Individual projects

The Fulbright-British Library Eccles Institute Award covers three months of funding for a research project in librarianship and information science at the British Library. It is open both to professionals working in libraries and academics working in a relevant discipline. 

The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania supports research and learning about these regions through the collections of the British Library, and fosters transatlantic knowledge exchange and cultural relations. 

The editors of Contemporary European History have established this prize with the aim of encouraging, recognizing and promoting high-quality research among postgraduate and early career scholars.

The winner’s prize will consist of:

• Publication of the winning submission in Contemporary European History
• £400 worth of CUP books

Other entries of quality may be invited to publish their submissions in the journal.

Editorial statement of Contemporary European History

The Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group announces the 2026 prize for the best book in Mediterranean Studies.

Eligible publications are dated 2023—2025.
The submission deadline is 31 December 2025.
The winner will be announced on or before 1 June 2026.  

The Society of Civil War Historians solicits nominations for the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for books published in 2025. Publishers are asked to send books, along with a cover letter nominating the work for the Tom Watson Brown Award, directly to the four prize jurors no later than January 31, 2026. Only books published in 2025 will be considered.

The Friends’ Grants to Scholars program helps fund visiting scholars who have particular research needs in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. The Friends award several grants annually, bringing scholars to Madison campus libraries to conduct research in the humanities, sciences, and related fields appropriate to the libraries’ collection strengths. The purpose of this program is to foster high-level use of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Libraries’ rich holdings, and to make them better known and more accessible to a wider circle of scholars.

ORIGIN 

The Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award  is named in honor of the late social activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities., Jane Jacobs. 

PURPOSE 

The annual Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award recognizes an outstanding book, published in English, which exhibits excellence in addressing issues of urban communication. The book award brings with it a $500 prize. 

PROCEDURES OF SUBMISSION