Individual projects

The Governor General’s International Award for Canadian Studies is intended for a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the development of Canadian Studies internationally through research, teaching, outreach and the promotion of the study of Canada.

Throughout a career dedicated to Canadian Studies, the awardee will have demonstrated engagement with Canadian Studies networks and associations as well as an established commitment to the development of the public image of the Study of Canada in institutional and public spheres.

Award Activity

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. 

Submissions for the 2026 prize can be made at anytime between the opening of the submission window on 1 July 2026 and the deadline of 11 September 2026.

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:

Our annual prizes rotate on a three-yearcycle including best book in Mediterranean Studies, the Wadjih F. al-Hamwi Prize for the best first book in Mediterranean Studies, and best source translation, edition, and best collection of essays n Mediterranean Studies. Books published in the three calendar years prior to the prize contest in question are eligible. Applications will open in the preceeding summer, with a submission deadline of 31 December. Winners are announced on or before 1 Jun.