The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce the results of this year’s Independent Researcher Grant. This year, the award received a record number of applications and we were thrilled to see the amount of interest in women’s history from…
Category: Prizes
Details of WHN prizes and entries
WHN Early Career Fellows for 2023-24
The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce this year’s Early Career Fellows. Each year, the Fellowship attracts a growing number of applications, speaking to the thriving nature of women’s history in the UK today, but also, sadly, to the…
WHN Schools History Prize 2023
This year for Women’s History Month we invited students to create a poster which illustrated Senior Category Winner Katherine Johnson by Srinidhi Balaji poster The panel were impressed by Srinidhi’s explanation for her eye-catching design: Katherine Johnson was a competent…
Women’s History Network Book Prize for 2022
We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 13 October 2023 for books published from 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2022.…
Women’s History Network Independent Researcher Grants for 2023/24
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree or postgraduate qualification, the grants…
Women’s History Network Early Career Fellowships for 2023 – 2024
The Women’s History Network is offering Fellowships of £1,500 to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history in the coming academic year. Each Fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet…
WHN MA Prize for 2021/22
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2021-2022 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
WHN Schools History Prize 2023
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. This year we would like to invite students to create a poster which illustrates The poster, can be created…
2022 Community History Prize
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 MARCH 2023 Details of this year’s competition This annual prize of £500 is awarded to the team behind a Community History Project by, about, or for women in a particular locale or community which…