AHA Equity Awards

Overview

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 2025 award will be for an individual. The Committee on Minority Historians will serve as the jury and will recommend awardees for the individual and institutional awards. Nominations may also be submitted through MY AHA.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._