Annual Meetings Travel and Hotel Subsidies
Poster Session
Intended for disseminating preliminary results from graduate thesis work. Those accepted receive the following support:
- Travel subsidies up to $500 for domestic flights or train fare, up to $800 for international flights.
- Complimentary hotel rooms (double occupancy, shared with another graduate student) for up to 3 nights.
- 60 percent discount on the registration fee
- 80 percent discount on the Saturday Presidential Banquet
- Free dinner with other graduate students Friday night.
Submit a poster by clicking here. Applicants will need to provide a 250 word abstract, a current CV, and request a letter of support from their dissertation advisor. Poster sessions are intended for those in the process of pursuing their Ph.D. degree. Deadline for applications: May 21, 2014. Awards announced by June 21, 2014.
Graduate students who have presented a poster are eligible for the dissertation session in a subsequent year, but may present a poster session only once during their graduate career. If a student applies both for the dissertation session and to present a poster, and the student is accepted to be part of the dissertation session, a prior invitation to present a poster that year will be withdrawn. Participating in the poster session does not preculde submitting a paper and having it accepted for the regular program the following year.
Graduate students interested in attending the annual meeting but not participating in the poster session are eligible, depending on funding availability, for up to three nights’ complimentary hotel room (double occupancy, shared with another graduate student). Send requests to the email addresses listed above. Applicants must be members of the Association. Deadline: July 5, 2014. Awards announced by July 26, 2014. Questions about the poster session should be directed to Professor John Wallis, chair of the program committee (wallis@econ.umd.edu).
Ph.D. recipients selected for the dissertation session will receive a travel subsidy. See procedures for applying for the Nevins or Gerschenkron prizes.
Dissertation Awards
The Nevins and Gerschenkron prize are awarded annually for the best dissertations on North-American and non-North American topics completed during the previous year. Six finalists, three for each award, will be chosen to present dissertation summaries at the Seventy First Annual Meeting of the Economic History Association in Washington DC in September 2013. Finalists will receive $500 to defray travel expenses (Finalists travelling internationally will receive $800). Award recipients receive a cash prize of $1,200.
Scholars submitting a dissertation may not in the same year submit a proposal to the general program that is part of or derived from the dissertation. On an exception basis the Association will allow a two year window following thesis completion for submission.
Eligibility: Those who received their Ph.D. between May 16, 2012 and May 15, 2013 are eligible and invited to submit their dissertation for consideration. All candidates for these prizes must be members of the Economic History Association. Dissertations submitted for consideration must be in English. Submission of a dissertation implies that candidates are prepared to attend the 2013 meetings in Washington DC. Presentation of a dissertation summary is required by all finalists. To be considered for these prizes completed dissertations must be submitted in hard copy on or before May 15, 2013. Notices announcing the selection of finalists will be sent to all candidates by July 24, 2013. Dissertations will only be returned to candidates if a self-addressed envelope is provided at the time of submission.
DEADLINE FOR POSTMARKED ENTRIES: May 15, 2013
For more details, see here: http://eh.net/eha/prizes/