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This award recognizes the contributions of student work to the field of public history. The student author(s) of the winning entry will receive a travel grant ($500) to help underwrite attendance at the NCPH annual meeting in Providence, RI, April 2-5, 2009. Award winners also receive complimentary registration for the annual meeting and for the awards luncheon, and they will be invited to prepare an article for the NCPH newsletter, Public History News, in which they summarize their project and report on their conference experience.
To be eligible for consideration, an applicant or nominee must meet the following criteria:
1. The project must be the work of one or more students in a public history program, and have been completed within the two academic years preceding the date of submission.
2. The project must have been initiated as academic coursework, then subsequently have been recognized beyond the classroom as a contribution to public history. (Examples: a class assignment exhibit design later installed as a public display; an oral history project accessioned into an established oral history collection; historic preservation research accepted as a working document by a preservation agency).
3. The sponsoring faculty member or academic institution must be a member of NCPH.
Submission Process. Submit a cover sheet, four (4) copies of a two-page written description of the project explaining its methods, conclusions, and significance for public history. Include four (4) copies each of appropriate supporting materials, such as written text, graphics, photographs, audio/video tapes, printed materials, etc. Materials will not be returned. Endorsements must include the following:
1. A letter from the project's faculty sponsor, explaining the relationship of the project to the student(s) coursework, evaluating the project as a contribution to public history, and verifying the applicant's status as a fulltime student at the time the project was undertaken.
2. A letter from the institution, which accepted the project, explaining the relationship between the institution and the student(s) and how the project helped to advance the institution's public history mission. Send endorsement letters directly to the NCPH Executive Offices, mark "Student Project Award".
Submit application materials to:NCPH, Student Project Award
327 Cavanaugh Hall - IUPUI
425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5148
Submissions must be postmarked by 8 January 2009.
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The new Graduate Student Travel Award program provides modest assistance with conference travel costs for graduate students who have a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the program of the NCPH annual meeting. Five travel awards of $300 each will be given annually. In addition, each travel award winner will receive a complimentary ticket to both the main conference luncheon and the endowment fundraiser, and will have his or her NCPH conference registration fee waived.
All currently-enrolled graduate students who have had presentations accepted for the meeting will be invited to apply for the awards by submitting a short form, including a travel budget, along with a copy of the conference presentation abstract and a c.v. Proof of current enrollment will be required. Selection will be based primarily on the merit of the planned presentation. No student may win more than one award during the tenure of his or her graduate program. Winners will be encouraged, though not required, to seek matching funds from their home institutions. Award decisions will be made by the NCPH Student Project and Travel Awards Committee. Recipients will receive a check and a certificate during the awards luncheon at the annual meeting.
Eligibility Requirements• Applicants must have had a paper, poster, or other presentation accepted for inclusion in the program of the NCPH annual meeting for which they seek a travel award. Students applying for a poster session may submit a travel award application at the same time (both are due by January 8) with the understanding that their travel award application will be considered only if their poster session proposal is accepted. • The paper, poster, or presentation abstract must be of exceptional quality. • Applicants must be currently-enrolled MA or PhD students doing research and/or practice that is recognizably public historical. • Applicants must not have received an NCPH Travel Award in the past. Submission ProcessApplication materials should be submitted by January 8th to:
NCPH, Graduate Student Travel Awards
327 Cavanaugh Hall - IUPUI
425 University Blvd.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5148
Email applications to ncph@iupui.edu. State “Graduate Student Travel Award” clearly in the subject line.Applications must be sent in one complete document (Word or PDF). A complete application consists of: • Signed and completed application form • Copy of the abstract submitted for the annual meeting regular session or poster session • Copy of applicant’s c.v. including the following information: education, honors/awards, publications, and public history research and/or experience Conditions of Award • Notification will be sent to award winners well in advance of the spring meeting. Because the conference registration fee and the ticket costs for the luncheon and endowment fundraiser will be waived for winners, graduate students who plan to apply for the travel awards should refrain from registering for the conference until notification is received regarding the status of the application. Notification will be given prior to the deadline for early conference registration. • Checks will be presented during the awards luncheon at the meeting in the form of an honorarium made out to the recipient. • Recipients will receive a special ribbon to attach to their annual meeting badge, designating them as winners of the NCPH Graduate Student Travel Award. All questions about the award should be directed the NCPH executive office at ncph@iupui.edu or (317) 274-2716. Submissions must be postmarked by January 8, 2009.
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.
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First presented in 1999 to Jane C. Wehrey, California State University-Fullerton--"Voices From This Long Brown Land: Oral Reflections of Owens Valley Lives and Manzanar Pasts."
2000-Susan Asbury and Kathy Hilliard, University of South Carolina Public History Program--Kiplin Hall Conservation Plan, North Yorkshire, England
2001-Debra DeRuyver, Jennifer Evans, James Melzer, Emma Wilmer--The Public History Resource Center web page.
2002-Ray Rast, University of Washington-Seattle--NHL Nomination, Eagledale Ferry Dock, Bainbridge Island, Washington
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
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
2005-John Cristiansen, Rebekah Dobrasko, and Beth Wiedower, University of South Carolina Public History Program--Richmond Railway Station Project, North Yorkshire, England
2006-Amanda Jones, Bethany Natali, and Nancy Germano, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Public History Program--“Cultural Heritage Trail Project: The West Street Corridor”
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”
2008-Santi Thompson, University of South Carolina--"The LGBTQ Archive at the South Caroliniana Library"
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