Awards
- Holman Hamilton Scholarship: The Holman Hamilton Scholarship, awarded each fall, provides assistance toward tuition for an outstanding first-semester senior. Nominations are by members of the faculty. Senior history majors who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 in history courses and 3.3 overall and who have taken at least nine hours of courses in United States History other than History 108 -109 are eligible to be considered.
- Daniel B. Rowland Community Internship Award/Robert M. Ireland Undergraduate Research Scholarship: These awards, honoring two former history faculty members, provide up to $2,000 to support summer research projects or summer internships. To be eligible, you must be an undergraduate history major or history minor who has earned at least 60 credit hours.
- Departmental Honors: Graduating seniors who have a 3.5 overall GPA qualify for departmental honors and will be recognized at the spring awards ceremony.
- Brent Award: Graduating seniors who have a 3.5 GPA in history coursework, but not an overall 3.5 GPA, will be honored with the Brent Award at the spring awards ceremony.
- Clifford & Jane Roy History Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to students who are seniors or graduate students pursuing a degree in history with an out-of-state status.
Scholarships
Undergraduate Travel Grants: https://www.as.uky.edu/undergraduate-travel-grants
1. Caller-Zolondek Travel: Up to two Arts and Sciences International Scholarships will be awarded to candidates during the summer.
Applicants must:
- Be an undergraduate major in history, philosophy, political science, sociology or the International Studies Program.
- Not attending any other program, independent study or travel in Europe during, before, or after the summer.
- Have junior or senior academic status at the time of travel.
- Have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0.
- Enrolled in independent work in their chosen majorHave a minimum stay in Europe of 16 days and visit designated cities and sites.
2. Italian Renaissance: One scholarship will be awarded to the candidates during the summer.
Applicants must:
- Be a major in history.
- Not attending any other program, independent study, or travel in Europe before, during or after the summer.
- Have at least a junior academic status at the time of travel.
- Have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0.
- Enrolled in HIS 395, Independent Study on Italian Renaissance.
- Have a minimum stay in Italy of 10 days and visit designated sites in Venice, Florence, Rome and Urbino.
3. Spain: The Islamic, Judaic, Christian Encounter: One scholarship will be awarded to the candidate during the summer.
Applicants must:
- Be a major in history.
- Not attending any other program, independent study, or travel in Europe before, during or after the summer.
- Be an undergraduate student with at least junior status at the time of travel.
- Have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0.
- Enrolled in HIS 395, Independent Study on Spain: The Islamic, Judaic, Christian Encounter.
- Have a minimum stay in Spain of 10 days and visit designated sites in Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Santiago.