Each year the faculty recognize outstanding history majors for their achievements in historical scholarship. The Department maintains a list of past winners here. Undergraduate student awards range from $100 to $500 depending on available funds. 2024 Annual Undergraduate Awards program Awards by student application with faculty recommendation Study Abroad Scholarships Any undergraduate history major can fill out an Application for the Study Abroad Scholarship to participate in an official UGA study abroad program. Applications due October 1 for fall 4990s and conferences, and February 28 for spring 4990s and conferences or summer conference travel. Adam Cramond Martin Travel Award 2024: Sahra Elizabeth King (UGA at Oxford) Drew and Dorianne Norwood Award 2024: Riley Fenneran (GLOBIS Ireland) Heggoy Travel Scholarship 2024: Samuel Guimond (UGA Classics in Rome), and Zain Ali (UGA Franklin College Study Away, Tropical Diseases: Diagnosis, Surveillance, and Prevention in India) Thomas Pleasant Vincent Travel Scholarship 2023: Girard Boudreau, Sam Tripp, Elizabeth Van Der Blom, and Shelby McWhirter Linda Piper Award for Study Abroad 2022 (awarded in even years): Margaret Bethel Summer Program in Public History Scholarship The Summer Program in Public History scholarship is dedicated to helping defray the costs of students enrolled in the Department's Summer Program in Public History in Washington, D.C. Any history major can fill out an application for this scholarship as part of their application to the program. Application deadline: 1 February. 2019: Griffin Bates, Haley Higingbotham, Andrew Smallwood History Undergraduate Research Award Any undergraduate history major can fill out an Application for the Undergraduate Research Award to help fund research for a HIST 4990 senior seminar research paper, or for travel to present a history paper at a professional conference. Applications due October 1 for fall 4990s and conferences, and February 28 for spring 4990s and conferences or summer conference travel. Awards by faculty nomination Alf Andrew Heggoy AwardPresented annually to an undergraduate for the best senior paper 2024: Elizabeth Van der Blom History Department Award (Undergraduate)Presented to an outstanding undergraduate in a field other than American history 2024: Mattie Pickard Hostilo Family Scholarship in HistoryPresented to an outstanding undergraduate from a population that has been historically disadvantaged within the academic field of history 2024: Maristella Tuazon Joe Brown Connally AwardPresented to an outstanding junior who has demonstrated excellence in history and whose interests include Georgia history 2024: Rhett Floyd Kay Parker Digital Humanities Award Presented annually for an outstanding undergraduate project in the digital humanities 2024: Aubrey Rigdon Outstanding History Major Award Presented to an outstanding senior history major for excellence in academics and classroom engagement. 2024: Jacob Cato, Larissa Hawker, Neha M. Rao, Nicholas Dietz Peggy Galis Graduation Award Presented to a graduating senior in history for outstanding academic achievement 2024: Casen Joyner Phyllis Jenkins Barrow ScholarshipPresented to an outstanding junior history major 2024: Gretchen Collier Thomas Pleasant Vincent Sr. AwardPresented to a distinguished undergraduate or graduate student of history with a special interest in the history of Georgia 2024: Meghan Mundy Warner-Fite AwardPresented to an outstanding graduate or undergraduate student in American/U.S. history 2024: Samuel Guimond
