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Leo Gershoy Award in Western European History

American Historical Association

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

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Other requirements

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.historians.org/award-grant/leo-gershoy-award/)._
  • The general rules for submission are
  • Only books of high scholarly and literary merit will be considered
  • Books with a copyright of 2024 will be eligible for the 2025 award

Overview

American Historical Association

As the largest membership association of historians in the world, the AHA serves historians in a wide variety of professions, and represents every historical era and geographical area.

Leo Gershoy Award

The Leo Gershoy Award is presented annually to the author of the most outstanding work published in English on any aspect of 17th- and 18th-century western European history. The Gershoy Award and the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize (also bestowed by the AHA) are widely considered to be the most prestigious prizes in the field of European history.

Funding

The current prize amount is $1,000.

Eligibility

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

  • The general rules for submission are:
    • Only books of high scholarly and literary merit will be considered.
    • Books with a copyright of 2024 will be eligible for the 2025 award.
    • Nomination submissions may be made by an author or by a publisher.
    • Publishers may submit as many entries as they wish.
    • Authors or publishers may submit the same book for multiple AHA prizes.

What American Historical Association actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025
1
Total given
$38K
Median grant
$38K
  • By dollars: Maryland 100%. Top recipient cities: Silver Spring, MD.

Example grants

  • National Council for the Social Studies · Silver Spring, MD

    Sharp subgrant

    $38K

IRS Form 990, 2025. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • History
  • Humanities

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