There are four types of Dissertation Fellowships

1. EHA Graduate Fellowships ($10,000)

2. EHA Fellowship for students outside traditional economics departments ($10,000)

3. Cambridge University Press Dissertation Fellowship ($10,000)
This award is made possible through an endowment created through a partnership between Cambridge University Press and the Economic History Association, signaling a commitment to developing the field's future leaders, whose research will directly study economic history worldwide.

4. Sokoloff Fellowship ($17,500)
Thanks to a generous gift from Ken Sokoloff’s estate and other individual contributions, this fellowship honors the major contributions of Kenneth Sokoloff to economic history, and in particular his care and concern for the many students he introduced to economic history.

Please direct any questions about these fellowships to Professor Marc Weidenmier, Committee on Research in Economic History, marc.weidenmier@gmail.com. Applicants are asked to submit a CV, a project description and two letters of reference (one of which should be from the dissertation committee chair). It is the applicant’s responsibility to contact letter writers and provide them with the submission directions. Letters can be uploaded at TBD. Please note that where the application asks for a 5 page project description (including references cited), this is to be double spaced with at least one inch margins on all sides and font size no less than 11 point.

Deadline for Applications: January 18, 2024. Awards announced by February 28, 2024.