History Department awards
Cash award amounts vary by scholarship and year.
Stow Persons Award for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis
An award given to the undergraduate student who writes the best honors thesis for the academic year. In honor of Carver Professor of History, Stow Persons (1913-2006), who was a distinguished member of the department from 1950 until his retirement in 1981.
Alan B. Spitzer Scholarship
One annual scholarship awarded to an undergraduate in history who demonstrates exceptional promise and dedication to the study of history. Qualifications: junior standing and minimum of 3.25 GPA in History.
William L.M. & William E. Burke Scholarship
To support one or more annual scholarships for students studying European history; preference to undergraduate students. To provide students with travel expenses to and from Europe to expand their study – social history, urban history, architecture, and/or art.
William Eugene Wolters Scholarship
One or more annual scholarships, based on need and merit, awarded to a junior or senior student majoring in history, with a special interest in American history.
Departmental Academic Achievement Award
This award honors the two graduating seniors with the highest cumulative GPA in the history major.
Departmental Service Award
This award recognizes an undergraduate history major who has demonstrated exceptional service and leadership to the study of history at the University of Iowa.
Hamod/Habhab/Keeshan Scholarship
This award is available to an undergraduate history major in the University Honors program. See all requirements on the Honors at Iowa page.
Funding for Internships
Please visit our Experiential Learning page for information on funding opportunities for unpaid internships.
Recent award winners
Phi Beta Kappa is a national honors society for students in the Liberal Arts. Through its journal, The American Scholar, and other activities it promotes the Liberal Arts across the country. Admission to Phi Beta Kappa is one of the foremost markers of distinction in the humanities. The following students have been invited to accept membership in the Alpha of Iowa chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
2023-24
Adeline Bradley
William Broadston Irvine
Elisa Burba
Hannah Cloud
Madeline DeCoste
Carson Frazee
Juliet Gratias
Max Halbach
Emily Kehoe
Abby Kellis
Cameron LaPage
Sabrina Leistikow
Ismael Leyva
Jesse Miller
Nicholas O'Donnell
Alana Scherer
Charlotte Stevens
Kaitlyn Walter
Yardley Whaylen
Jake Wicks
Amelia Williams
2022-23
Brayden Adcock
Anna Behrens
Charlie Bell
Marcos Cervantes
Allison Clark
Phoebe Dillard
Jenna Eastman
Cameron LaPage
Peyton Levas
Ashley McKim
Nicholas O’Donnell
Kaitlin Oehlert
Alana Scherer
Jacob Siefke
Sydney Van Trump
Kaitlyn Walter
Hannah Wenger
2021-22
Roxanna Barbulescu
Micah Broekemeier
Caroline Brown
Nathan Bryk
Megan Christianson
Keagen Coates
Jack Donley
Lauren Fuller
Nicole Gilbert
Sarah Hager
Reagan Hart
Cori Hoffmann
Aaron Kruger
Lauren Phillips
John Reasoner
Alana Scherer
Noah Weiner
Aubrey Werthmann
2020-21
Sophia Gilbert
John Kamp
Jack Lauer
Jude McDonnell
Miriam Ochs
2019-20
Nicole Allen
Emily Bronswick
Sydney DeBoer
Hannah Haack
Carly Heying
Emma Johnson
Jude McDonnell
Sean Ruecker
Hannah Schillinger
Allison Steger
2018-19
Emily Lefeber
Benjamin Louviere
Bailey Petersen
Hannah Schillinger
Michael Steffen
2017-18
Megan Ryan
Evan Bittner
Paige Mitchell
2016-17
Samuel Ceruti
Garrett Gobble
Sarah Lauer
Lia Phanthavong
Joshua Woosley
2015-16
Abigail Dockum
Nicholas Timmerman
Katelyn Zingg
2014-15
Sylvia Bochner
Rachel Gentile
Emily Hegranes
Ryan Kunkle
Zachary Sanders
(Formerly Kay Keeshan Hamod Scholarship)
2023
Max Halbach
2022
Talia Hill
Kay Keeshan Hamod Scholarship
2021
Jack Lauer
2020
Emily Bronswick
2019
Cameron Moeller
2018
Mila Kaut
2017
Megan Ryan
Max Halbach 2024
Sabrina Leistikow
Roxanna Barbulescu 2023
Austin Meeks 2023
Miriam Ochs 2023
Sophia Gilbert 2022
John Reasoner 2022
Carly Heying 2021
Allison Steger 2021
Cameron Moeller 2020
Michael Steffen 2020
Joseph Steinbronn 2019
Joshua Woosley 2019
Sarah Francisco 2019
Nicholas Dolan 2019
Kate Dennis 2024
Owen King 2024
Joseph Woitach 2024
Leighton Barnes 2023
Kate Dennis 2023
Nicole Gilbert 2023
Megan McEvoy 2022
Sydney DeBoer 2020
Mila Kaut 2019
Daniel Ocon 2024
Amelia Williams 2024
Leighton Barnes 2023
Allison Clark 2023
Reagan Hart 2022
Jack Lauer 2022
Emily Bronswick 2021
Carly Heying 2021
Emily Lefeber 2020
Cameron Moeller 2020
Mila Kaut 2019
Abby Dockum 2018
Rebekah Gansemer 2018
Cormac Broeg 2017
Ryan Kunkle 2016
Ashley Wiser 2015
Adeline Bradley 2024
Joy Curry 2024
Zack Paulsen 2024
William Broadston Irvine 2023
Leighton Barnes 2022
Phoebe Dillard 2022
Anna Behrens 2023
Emma Caster 2023
Max Halbach 2023
Gretchen Klock 2023
Cameron LaPage 2023
Ismael Levya 2023
Kaitlyn Walter 2023
Yardley Whalen 2023
Nicole Gilbert 2022
Daniel Hettrick 2022
Talia Hill 2022
Megan Christianson 2021
Jack Kamp 2021
Jack Lauer 2021
Megan McEvoy 2020
Keagen Coates 2020
Sydney DeBoer 2019
Kaleb Schlatter 2024
Tobias Wood 2024
Ismael Leyva 2023
Yardley Whalen 2023
Max Halbach 2022
Charlie Bell 2021
Christian Lunsford 2020
Nathan Bryk 2020
Michael Steffen 2019
Kate Dennis 2023
Emily Bronswick 2021
Hanna Haack 2020
Additional University of Iowa undergraduate research funding
- Stanley Undergraduate Awards for International Research
- Excellence in Undergraduate Research
- Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Fellowship
- The Dewey Stuit Fund for Undergraduate Research
- Ferentz Undergraduate Fellowships for Research
- Honors Travel Grants for Experiential Learning (must be University Honors member)
See complete list of scholarships listed at the University of Iowa Scholarship Portal.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences scholarships
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also awards scholarships to students continuing coursework in a major within the college. Some scholarships are open to all liberal arts and sciences students and others are for select liberal arts and sciences majors.