AHA Equity Award Grant

The AHA Equity Awards honor efforts in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the historical discipline. Awarded biennially, the $1,000 prize recognizes both academic units and individuals for their initiatives in mentoring, program development, and fostering inclusive environments. The next award in 2025 will focus on individuals, with recommendations made by the Committee on Minority Historians. Nominations can also be submitted through MY AHA, emphasizing the importance of diversity in history.

The AHA Equity Awards are meant to recognize and publicize those who have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historical discipline.
The prize will be awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to academic units; in odd-numbered years, to an individual. The awards can be conferred for new initiatives or for sustained efforts. The current prize amount is $1,000.
Deserving nominees will have records that include such achievements as mentoring, program building, fundraising initiatives, pursuing civic engagement, and enhancing department and campus culture to promote a supportive environment.
Academic units such as departments of history, public history programs, and interdisciplinary programs and research institutes are eligible for the institutional award. Such units may have taken advantage of university and community resources to diversify their students and faculty or to provide professional experience through teaching, research, post doctoral, or internship programs.
The prize will be awarded on a two-year cycle rotation: in even-numbered years, to institutions; in odd-numbered years, to an individual.  The 2026 award will be for a group. The Committee on Racial and Ethnic Equity will serve as the jury and will recommend awardees for the individual and institutional awards. Nominations may also be submitted through MY AHA.