Catherine Prelinger Award Grant

The Catherine Prelinger Award, offered by the Coordinating Council for Women in History, is a $20,000 scholarship aimed at scholars whose academic journeys deviate from traditional paths. This award recognizes contributions to women's history and encourages applications from diverse scholars, including those outside academia. With a commitment to supporting women historians, the CCWH fosters growth and collaboration among historians at all career stages, promoting the importance of women's contributions to the historical profession.

The Coordinating Council for Women in History
The Coordinating Council for Women in History connects women historians throughout the world from all career stages, supporting students and emerging scholars through prizes, mentoring programs, and workshops.
Our Goals
CCWH seeks to broaden both the organization of women historians and the study of women’s history to represent as fully as possible the diversity of women in the United States and internationally.
To accomplish these ends, CCWH will continue to:
Strengthen ties between permanent and adjunct faculty, graduate students, secondary and elementary teachers and students, public historians, and the general public.Represent the interests of women in all areas of the historical professionResearch and publicize information on the professional status of women
The CCWH offers six awards to help reach its organizational goals.
The CCWH Catherine Prelinger Award is a scholarship of $20,000 which will be awarded to a scholar of excellence. This award, named for Catherine Prelinger, a former CCWH president and nontraditional scholar, is intended to enhance the work of a contemporary scholar whose academic path has not followed the traditional path of uninterrupted study, moving from completed secondary, to undergraduate, then graduate degrees, followed by a tenure-track faculty position.
These funds were originally granted to CCWH by an anonymous donor in honor of the many years of work this organization has devoted to exploring women’s history, encouraging opportunities for women in the historical profession, and in educating young women to pursue careers in the historical profession. This award is intended to enhance the ability of the recipient to carry on these CCWH traditions through contributions to women in history, either through scholarly or professional activity.
It is not intended that there be any significant restrictions placed on how a given recipient shall spend the award as long as it advances the recipient’s scholarship goals and purposes.

Eligibility

The applicant:must hold either A.B.D. status or the Ph.D. at the time of application.shall be actively engaged in scholarship that is historical in nature, although the degree may be in related fields.shall have already contributed or show potential for contributing significantly to women in history, whether in the profession in the present or in the study of women in the past. has not followed a traditional academic path of uninterrupted and completed secondary, undergraduate, and graduate degrees leading to a tenure-track faculty position.The Prelinger Committee encourages applications from independent and non-academic scholars.Please note that CCWH members may only apply for one CCWH award per year.
You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be a member in good standing