#  Prizes for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Students 

 



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For further information about the prizes listed below, click the links. Note that **no application is required for prizes marked with an asterisk** (\*); eligibility will be considered automatically.

SortAfrican and African American Studies

- [Elizabeth Maguire Memorial Prize](/prize-descriptions#elizabethmaguire)\*



Book/Art Collecting

- [William Harris Arnold and Gertrude Weld Arnold Prize](/prize-descriptions#williamandgertrudearnold)
- [Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art](/prize-descriptions#houghtonbookcollectinghofer)



Classics

- [Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Composition in Greek](/bowdoin-prizes-graduate-students)
- [Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Composition in Latin](/bowdoin-prizes-graduate-students)



Commencement Orations

- [Graduate English Commencement Oration Prize](/prize-descriptions#graduatecommencementoration)



Comparative Literature

- [Susan Anthony Potter Prize](/prize-descriptions#susananthonypotter)



Constitutional Government and Free Institutions

- [Delancey K. Jay Prize](/prize-descriptions#delanceyjay)



East Asia

- [Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies](/prize-descriptions#nomareischauer)



Economics

- [Padma Desai Prize in Economic Science](/prize-descriptions#padmadesai)
- [David A. Wells Prize in Economics](/prize-descriptions#davidwells)



English

- [Helen Choate Bell Prize](/prize-descriptions#choatebell)
- [Helen Choate Bell Prize for Ph.D. Thesis](/prize-descriptions#choatebellphd)
- [Boston Ruskin Prize](/prize-descriptions#bostonruskin)
- [Howard Mumford Jones Prize](/prize-descriptions#howardmumfordjones)
- [Winthrop Sargent Prize](/prize-descriptions#englishwinthropsargent)



Essay in a Scientific Field of Learning

- [Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essay in the Natural Sciences](/bowdoin-prizes-graduate-students)



Essay in Any Field of Learning

- [Bowdoin Prize for Graduate Essays in the English Language](/bowdoin-prizes-graduate-students)



Geographic Information Science

- [Howard T. Fisher Prize](/prize-descriptions#gishowardfisher)



German

- [Bernhard Blume First-Year Graduate Award](/prize-descriptions#bernhardblume)\*
- [Bernhard Blume Second-Year Graduate Award](/prize-descriptions#bernhardblume)\*
- [Esther Sellholm Walz Prize](/prize-descriptions#esthersellholmwalz)\*



Government

- [Edward M. Chase Prize](/prize-descriptions#edwardchase)
- [Charles Sumner Prize](/prize-descriptions#charlessumner)
- [Robert N. Toppan Prize](/prize-descriptions#roberttoppan)



History

- [Harold K. Gross Dissertation Prize](/prize-descriptions#haroldgross)\*



Islamic Studies

- [Alwaleed Bin Talal Dissertation Prize in Islamic Studies](/prize-descriptions#alwaleedgrad)



Jewish and Hebrew Studies

- [Harry and Cecile Starr Graduate Prize in Jewish Studies](/prize-descriptions/#starrgrad)



Medieval Studies

- [Committee on Medieval Studies Ph.D. Thesis Prize](/prize-descriptions#medievalphd)\*



Music

- [“The Bohemians” (New York Musicians Club) Prize](/prize-descriptions#bohemiansmusic)
- [Francis Boott Prize](/prize-descriptions#francisboott)
- [John Green Prize](/prize-descriptions#johngreen)\*
- [George Arthur Knight Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgearthurknight)
- [Adelbert W. Sprague Prize](/prize-descriptions#adelbertsprague)



Philosophy

- [George Plimpton Adams Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgeplimptonadams)\*
- [Bechtel Prize in Philosophy](/prize-descriptions#edwinbechtel)
- [Francis Bowen Prize](/prize-descriptions#francisbowen)
- [Emily and Charles Carrier Prize](/prize-descriptions#emilyandcharlescarrier)\*



Physics

- [The Cutting Prize](/prize-descriptions/#cutting)\*
- [Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Prize](/prize-descriptions#gertrudeandmauricegoldhaber)\*
- [David J. Robbins Prize](/prize-descriptions#davidrobbins)\*



Scandinavian

- [Einar Haugen Prize](/prize-descriptions#einarhaugen)\*



Statistics

- [Arthur P. Dempster Award](/prize-descriptions#arthurdempster)\*



Theater

- [Phyllis Anderson Prize for Playwriting](/prize-descriptions#phyllisanderson)



Undergraduate Teaching

- [Harvard Griffin GSAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates](/prize-descriptions/#gsasgradteaching)\*
- [Jack M. Stein Teaching Fellow Prize in Germanic Languages](/prize-descriptions#jackstein)\*