Prizes for Harvard College Students

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.

Academic Achievement or Character	Richard Glover Ames and Henry Russell Ames Award* Paul Revere Frothingham Scholarship Prize* Lucy Allen Paton Prizes in the Humanities* Wendell Prize
Academic Standing	Detur Book Prize* Sophia Freund Prize* John G. Palfrey Prize*
African and African American Studies	Kwame Anthony Appiah Prize W. E. B. Du Bois Award* William Plummer French Prize Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize Ephraim Isaac Prize for Excellence in African Studies* Dorothy Hicks Lee Prize Alain LeRoy Locke Prize for Academic Excellence* Elizabeth Maguire Memorial Prize* Philippe Wamba Prize Cornel West Prize*
Anthropology	Glynn Llywelyn Isaac Prize* Clyde Kluckhohn Prize* Mary Steedly Prize in Anthropology* Evon Z. Vogt Prize*
Art, Film, and Visual Studies	Albert Alcalay Prize* Rudolf Arnheim Prize* Christopher Killip Prize*
Arts	Council Prize in Visual Art* Louise Donovan Award* Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize* Doris Cohen Levi Prize* Robert E. Levi Prize* Jonathan Levy Award* Rachel Mellinger Memorial Award* Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts*
Astronomy	Leo Goldberg Prize in Astronomy*
Biochemical Sciences	Lawrence J. Henderson Prize*
Book/Art Collecting	William Harris Arnold and Gertrude Weld Arnold Prize Philip Hofer Prize for Collecting Books or Art Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting
Business and Government	John Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Business and Government
Classics	Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Translation into Greek Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Translation into Latin Classical Reception Thesis Prize* Department of the Classics Prize in Ancient History* Department of the Classics Prizes* Louis Curtis Prize* George Emerson Lowell Scholarship Prize Pease Thesis Prize* Richardson Scholarship Prize* John Osborne Sargent Prize for a Latin Translation Smyth Thesis Prize* Vermeule Thesis Prize*
Cognitive Science	Robert J. Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Cognitive Science
Commencement Orations	Le Baron Russell Briggs Commencement Prize David Taggart Clark Prize for the Undergraduate Latin Commencement Oration
Comparative Literature	Susan Anthony Potter Prize Susan Anthony Potter Undergraduate Prize George B. Sohier Prize*
Constitutional Government and Free Institutions	Delancey K. Jay Prize
Creative Writing	Cyrilly Abels Short Story Prize* Louis Begley Prize Edward Eager Memorial Prize David Rice Ecker Short Story Prize for Freshman Charles Edmund Horman Prize*
East Asia	Fairbank Center Undergraduate Essay Prize in Taiwan Studies Tazuko Ajiro Monane Prize* Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies
Economics	Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize for Honors Thesis in Economics* Morris Kronfeld Prize* David A. Wells Prize in Economics John H. Williams Prize* Allyn A. Young Prize*
English	Helen Choate Bell Prize Boston Ruskin Prize Le Baron Russell Briggs Fiction Prize* Le Baron Russell Briggs Honors Thesis Prize in English* Harvard Monthly Prize* Winthrop Sargent Prize George B. Sohier Prize* Thomas Wood Award in Journalism*
Environmental Science and Public Policy	James J. McCarthy Prize for Outstanding Thesis in Environmental Science and Public Policy*
Essay in a Scientific Field of Learning	Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Essay in the Natural Sciences
Essay in Any Field of Learning	Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Essays in the English Language
Ethnicity, Migration, Rights	Senior Thesis Prize in Ethnicity, Migration, Rights
Excellence in Undergraduate Work	Captain Jonathan Fay Prize* Hoopes Prize
Expository Writing	Lawrence Lader Prize in Expository Writing* Sosland Prize in Expository Writing*
General Education	The General Education Prize
Geographic Information Science	Howard T. Fisher Prize
German	Bernhard Blume Undergraduate Award* Carl Schurz Prize* George B. Sohier Prize* Elizabeth Wilder Prize*
Government	James Gordon Bennett Prize* Philo Sherman Bennett Prize* Charles Joseph Bonaparte Scholarship Prize* Edward M. Chase Prize Gerda Richards Crosby Prize in Government* Eric Firth Prize* Charles Sumner Prize
Harvard History	Cynthia Wight Rossano Prize in Harvard History
History	Lillian Bell Prize in History* Colton Award* David Herbert Donald Prize* William Scott Ferguson Prize* Franklin and Eleanor Ford Prize Department of History Prize* Department of History Undergraduate Prize* Philip Washburn Prize*
History and Literature	John Clive Prize* Edward Chandler Cumming Prize* David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Thesis Prize in History and Literature* Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize* History and Literature Capstone Award* Perry Miller Prize* Oliver-Dabney Junior Prize in History and Literature* Oliver-Dabney Senior Prize in History and Literature* Oliver-Dabney Sophomore Prize in History and Literature* George B. Sohier Prize* Barbara Miller Solomon Prize* Barrett Wendell Sophomore Essay Prize*
History of Art and Architecture	Matthew Abramson Prize for Best Senior Thesis in Fine Arts* James Sloss Ackerman Senior Thesis Prize in Architecture* Claire Fairman History of Art and Architecture Undergraduate Thesis Award*
History of Science	Department of the History of Science Book Prize* Robert and Maurine Rothschild Prize*
Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology	William J. Anderson Prize for Outstanding Student in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Islamic Studies	Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies
Jewish and Hebrew Studies	Harry and Cecile Starr Undergraduate Prize in Jewish Studies Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies
Korean	Namhi Kim Wagner Korean Language Prize*
Latin American and Latino Studies	James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Prize Joan Morthland Hutchins Thesis Prize in Latino Studies Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies
Law School	Newbold Rhinelander Landon Memorial Scholarship Prize* Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize*
Leadership	Joseph L. Barrett Award* Beverly J. Duran Peer Tutoring Prize* First-Year Civic Engagement Award First-Year Creativity Award First-Year Emerging Global Leader Award First-Year Veritas Award Harvard Foundation Distinguished Senior Award Harvard Foundation Women's Leadership Impact Award Senior Veritas Award Spirit of Harvard College Award
LGBT Studies	Eugene R. Cummings Senior Thesis Prize in LGBT Studies
Mathematics	Friends of the Harvard Department of Mathematics Prize* David Mumford Undergraduate Mathematics Prize* Robert Fletcher Rogers Prize* Wister Prize in Mathematics or Music*
Medieval Studies	Class of 1955/Robert T. Coolidge Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Medieval Studies Committee on Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize
Music	“The Bohemians” (New York Musicians' Club) Prize Francis Boott Prize John Green Prize* George Arthur Knight Prize Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance* Hugh F. MacColl Prizes Adelbert W. Sprague Prize Wister Prize in Mathematics or Music*
Neuroscience	John E. Dowling Undergraduate Thesis Prize*
Philosophy	George Plimpton Adams Prize* Bechtel Prize in Philosophy Francis Bowen Prize Emily and Charles Carrier Prize*
Physics	Carol Davis Prize* Jack T. Sanderson Memorial Prize in Physics*
Poetry	Academy of American Poets Prize Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize Roger Conant Hatch Prizes for Lyric Poetry Joan Gray Untermyer Poetry Prize
Public Service	Banga Social Innovation Thesis Award Reverend Peter J. Gomes Prize in Religion and Ethnicity Jonathan M. Levin Prize for Teaching and Social Justice Sally Falk Moore Prize in Public Service*
Public Speaking and Debating	Boylston Prizes for Elocution Coolidge Debating Prizes* Kate and Max Greenman Prize* Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship Prize*
Romance Languages and Literatures	Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Prize Jeremy Belknap Prize Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian Cecília Meireles Prize Susan Anthony Potter Prize in Spanish Literature of the Golden Age Francis Sales Prize George B. Sohier Prize*
Scandinavian	Einar Haugen Prize*
Slavic	Stephen Lessing and Irina Mess-Baehr Awards for Excellence in Slavic Languages and Literatures Stephen Lessing and Irina Mess-Baehr Award for the Best Senior Honors Thesis in Slavic Languages and Literatures George B. Sohier Prize*
Social Sciences	Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize for Honors Thesis in Social Sciences*
Social Studies	Mill-Taylor Prize* Alexis de Tocqueville Prizes in Social Studies* Judith Vichniac Thesis Prize in Social Studies
Sociology	Albert M. Fulton, Class of 1897, Prize*
Statistics	Department of Statistics Concurrent Master's Prize* Department of Statistics Senior Concentrator Prize*
Theater	Phyllis Anderson Prize for Playwriting Lee Patrick Award in Drama* Alan Symonds Award
Transcript Project	Taliesin Prize
Women’s Studies	Jane C. Grant Senior Prize* Alice Jardine Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship