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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.

Sort**Academic Achievement or Character**

- [Richard Glover Ames and Henry Russell Ames Award](/prize-descriptions#richardandhenryames)\*
- ​​[Paul Revere Frothingham Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#paulreverefrothingham)\*
- [Lucy Allen Paton Prizes in the Humanities](/prize-descriptions#pbklucyallenpaton)\*
- [Wendell Prize](/wendell-prize)



**Academic Standing**

- [Detur Book Prize](/prize-descriptions#deturbookprize)\*
- [Sophia Freund Prize](/prize-descriptions#sophiafreund)\*
- [John G. Palfrey Prize](/prize-descriptions#johnpalfrey)\*



**African and African American Studies**

- [Kwame Anthony Appiah Prize](/prize-descriptions#kwameanthonyappiah)
- [W. E. B. Du Bois Award](/prize-descriptions#webdubois)\*
- [William Plummer French Prize](/prize-descriptions#williamplummerfrench)
- [Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize](/prize-descriptions#kathrynhuggins)
- [Ephraim Isaac Prize for Excellence in African Studies](/prize-descriptions#ephraimisaac)\*
- [Dorothy Hicks Lee Prize](/prize-descriptions#dorothyhickslee)
- [Alain LeRoy Locke Prize for Academic Excellence](/prize-descriptions#alainleroylocke)\*
- [Elizabeth Maguire Memorial Prize](/prize-descriptions#elizabethmaguire)\*
- [Philippe Wamba Prize](/prize-descriptions#philippewamba)
- [Cornel West Prize](/prize-descriptions#cornelwest)\*



**Anthropology**

- [Glynn Llywelyn Isaac Prize](/prize-descriptions/#glynnisaac)\*
- [Clyde Kluckhohn Prize](/prize-descriptions/#kluckhohn)\*
- [Mary Steedly Prize in Anthropology](/prize-descriptions/#marysteedly)\*
- [Evon Z. Vogt Prize](/prize-descriptions/#evonvogt)\*



**Art, Film, and Visual Studies**

- [Albert Alcalay Prize](/prize-descriptions#albertalcalay)\*
- [Rudolf Arnheim Prize](/prize-descriptions#rudolfarnheim)\*
- [Christopher Killip Prize](/prize-descriptions#christopherkillip)\*



**Arts**

- [Council Prize in Visual Art](/prize-descriptions#councilprizevisualarts)\*
- [Louise Donovan Award](/prize-descriptions#louisedonovan)\*
- [Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize](/prize-descriptions#suzannefarrell)\*
- [Doris Cohen Levi Prize](/prize-descriptions#doriscohenlevi)\*
- [Robert E. Levi Prize](/prize-descriptions#robertlevi)\*
- [Jonathan Levy Award](/prize-descriptions#jonathanlevy)\*
- [Rachel Mellinger Memorial Award](/prize-descriptions#rachelmellinger)\*
- [Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts](/prize-descriptions#louissudler)\*



**Astronomy**

- [Leo Goldberg Prize in Astronomy](/prize-descriptions#leogoldberg)\*



**Biochemical Sciences**

- [Lawrence J. Henderson Prize](/prize-descriptions#lawrencehenderson)\*



**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)
- [Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting](/prize-descriptions#lamontundergradbookcollecting)



**Business and Government**

- [John Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Business and Government](/prize-descriptions#hksjohndunlop)



**Classics**

- [Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Translation into Greek](/bowdoin-prizes-undergraduates)
- [Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Translation into Latin](/bowdoin-prizes-undergraduates)
- [Classical Reception Thesis Prize](/prize-descriptions#classicalreceptionthesis)\*
- [Department of the Classics Prize in Ancient History](/prize-descriptions#classicsancienthistory)\*
- [Department of the Classics Prizes](/prize-descriptions#classicsprizes)\*
- [Louis Curtis Prize](/prize-descriptions#louiscurtis)\*
- [George Emerson Lowell Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgeemersonlowell)
- [Pease Thesis Prize](/prize-descriptions#classicspeasethesis)\*
- [Richardson Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#williamkingrichardson)\*
- [John Osborne Sargent Prize for a Latin Translation](/prize-descriptions#johnosbornesargent)
- [Smyth Thesis Prize](/prize-descriptions#classicssmyththesis)\*
- [Vermeule Thesis Prize](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#vermeulethesis)\*



**Cognitive Science**

- [Robert J. Glushko Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Cognitive Science](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#glushkothesis)



**Commencement Orations**

- [Le Baron Russell Briggs Commencement Prize](/prize-descriptions#briggscommencement)
- [David Taggart Clark Prize for the Undergraduate Latin Commencement Oration](/prize-descriptions#davidtaggartclark)



**Comparative Literature**

- [Susan Anthony Potter Prize](/prize-descriptions#susananthonypotter)
- [Susan Anthony Potter Undergraduate Prize](/prize-descriptions#susananthonypotter)
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*



**Constitutional Government and Free Institutions**

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



**Creative Writing**

- [Cyrilly Abels Short Story Prize](/prize-descriptions#cyrillyabels)\*
- [Louis Begley Prize](/prize-descriptions#louisbegley)
- [Edward Eager Memorial Prize](/prize-descriptions#edwardeager)
- [David Rice Ecker Short Story Prize for Freshman](/prize-descriptions#davidriceecker)
- [Charles Edmund Horman Prize](/prize-descriptions#charlesedmundhorman)\*



**East Asia**

- [Fairbank Center Undergraduate Essay Prize in Taiwan Studies](/prize-descriptions/#fairbanktaiwan)
- [Tazuko Ajiro Monane Prize](/prize-descriptions#tazukoajiromonane)\*
- [Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#nomareischauerjapanese)



**Economics**

- [Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize for Honors Thesis in Economics](/prize-descriptions#seymourandruthharris)\*
- [Morris Kronfeld Prize](/prize-descriptions#morriskronfeld)\*
- [David A. Wells Prize in Economics](/prize-descriptions#davidwells)
- [John H. Williams Prize](/prize-descriptions#johnhwilliams)\*
- [Allyn A. Young Prize](/prize-descriptions#allynyoung)\*



**English**

- [Helen Choate Bell Prize](/prize-descriptions#choatebell)
- [Boston Ruskin Prize](/prize-descriptions#bostonruskin)
- [Le Baron Russell Briggs Fiction Prize](/prize-descriptions#briggsfiction)\*
- [Le Baron Russell Briggs Honors Thesis Prize in English](/prize-descriptions#briggshonorsthesis)\*
- [*Harvard Monthly* Prize](/prize-descriptions#harvardmonthly)\*
- [Winthrop Sargent Prize](/prize-descriptions#englishwinthropsargent)
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*
- [Thomas Wood Award in Journalism](/prize-descriptions#thomaswood)\*



**Environmental Science and Public Policy**

- [James J. McCarthy Prize for Outstanding Thesis in Environmental Science and Public Policy](/prize-descriptions#jamesmccarthy)\*



**Essay in a Scientific Field of Learning**

- [Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Essay in the Natural Sciences](/bowdoin-prizes-undergraduates)



**Essay in Any Field of Learning**

- [Bowdoin Prize for Undergraduate Essays in the English Language](/bowdoin-prizes-undergraduates)



**Ethnicity, Migration, Rights**

- [Senior Thesis Prize in Ethnicity, Migration, Rights](/prize-descriptions#emrseniorthesis)



**Excellence in Undergraduate Work**

- [Captain Jonathan Fay Prize](/prize-descriptions#captainjonathanfay)\*
- [Hoopes Prize](/hoopes-prize)



**Expository Writing**

- [Lawrence Lader Prize in Expository Writing](/prize-descriptions#lawrencelader)\*
- [Sosland Prize in Expository Writing](/prize-descriptions#mortonsosland)\*



**General Education**

- [The General Education Prize](/prize-descriptions#generaleducation)



**Geographic Information Science**

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



**German**

- [Bernhard Blume Undergraduate Award](/prize-descriptions#bernhardblume)\*
- [Carl Schurz Prize](/prize-descriptions#carlschurz)\*
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*
- [Elizabeth Wilder Prize](/prize-descriptions#elizabethwilder)\*



**Government**

- [James Gordon Bennett Prize](/prize-descriptions#jamesgordonbennett)\*
- [Philo Sherman Bennett Prize](/prize-descriptions#philoshermanbennett)\*
- [Charles Joseph Bonaparte Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#charlesjosephbonaparte)\*
- [Edward M. Chase Prize](/prize-descriptions#edwardchase)
- [Gerda Richards Crosby Prize in Government](/prize-descriptions#gerdacrosby)\*
- [Eric Firth Prize](/prize-descriptions#ericfirth)\*
- [Charles Sumner Prize](/prize-descriptions#charlessumner)



**Harvard History**

- [Cynthia Wight Rossano Prize in Harvard History](/prize-descriptions#cynthiawightrossano)



**History**

- [Lillian Bell Prize in History](/prize-descriptions#lilianbell)\*
- [Colton Award](/prize-descriptions#hattiecolton)\*
- [David Herbert Donald Prize](/prize-descriptions#davidherbertdonald)\*
- [William Scott Ferguson Prize](/prize-descriptions#williamscottferguson)\*
- [Franklin and Eleanor Ford Prize](/prize-descriptions#historyfranklineleanorford)
- [Department of History Prize](/prize-descriptions#departmentofhistorysenior)\*
- [Department of History Undergraduate Prize](/prize-descriptions#departmentofhistoryundergrad)\*
- [Philip Washburn Prize](/prize-descriptions#philipwashburn)\*



**History and Literature**

- [John Clive Prize](/prize-descriptions#johnclive)\*
- [Edward Chandler Cumming Prize](/prize-descriptions#edwardchandlercumming)\*
- [David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Thesis Prize in History and Literature](/prize-descriptions#drclashistandlit)\*
- [Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize](/prize-descriptions#ralphwaldoemerson)\*
- [History and Literature Capstone Award\*](/prize-descriptions/#hlitcapstone)
- [Perry Miller Prize](/prize-descriptions#perrymiller)\*
- [Oliver-Dabney Junior Prize in History and Literature](/prize-descriptions#oliverdabneyjuniorprize)\*
- [Oliver-Dabney Senior Prize in History and Literature](/prize-descriptions#oliverdabneyseniorprize)\*
- [Oliver-Dabney Sophomore Prize in History and Literature](/prize-descriptions#oliverdabneysophomoreprize)\*
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*
- [Barbara Miller Solomon Prize](/prize-descriptions#barbaramillersolomon)\*
- [Barrett Wendell Sophomore Essay Prize](/prize-descriptions#barrettwendellsophomoreessay)\*



**History of Art and Architecture**

- [Matthew Abramson Prize for Best Senior Thesis in Fine Arts](/prize-descriptions#matthewabramson)\*
- [James Sloss Ackerman Senior Thesis Prize in Architecture](/prize-descriptions#jamesslossackerman)\*
- [Claire Fairman History of Art and Architecture Undergraduate Thesis Award](/prize-descriptions#clairefairman)\*



**History of Science**

- [Department of the History of Science Book Prize](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#hscibook)\*
- [Robert and Maurine Rothschild Prize](/prize-descriptions#robertandmaurinerothschild)\*



**Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology**

- [William J. Anderson Prize for Outstanding Student in Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology](/prize-descriptions#williamanderson)



**Islamic Studies**

- [Alwaleed Bin Talal Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Islamic Studies](/prize-descriptions#alwaleedundergrad)



**Jewish and Hebrew Studies**

- [Harry and Cecile Starr Undergraduate Prize in Jewish Studies](/prize-descriptions/#starrundergrad)
- [Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies](/prize-descriptions#selmaandlewisweinstein)



**Korean**

- [Namhi Kim Wagner Korean Language Prize](/prize-descriptions#wagner)\*



**Latin American and Latino Studies**

- [James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Prize](/prize-descriptions#drclashammond)
- [Joan Morthland Hutchins Thesis Prize in Latino Studies](/prize-descriptions#drclasjoanhutchins)
- [Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies](/prize-descriptions#drclaskennethmaxwell)



**Law School**

- [Newbold Rhinelander Landon Memorial Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#newboldrhinelanderlandon)\*
- [Endicott Peabody Saltonstall Prize](/prize-descriptions#endicottpeabodysaltonstall)\*



**Leadership**

- [Joseph L. Barrett Award](/prize-descriptions#josephbarrett)\*
- [Beverly J. Duran Peer Tutoring Prize\*](/prize-descriptions#duranpeertutoring)
- [First-Year Civic Engagement Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsofirstyearcivicengagement)
- [First-Year Creativity Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsofirstyearcreativity)
- [First-Year Emerging Global Leader Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsofirstyearglobal)
- [First-Year Veritas Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsofirstyearveritas)
- [Harvard Foundation Distinguished Senior Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsoharvarddistinguishedsenior)
- [Harvard Foundation Women's Leadership Impact Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsoharvardwomenleadershipimpact)
- [Senior Veritas Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsoseniorveritas)
- [Spirit of Harvard College Award](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#dsospiritharvardcollege)



**LGBT Studies**

- [Eugene R. Cummings Senior Thesis Prize in LGBT Studies](/prize-descriptions#eugenecummings)



**Mathematics**

- [Friends of the Harvard Department of Mathematics Prize](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#friendsmath)\*
- [David Mumford Undergraduate Mathematics Prize](/prize-descriptions#davidmumford)\*
- [Robert Fletcher Rogers Prize](/prize-descriptions#robertfletcherrogers)\*
- [Wister Prize in Mathematics or Music](/prize-descriptions#charleswister)\*



**Medieval Studies**

- [Class of 1955/Robert T. Coolidge Undergraduate Thesis Prize in Medieval Studies](/prize-descriptions#robertcoolidge)
- [Committee on Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize](/prize-descriptions#medievalstudiesundergrad)



**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)
- [Robert Levin Prize in Musical Performance](/prize-descriptions#robertlevin)\*
- [Hugh F. MacColl Prizes](/prize-descriptions#hughmaccoll)
- [Adelbert W. Sprague Prize](/prize-descriptions#adelbertsprague)
- [Wister Prize in Mathematics or Music](/prize-descriptions#charleswister)\*



**Neuroscience**

- [John E. Dowling Undergraduate Thesis Prize](/prize-descriptions#Dowling)\*



**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**

- [Carol Davis Prize](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#caroldavis)\*
- [Jack T. Sanderson Memorial Prize in Physics](/prize-descriptions#jacksanderson)\*



**Poetry**

- [Academy of American Poets Prize](/prize-descriptions#academyamericanpoets)
- [Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize](/prize-descriptions#lloydmckimgarrison)
- [Roger Conant Hatch Prizes for Lyric Poetry](/prize-descriptions#rogerconanthatch)
- [Joan Gray Untermyer Poetry Prize](/prize-descriptions#joangrayuntermyer)



**Public Service**

- [Banga Social Innovation Thesis Award](/prize-descriptions/#bangasocial)
- [Reverend Peter J. Gomes Prize in Religion and Ethnicity](/prize-descriptions#reverendgomes)
- [Jonathan M. Levin Prize for Teaching and Social Justice](/prize-descriptions#jonathanlevin)
- [Sally Falk Moore Prize in Public Service](/prize-descriptions/#sallyfalkmoore)\*



**Public Speaking and Debating**

- [Boylston Prizes for Elocution](/prize-descriptions#boylstonelocution)
- [Coolidge Debating Prizes](/prize-descriptions#coolidgedebating)\*
- [Kate and Max Greenman Prize](/prize-descriptions#kateandmaxgreenmandebate)\*
- [Wendell Phillips Memorial Scholarship Prize](/prize-descriptions#wendellphillips)\*



**Romance Languages and Literatures**

- [Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Prize](/prize-descriptions#sophiaandresen)
- [Jeremy Belknap Prize](/prize-descriptions#jeremybelknap)
- [Diaco Prize for Best Composition in Italian](/prize-descriptions#diaco)
- [Cecília Meireles Prize](/prize-descriptions#ceciliameireles)
- [Susan Anthony Potter Prize in Spanish Literature of the Golden Age](/prize-descriptions#susananthonypotterspanish)
- [Francis Sales Prize](/prize-descriptions#francissales)
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*



**Scandinavian**

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



**Slavic**

- [Stephen Lessing and Irina Mess-Baehr Awards for Excellence in Slavic Languages and Literatures](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#baehrexcellence)
- [Stephen Lessing and Irina Mess-Baehr Award for the Best Senior Honors Thesis in Slavic Languages and Literatures](https://prizes.fas.harvard.edu/prize-descriptions#baehrthesis)
- [George B. Sohier Prize](/prize-descriptions#georgesohier)\*



**Social Sciences**

- [Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Prize for Honors Thesis in Social Sciences](/prize-descriptions#seymourandruthharris)\*



**Social Studies**

- [Mill-Taylor Prize](/prize-descriptions#milltaylor)\*
- [Alexis de Tocqueville Prizes in Social Studies](/prize-descriptions#alexisdetocqueville)\*
- [Judith Vichniac Thesis Prize in Social Studies](/prize-descriptions#judithvichniacthesisprize)



**Sociology**

- [Albert M. Fulton, Class of 1897, Prize](/prize-descriptions#albertfulton)\*



**Statistics**

- [Department of Statistics Concurrent Master's Prize](/prize-descriptions#statmasters)\*
- [Department of Statistics Senior Concentrator Prize](/prize-descriptions#departmentofstatistics)\*



**Theater**

- [Phyllis Anderson Prize for Playwriting](/prize-descriptions#phyllisanderson)
- [Lee Patrick Award in Drama](/prize-descriptions#leepatrick)\*
- [Alan Symonds Award](/prize-descriptions#alansymonds)



**Transcript Project**

- [Taliesin Prize](/prize-descriptions#transcripttaliesin)



**Women’s Studies**

- [Jane C. Grant Senior Prize](/prize-descriptions#janegrant)\*
- [Alice Jardine Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship](/prize-descriptions#jardine)