Announcement: 2023–2024 Wendell Prize Winner

Congratulations to Ashwin Sivakumar of Currier House, this year’s winner of the Wendell Prize.

Prize Description

The Jacob Wendell Scholarship Prize, which was established in 1899 by bequest of Jacob Wendell, is awarded to a Harvard College sophomore identified by the selection committee as the most promising and broad-ranging scholar in his or her class, without reference to financial need. This prize of $21,000 is awarded on the basis of a student’s first-year academic record, a writing sample, a short essay, and a letter of recommendation.

Students who complete their first year at Harvard College in the top tier of their class are invited to apply for the Wendell Prize by the Prize Office in the June after their first year at Harvard.

For the 2023–2024 competition, all parts of the application were due by 11:59 p.m. on September 21, 2023.

For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Wendell Prize, click the link.

Students who have been invited to apply to the Wendell Prize should click here for further instructions.