Awards, Prizes, and Grants
Fellowships
- Melvin Kranzberg Dissertation Fellowship
- Awarded annually to a student preparing a dissertation in the history of technology, broadly defined.
- Brooke Hindle Postdoctoral Fellowship
- An annual award in support of a scholar at the beginning of his or her career.
- SHOT-NASA Fellowship
- A predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowship in the history of space technology.
- International Scholars
- To foster the international community of the history of technology and help non-U.S. historians of technology participate in the meetings and governance of SHOT.
Awards and Prizes
- Leonardo da Vinci Medal
- The society's highest honor, presented to an individual who has greatly contributed to the history of technology through research, teaching, publications, and other activities.
- Sidney Edelstein Prize
- Recognizing outstanding scholarly work in the history of technology.
- Sally Hacker Prize
- Established in 1999 to honor exceptional scholarship that reaches beyond the academy toward a broad audience.
- Abbott Payson Usher Prize
- Awarded annually to honor the best scholarly work published under the auspices of SHOT.
- Joan Cahalin Robinson Prize
- Awarded for the best-presented paper at the SHOT annual meeting by a young scholar presenting for the first time.
- Samuel Eleazar and Rose Tartakow Levinson Prize
- For an original essay in the history of technology that examines technology within the framework of social or intellectual history.
- IEEE Life Members' Prize in Electrical History
- For the best article in the history of electrotechnology—power, electronics, telecommunications, and computer science.
- Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits
- Recognizing museums and exhibits that interpret the history of technology, industry, and engineering to the general public.
- Eugene S. Ferguson Prize
- For original reference works that support future scholarship in the history of technology.
Grants
SHOT offers some grant support for travel to the annual meeting; details are here. The special interest group WITH (Women in Technological History) also makes travel grants; see their website or e-mail Martina Blum for further information.Click here for information on ICOHTEC travel grants.