Frederick Douglass Book Prize
$25,000 award for an outstanding non-fiction book in English on the subject of slavery, resistance, and/or abolition
George Washington Prize
$50,000 award for the year’s best works on our nation’s founding era
Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
$50,000 award for the finest scholarly work on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War soldier, or the American Civil War era
Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize
$50,000 award for the best book on American military history
Scholarly Fellowships
Doctoral candidates, faculty, and independent scholars can apply for short-term $3,000 research grants.