Morrill Prize for Graduate Scholarship in History

The Morrill Prize (named for Justin Smith Morrill, founder of the American land-grant university) is an annual award of at least $500 presented to the graduate student in History at North Dakota State University who best represents the modern ideals of the land-grant university. These ideals, which serve as basic criteria for making the award, include

1. Research scholarship as expressed in journal articles, paper presentations, and other scholarly writings or products

2. Scholarly service to the public and to the profession

The two criteria are here listed in order of priority. The first is to be given greater weight, but the second also must be manifest.

The Morrill Prize is awarded on the basis of judgment by an external referee, a distinguished scholar of History who represents the very ideals to be adjudged in candidates for the prize and who serves at a peer land-grant institution.

Details and stipulations for the award are summarized in the table below.

Name of the Award	Morrill Prize for Graduate Scholarship in History
Eligibility	Any graduate student who is in good standing in the History program or who has completed a graduate degree in the program within the six months previous to the initiation of the annual selection process
Nomination	Nomination of an individual for the award to be made by a History faculty member or by a History graduate student peer, in a letter not to exceed 1000 words text	No additional materials to be accepted
Supporting Materials	A curriculum vitae prepared by the nominee
	Writings (or other research product) by the nominee, which may comprise a single product or several, providing that the material does not exceed 10,000 words text
Criteria	Research scholarship as expressed in journal articles, paper presentations, and other scholarly writings or products	Criteria here listed in order of priority, the first to be given greater weight, but the second also to be manifest
	Scholarly service to the public and to the profession
Referee	A distinguished scholar of History who represents the very ideals to be adjudged in candidates for the prize and who serves at a peer land-grant institution