History scholarships and prizes
Awards are available to both undergraduates and postgraduates.
Undergraduate Scholarships
The School of History, Classics & Archaeology Undergraduate Scholarships for Academic Excellence
Undergraduate Prizes
Annabella Kirkpatrick Prize Scholarship in History
A scholarship is awarded annually to the most distinguished graduate of the year in History Honours.
Margaret Balfour Keith Memorial Prizes
Three prizes are awarded annually to:
- the most distinguished student in the class of British History 1
- the most distinguished student in the class of British History Junior Honours
- the most distinguished student in the class of American History 2/Asia and Africa 2
Lanfine Bursary
A bursary is awarded biennially on the basis of class work or the degree examinations to the most distinguished student in the Medieval and Renaissance History 2 class. The award is renewable for one year.
The Reverand A E L Paterson Prize
A prize is awarded annually to the best finalist in Medieval History.
Paterson (Noel) Essay Prize
A prize is awarded annually for the best essay in Modern British History (in the period from 1780 to the present) by an undergraduate doing a Senior Honours History course in the School of History and Classics.
Charles Stuart Pennell Prizes
Two prizes are awarded annually on the basis of class exercises and examinations to the most distinguished student in European History 1, and in Medieval and Renaissance History 2.
Postgraduate
Jeremiah Dalziel Prize in British History
Awarded annually to the most deserving student(s) registered at the University of Edinburgh as a candidate for a postgraduate degree in the field of British History (in its widest sense and including activities of the British overseas).
This article was published on May 7, 2013