Vicki Ruiz Award Grant

Vicki Ruiz Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Western History Association
Amount: US $500
Last Updated: February 28, 2026

Summary

The Vicki Ruiz Award, presented by the Western History Association, honors the best article focusing on race within the North American West. This prestigious $500 prize aims to encourage scholarly contributions and public discourse on race in this region's history. Eligible nominations include peer-reviewed articles published in the previous calendar year. The award reflects the association's commitment to fostering a deeper understanding of diverse historical perspectives in Western studies.

Overview

Western History Association The Western History Association strives to be a congenial home for the study and teaching of all aspects of North American Wests, frontiers, homelands, and borderlands. Our mission is to cultivate the broadest appreciation of this diverse history. To accomplish this mission we: Enable collaborations among peoples, institutions, and organizations devoted to the study of western history. Conduct an annual conference at which western history teachers, scholars, and professionals share their research and exchange ideas that facilitate further study of the North American West. Publish an award-winning journal that employs rigorous peer reviews to identify, improve, and distribute original western history scholarship.Promote public education on western history through active involvement with teachers, museums, non profit organizations, libraries, and other venues. Vicki Ruiz Award

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Any WHA member, publisher, or author of a peer-reviewed article, may nominate work that was published in previous calendar year. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member.

Ineligibility

Book chapters are not eligible.