Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award Grant

Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Western History Association
Amount: US $1,500
Last Updated: April 29, 2025

Summary

The Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award, offered by the Western History Association, recognizes the commitment to graduate education in Western History. This award provides $1500 for doctoral candidates who have completed comprehensive examinations on topics related to the North American West. The Western History Association aims to foster collaboration and public appreciation of Western history through conferences, publications, and educational outreach.

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. Walter Rundell Graduate Student Award

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The applicant should be a doctoral candidate who has completed comprehensive examinations for their dissertation subject on the North American West.