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Internship Program

Internship Program

Inside the Vault

Inside the Vault Inside the Vault: Firsthand Accounts of the Battles of Lexington and Concord

Scholarly Fellowships

Scholarly FellowshipsThe Gilder Lehrman Institute provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3000 each to doctoral candidates, college and university faculty at every rank, and independent scholars working in the field of American history.

Celebrating American Historical Holidays

Celebrating American Historical Holidays

Black Lives in the Founding Era

Black Lives in the Founding Era

Hamilton Education Program

Hamilton Education Program  

Professional Development

Professional DevelopmentThe Institute offers a wide range of professional development opportunities in American history, from customized in-person training at your school with scholars and master teachers, to rigorous summer teacher seminars and online courses for CEUs and graduate credits.

Self-Paced Courses

Self-Paced CoursesSelf-Paced Courses offer graduate-level instruction in American history—led by the nation’s top historians

Traveling Exhibitions

Traveling Exhibitions

College Fellowships in American History

College Fellowships in American HistoryThe Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides annual short-term research fellowships in the amount of $3000 each to undergraduate students majoring or minoring in History, American Studies, Africana, Political Science, or related fields.

Frederick Douglass Book Prize

Frederick Douglass Book PrizeIn partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, the Institute awards an annual prize of $25,000 for an outstanding non-fiction book in English published on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition.

George Washington Prize

George Washington PrizeThe George Washington Prize is a $50,000 award co-sponsored by Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon.

Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize

Gilder Lehrman Military History PrizeThe Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize is a $50,000 prize sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

Gilder Lehrman Lincoln PrizeThe Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or the American Civil War era.

Veterans Legacy Program

Veterans Legacy Program

Summer Professional Development

Summer Professional Development

History School

History School