Student Awards

HGSG Student Research Award

Student members of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) are invited to submit research proposals for the Historical Geography Specialty Group (HGSG) Student Research Awards. The specialty group, at its discretion, will award up to two prizes in 2025. The Carville Earle Award ($700) recognizes research at the PhD level, and the Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov Award ($300) recognizes research at the Master's or undergraduate level. To apply for either award, students must submit a two-page research proposal that gives their research question and also explains how archival work and/or fieldwork is necessary to complete their project. The proposal must also specify the archives and/or field research site that will be utilized. A budget of estimated expenses and the name and email of their major advisor must accompany the proposal. The award may be used for travel or other related research expenses. Students must be members of the AAG and HGSG to be eligible for this competition. Students must submit their two-page research proposal, with budget and name and contact of advisor, by March 17, 2025, to the following competition judge: Dr. Declan Cullen (drcullen@email.gwu.edu).

HGSG Paper Award

The Historical Geography Specialty Group (HGSG) will NOT sponsor student paper award competitions in 2025. The Andrew Hill Clark Award for a paper written at the PhD level and the Ralph Brown Award for a paper written at the Master's or undergraduate level are typically awarded. Preference is given to papers based on primary sources of information rather than on literature reviews. 

HGSG funds for research and paper awards have remained virtually unchanged for over two decades. The 2023 research awards were the same amounts as the 2003 research awards! The HGSG Board has elected to allocate paper award funds towards the research awards this year with the hope of securing additional funding for paper awards next year. As you may know, HGSG also maintains the journal Historical Geography. If you wish to make a one-time or recurring donation to expand the capacity of our student funding, please do so at the following link: https://www.aag.org/donate/#/donate/3ab1223f-246d-ee11-8df0-000d3a55fb1c