter, Loyola University Chicago
- Britta Lind, University of Nebraska at Kearney
- Emma MacDonald, University of Western Ontario
Submissions will reopen for 2027 Awards in summer 2026
Questions? [email protected]; (317) 274-2716
A challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities makes possible our expanding awards program and other uses of earned income on the NCPH endowment. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Past Student Award Winners
2025
- Project Award: Reflection, Resilience, and Restoration: 40 Years of Women’s and Gender Studies at UNC Charlotte, Staci Batchelor, University of North Carolina Charlotte
- Honorable Mention: LGBTQ Center of South Bend Oral History and Poster Exhibit, Phoenix McClellan, St. Mary’s College
- Travel Award: Mila Kaut, Northwestern University; Connor Joseph, University of Kansas; Alison Moon, Washington State University; Kayley Schacht, Indiana University Indianapolis; James Sun, University of California, Berkele
2024
- Project Award: Bring Back 6th Mobile Museum, Jade Ryerson, Jessie Merriam, Angel Swann, Ayaan Natala, Carissa Thomas, and Hibaa Roba, University of Minnesota
- Travel Award: Dalena Collins, Duquesne University; Katherine C. Hughes, Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University; Arturo Perez Lopez, Arizona State University; Bri Matson, University of Colorado Denver; Marcus Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2023
- No project award submissions; funds reallocated to additional travel awards
- Travel Award: Emma Awe, Carleton University; Natalie Coté, George Washington University; Paige Figanbaum, University of Nevada Las Vegas; Hannah LeComte, Duquesne University; JoCora Moore, North Carolina State University; Kristyn Scorsone, Rutgers University-Newark; Abigail Thomsen, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2022
- Project Award: History for the Future: How Can Histories of Mutual Aid Help Us Build Radical Futures?, Acoma Gaither and Andrea Manolov, University of Minnesota
- Travel Award: Monica El-Amin, University of West Georgia; John Flynn, University of Utah; Cheyenne Grimes, IUPUI; Madeline Hellmich, IUPUI; Saskia Lascarez Casanova, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2021
- Project Award: Integration: Women in the Canadian Air Force, Camas Clowater-Eriksson, Carleton University
- Honorable Mention: Reading Frederick Douglass Together and Rage, Fragility, & Antiracism, Keidrick Roy, Harvard University
- Travel Award: Lydia Biallas, Appalachian State University; Sarah Anne Maske, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Aubrey Parke, Duquesne University; Stephanie Townrow, University of Delaware
2020
- Project Award: #MeToo in Minnesota History, Paige Mitchell, University of Minnesota
- Travel Award: Megan Crutcher, Duquesne University; Ari Green, California State University, Sacramento; Lindsay Mulcahy, University of Southern California; Erika Slocumb, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Carlie N. Todd, University of South Carolina
2019
- Project Award: Owning Up: Racism and Housing in Minneapolis, Kacie Lucchini Butcher and Denise Pike, University of Minnesota
- Honorable Mention – An Extraordinary Look into Ordinary Lives: Uncovering Dorchester’s Industrial School for Girls, 1859-1880, Sarah Black, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Travel Award: Nichelle Frank, University of Oregon; Holly Genovese, University of Texas at Austin; Daniel Milowski, Arizona State University; Heather Stanfiel, University of Notre Dame; Jackie Swihart, IUPUI
2018
- Project Award: Making History: Kansas City and the Rise of Gay Rights, Taylor C. Bye, Kathryn B. Carpenter, Samantha Hollingsworth, Leah Palmer, Kevin Ploth, and Jennifer Tufts, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Travel Award: Melissa Barthelemy, University of California, Santa Barbara; Aaron Hollis, West Virginia University; Nora Kassner, University of California, Santa Barbara; Hope Shannon, Loyola University Chicago; GVGK Tang, Temple University
2017
- Project Award: The Chrysler Village History Project, Rachel Boyle, Chelsea Denault, Maggie McClain, and Kelly Schmidt, Loyola University Chicago
- Travel Award: Aiden M. Bettine, DePaul University; Chris Fite, University of Pennsylvania; Cheryl Jiménez Frei, University of California, Santa Barbara; Leslie J. Leonard, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Harvee White, University of West Georgia
2016
- Project Award: “Wearing Gay History,” Eric Nolan Gonzaba, George Mason University
- Honorable Mention: “Black at Bryn Mawr,” Emma Kioko and Grace Pusey, Bryn Mawr College
- Travel Award: Pamela Y. Curtin, West Virginia University; Hannah Givens, University of West Georgia; Julie Peterson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kristen Rund, Arizona State University; Cane West, University of Carolina-Columbia
2015
- Project Award: “The Lost Museum,” Lily Benedict, Elizabeth Crawford Kathrinne Duffy, Sophia LaCava-Bohanan, Jessica Palinski, Rebecca Soules, and Jamie Topper, Brown University; Raina Belleau, Layla Eshan, and Kristen Orr, Rhode Island School of Design
- Honorable Mention: “Push and Pull: Eastern European and Russian Migration to the Cape Fear Region,” Beth Bullock, Jayd Buteaux, and Leslie Randle-Morton, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
- Travel Award: Erin Benard, Temple University; Ashley Rose Creegan, West Virginia University; Emily Pipes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Nicolette Rohr, University of California, Riverside; and Jennifer Whitmer Taylor, University of South Carolina
2014
- Project Award: Caitlin R. (Sjaarda) Phillips, “Painting Sites Trail Guide, Central Connecticut State University/Weir Farm National Historic Site”
- Travel Award: Jeff Corrigan, University of Missouri; Emily Hopkins, Cooperstown Graduate Program, SUNY Oneonta; Lauren Mojkowski, University of South Carolina; Laura Pearce, Loyola University Chicago; Hannah Schmidl, Arizona State
2013
- Project Award: Sarah Cloutier, Ellen Kuhn, Shawna Prather, and Ashley Wyatt, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, “The Terra Cotta Community History Project”
- Travel Award: Laura Arata, Washington State University; Celia James, University of South Carolina; Laura Keller, Arizona State University; Amanda Noll, University of South Carolina; Megan Southern, University of South Carolina
2012
- Project Award: Erica Hague and Jennifer Clark Scott, University of North Carolina-Wilimington-“Flashback: Community Life through the Lens of Mack Munn, 1940-1960”
- Honorable Mention: Michelle Antenesse and Bethany Girod, California State University, Fullerton-“New Birth of Freedom: Civil War to Civil Rights in California“
- Travel Award: Kate Freedman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jordan Grant, American University; Jee-Yeon (Jay) Kim, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Evan Medley, Arizona State University; and Maggie Schreiner, New York University
2011
- Project Award: Morgan Hubbard, University of Massachusetts Amherst – “Uncertain Futures: Americans and Science Fiction in the Early Cold War Era, 1945-1965” Exhibit
- Travel Award: Charlotte Egerton, UNC-Wilmington; Paula Hunt, University of Missouri-Columbia; Sarah McCormick, University of California Riverside); Angela Sirna, West Virginia University; and Joan Frangaszy Troyano, George Washington University
2010
- Project Award: Rachael Binning, Elizabeth Manekin, and Aliza Schiff, Brown University-“Faces of Fox Point: A Community History Project”
- Honorable Mention: Miriam Farris, Christopher Jordan, and Ethan Moore, University of North Carolina at Greensboro-“Threads in Greensboro’s Past”
- Travel Award:Susan Ashley, York University; Jennifer Carpenter, University of Maryland College Park; Miriam Farris, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Tyler DeWayne Moore, Middle Tennessee State University; and Ashley Whitehead, West Virginia University
2009
- Hannah Howard and Kristen Foster, University of North Carolina Charlotte – “History at Light Speed: Discovering Charlotte’s Northeast Corridor”
2008
- Santi Thompson, University of South Carolina–“The LGBTQ Archive at the South Caroliniana Library”
2007
- Amy Canfield, Chris Allan, Cara Kaser, Marc Entze, George Means, Lee O’Connor, and Susan Schultz, Washington State University–“Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Assessments”
2006
- Amanda Jones, Bethany Natali, and Nancy Germano, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis–“Cultural Heritage Trail Project: The West Street Corridor”
2005
- John Cristiansen, Rebekah Dobrasko, and Beth Wiedower, University of South Carolina–Richmond Railway Station Project, North Yorkshire, England
2004
- Deena Booth, Lara Cullinane-Smith, Jennifer Dickey, Laura Drummond, Jeffrey Jensen, Linda Orr King, Sabrina Meneghello, Rachel Quartarone, Andrew Reisinger, Laurie Sedicino, Beth Watson, and Erin Whittemore, Georgia State University–the interpretive history exhibition, “Rich’s: The Store That Married a City”
2003
- Ben Baughman, Steve Biljan, Michael Brown, Matthew Hansbury, Jeffrey Johnson, Jon Middaugh, Caureen Miller, Gwen Pattison, Steve Shay, and Bryce Spencer, Washington State University–Campbell House Interpretive Program in co-operation with Washington State University and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2002
- Ray Rast and Connie Walker, University of Washington-Seattle–NHL Nomination, Eagledale Ferry Dock, Bainbridge Island, Washington
2001
- Debra DeRuyver, Jennifer Evans, James Melzer, Emma Wilmer, University of Maryland–The Public History Resource Center web page
2000
- Susan Asbury and Kathy Hilliard, University of South Carolina–Kiplin Hall Conservation Plan, North Yorkshire, England
1999
First year presented
- Jane C. Wehrey, California State University-Fullerton–“Voices From This Long Brown Land: Oral Reflections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts”