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BARBARA WERTHEIMER PRIZE IN LABOR HISTORY To recognize serious study in labor and work history among undergraduate students, the New York Labor History Association annually awards the Barbara Wertheimer Prize for the best research paper written during the previous academic year. Wertheimer was a leading labor educator and scholar. BERNARD BELLUSH PRIZE The Bernard Bellush Prize recognizes outstanding scholarship by graduate students in labor and work history. The Bellush Prize honors the contribution to labor history made by Bernie Bellush, as a scholar and as an activist. Both the Bellush and Wertheimer Prize provide an award of $250 for the best research paper written during the 2014-2015 academic year. An abstract of each paper will be posted on the NYLHA website. Please encourage your graduate and undergraduate students to submit their work. Entries will be evaluated on the basis of scholarship and literary merit.

The Mercurians have established two initiatives to support research in the history of communication technologies. Both are intended for new or junior scholars. The first is a prize for the best article published during the previous two years in any peer-reviewed journal. The second is a travel grant to defray the costs of travel and housing to use a research collection. The prize and the grant will be awarded in alternating years. We presented the first two travel grants-of US$1,000 each-during the 2011 SHOT annual meeting in Cleveland.  The first article prize has been deferred until 2014 (see below). Rationale One of the Mercurians' missions is to encourage scholarship in the history of communication technologies. There is no prize or travel grant program (either within or outside SHOT) that we are aware of dedicated to supporting scholarship on the history of communication technologies. While the history of communication technology literature is vast and always growing, the quality of the research effort or resulting publication too often falls short of scholarly expectations. The Mercurians are hopeful that these new publication and travel awards will help to both increase and raise the level of new scholarship concerning the history of communication technologies.

The Lerner-Scott Prize is given annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women's history. The prize is named for Gerda Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women's history and past presidents of the OAH. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 to be eligible for the 2014 Lerner-Scott Prize. The prize will be presented at the 2014 OAH Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, April 10-13.

The Gerda Henkel Prize was set up in 2006 and is awarded every two years to excellent and internationally acclaimed researchers who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly achievement in the disciplines and funding areas supported by the Foundation and can be expected to continue to do so. The Gerda Henkel Prize is worth 100,000 euros. The prize money may be used at the winner's discretion. The Foundation invites scholars of universities worldwide, as well as renowned cultural and academic institutions, to nominate qualified candidates. The prize is open to scholars from all countries. Self-nominations cannot be accepted. Eligible Miami University faculty interested in being nominated should contact Jim Oris.

The Center for Civil War Research is accepting submissions for the fourth annual Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War History. The prize will be awarded to the best first book in Civil War history published in 2014. It recognizes exceptional emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. The prize is named for two distinguished former members of the University's History Department faculty, Bell Irvin Wiley and James W. Silver. The recipient of the Wiley-Silver Prize will receive an invitation to speak at the University's annual Conference on the Civil War, held in the fall of 2015. At that meeting, the prize and $2000.00 will be awarded the honoree.

First-time biographers: a new prize of $2000, sponsored by the Biographers International Organization (BIO), includes publicity by BIO, and a year's free membership. The winner of the BIO/Hazel Rowley Prize for Best Proposal for a First Biography will be announced at BIO's fifth annual conference, to be held in Boston May 17, 2014. In addition to the $2000, the prize guarantees a close reading of your proposal by an agent who will bring your project to the attention of editors and publishers who are actively seeking to publish biography. BIO is a grassroots organization of writers, educators, publishing experts, readers and others who support the art and craft of biography. The deadline for applying is January 31, 2014.

The American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance/Vienna and Center Austria of the University of New Orleans are pleased to announce the second annual Radomir Luža Prize for an outstanding work in the field of Austrian and/or Czechoslovak World War II studies, particularly in the fields of diplomatic history, resistance and war studies. This prize carries a cash award of $500.00 and seeks to encourage research in the above mentioned fields focusing on the time period between the Anschluss and Munich Agreement (1938) and the end of the Second World War (1945) and its immediate aftermath in Central Europe. To be eligible for the 2013 Radomir Luža Prize competition, the book or dissertation must have been published (or a dissertation defended) between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.

Since 1997 the Friends of the German Historical Institute award the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize for the best doctoral dissertation on German history written at North American universities. Dissertations on all periods of German history, on German-American relations, and on the history of Germans in North America are eligible. The winner is invited to the GHI to present her/his research at the annual symposium of the Friends in November. The prizewinner receives an award of $2,000 and reimbursement for travel to Washington D.C. Candidates are nominated by their dissertation advisers. Their dissertations must have been completed, defended, and authenticated between January 1 and December 31, 2014. The prize committee will accept nominations through May 31, 2015, and will announce the prize winners at the end of the summer. 

The Ellis W. Hawley Prize is given annually by the Organization of American Historians to the author of the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. The prize honors Ellis W. Hawley, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Iowa, an outstanding historian of these subjects. Eligible works shall include book-length historical studies, written in English. Each entry must be published during the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. The prize will be presented at the 2014 OAH Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, April 10-13.

Submissions are being accepted for the Annals of Science best paper prize 2014. This prize is awarded annually to the author of an original, unpublished essay in the history of science or technology, which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The prize, which is supported by Taylor & Francis, is intended for those who are currently doctoral students, or have been awarded their doctorate within the past four years.

Is your lifelong dream to retrace the steps of Peter Fleming in Kashgar? To explore Anatolian kilim fragments in an Ethiopian monastery? The Ancient & Modern Research Prize is awarded to candidates under age 27 or over age 60 to support research and exploration. The Ancient & Modern Prize was established in 2000 to provide support for scholars who miss out on funding because they are either too young or too old. The winner of the Ancient & Modern Prize receives £1,000, and the runner-up receives the Godfrey Goodwin Prize of £500. The project should relate to any of the subject areas covered by the sponsoring journals: Halı (www.hali.com) and Cornucopia (www.cornucopia.net).  These areas include textile arts of all cultures and periods (Halı) and the art, archaeology, culture, history, and cultural heritage of civilizations in Turkey (Cornucopia). As long as it pertains to one of the above subject areas, there is no restriction on geographic location or time period.

The Neu-Whitrow Bibliography Prize will be awarded to a graduate student, postgraduate fellow, independent scholar, or early career professional (professor, librarian, bibliographer, archivist, or curator). The primary goal is to encourage the development of bibliographies and archival finding aids.The prize commemorates the centenary of theIsis Bibliography of History of Science, which was started in 1913 by George Sarton. After Sarton, two bibliographers, John Neu at the University of Wisconsin, and Magda Whitrow at Imperial College, London, carried on Sarton's legacy. This prize recognizes the efforts of those two bibliographers for the work that they did to support history of science scholarship around the world.

The Suzanne J. Levinson Prize is to be awarded biennially for a book in the history of the life sciences and natural history. For 2016, the book must have been written in the previous 4 years to be eligible, meaning books written in 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012 can be nominated. In establishing the prize, Mark Levinson honors his wife Suzanne J. Levinson, who was especially interested in the history of evolutionary theory, microbiology, and botany. Deadline is 1 April 2016.

SSHM invites submissions to its 2014 SSHM Undergraduate Prize Competition. Up to 6 prizes will be awarded for the best unpublished original research essays in the social history of medicine. We will consider two groups of undergraduate students: humanities and social science students, and medical, healthcare and allied science students.

The Central European History Society (CEHS) awards the biennial Hans Rosenberg Article Prize, which recognizes the best English-language article or essay on central European history written by a permanent resident of North America. The Society solicits nominations from authors, editors, presses, and third parties for the best article or essay published in 2011 or 2012. The prize committee will consider journal articles as well as individual essays from anthologies or collections. Re-printed essays are not eligible; articles and essays published outside North America are, of course, considered. Central European history is understood to include the history of Germany, Austria, and other German-speaking regions of Central European, from the medieval era to the present. The award will be announced at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C., on 4 January 2014.

Yale University Press, in partnership with the Terra Foundation for American Art, is offering a new prize for an unpublished manuscript or previously published manuscript in a language other than English written by a non-U.S. author. The manuscript should make a significant contribution to scholarship on the historical visual arts of what is now the geographic United States.   In helping to overcome the language barrier that often divides scholars and deters international research and collaboration, the prize aims to advance and internationalize scholarship on American art and seeks to recognize original and thorough research, sound methodology, and significance in the field. The award is especially intended to encourage authors who take the field of American art history into new historical and interpretive terrain, or who establish connections among the work of scholars within and outside the United States, providing a model of international exchange important to sustaining relevance and academic rigor for the future of the field.

The Ray Allen Billington Prize is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians to the author of the best book about American frontier history, which is defined broadly to include the pioneer periods of all geographical areas, and comparisons between American frontiers and others. Ray Allen Billington was president of the OAH (1962-1963). Each entry must be published during the two-year period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. The prize will be presented at the 2015 OAH Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, April 16-19.

The Mary Jurich Nickliss Prize is given for "the most original" book in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History.  The OAH defines "the most original" book as one that is a path breaking work or challenges and/or changes widely accepted scholarly interpretations in the field. If no book submitted for the prize meets this criterion, the award shall be given for "the best" book in US women's and/or gender history. "The best" book recognizes the ideas and originality of the significant historical scholarship being done by historians of U.S. Women's and/or Gender History and makes a significant contribution to the understanding of U.S. Women's and/or Gender History.

The Central European History Society (CEHS) solicits nominations for the Hans Rosenberg Book Prize. This annual prize honors the best book in central European history published in English by permanent residents of North America. This year's award considers books with an imprint of 2012.

The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and be members of the Coalition of Western Women's History (CWWH) at the time of application. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma, whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997.