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The information pages for NACBS prizes, awards, and grants are now updated for the 2022 application season. 

• John Ben Snow Prize – for the best book by a North American scholar in any field of British Studies dealing with the period from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century.
• Stansky Book Prize – for the best book published anywhere by a North American scholar on any aspect of British studies since 1800.
• Walter D. Love Prize – for the best article or paper of similar length or scope by a North American scholar in the field of British history.
• Judith R. Walkowitz Prize – for the best published article on issues relating to gender and sexuality in British culture.
• NACBS Undergraduate Essay Contest – for the best essays on British topics submitted by undergraduates studying in American and Canadian universities
• NACBS M.A. Essay Prize – for the best piece of original research produced by a student in a “stand-alone” M.A. program at a university or college in the U.S. or Canada.
• NACBS Pre-Dissertation Grants – awarded to Ph.D. candidates to pursue preliminary research on potential dissertation-length studies related to any topic in British (including Scottish, Irish, and Imperial) history or British Studies.
• NACBS Dissertation Fellowship – awarded to support dissertation research in the British Isles on any topic of British (including Scottish, Irish and Imperial) history or British Studies.

The deadline for both fellowships is April 1st.

For more information on the NACBS Pre-Dissertation fellowship click here.

For more information on the NACBS Dissertation Fellowship click here.