Scholarship & Award Announcements

  • Robert Tilton Prize in American Studies

    Robert Tilton Prize in American Studies 2024

    This $1000 prize is awarded to the best essay in American Studies written for an American Studies class at Uconn or in a class that is cross listed with American Studies at Uconn by an undergraduate student. The topic should deal with some aspect of U.S. history, literature, art, politics, or culture, or with the flow of cultures, ideas, peoples, and power across US borders. It should be five to fifteen pages in length. The paper must have been written between January 2024 and the present. Candidates must be current UConn students.

    The deadline is Dec. 18, 2024. Decisions will be announced after classes resume in January 2025.

    To submit your essay, please go to https://forms.office.com/r/rtTf3FFtqQ. You may upload your essay with a resume or cover letter, but this is not required.  Please upload everything you submit as a single PDF. 

    For questions, please contact Professor Martha Cutter, the Area Director for American Studies, martha.cutter@uconn.edu,

    For more information, contact: Stephanie Lumbra at stephanie.lumbra@uconn.edu