Awards & Scholarships

Arts & Humanities Scholarships
Awarded to three undergraduate students preparing to become world history teachers. Recipients must meet the scholarship criteria of academic performance and financial need. Preference given to Delaware students. NO APPLICATION.

Berwyn Fragner Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to an undergraduate History major or majors who meet the scholarship criteria of academic performance and financial need. NO APPLICATION.

E. Lyman Stewart Internship (Application, PDF)
Stipend awarded to junior or senior History majors for 10 week internships at a local historical agency.

Evelyn Holst Clift Award
Awarded to two or more outstanding senior History majors. NO APPLICATION.

William E. Meakin Memorial Award (Application, PDF)
Awarded to a junior or senior who meets the scholarship criteria of academic performance and who has a distinguished record of community service.

Old Home Prize (Details, PDF)
Awarded for the best essay on the history of Delaware and the Eastern Shore.

Thomas J. Craven Prize (Details, PDF)
Awarded for the best essay by an undergraduate on American political or constitutional history, broadly interpreted, or Delaware history.

Alumni Undergraduate Award in History
Awarded to two junior or senior History majors with the highest grade point averages and an overall grade point average of 3.5 and above. Eligibility is limited to students who have taken at least five History courses. NO APPLICATION.

Willard Allen Fletcher Prize (Details, PDF)
Awarded to History Education students for student research papers that exhibit quality work and evidence an authenticity of research and integrity in presentation and documentation.

William H. Williams Scholarship in Early American History
Awarded annually to an undergraduate or graduate History major who demonstrates outstanding scholarship in American History during the period of 1607 to 1812. NO APPLICATION.

For more information, please contact Ms. Cathy Allsion.