Grants and Prizes

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department administers and awards the following annual prizes. Follow the links below for each prize's description, eligibility requirements, application details and deadlines.

Undergraduate Grants and Prizes

 

• Phoebe Giddon ’56 and Dr. Donald Giddon Grant for Research on Women and Health

• Giller-Sagan WGS Senior Paper Prize

• Esther Kartiganer ’59 Prize for Excellence in Social Activism

• Chris Lerman Prize for Essays on Extraordinary Women

• Oliveri Family Prize for Student Leadership

• Rena J. Olshansky ’56 Grant for Research on Jewish Family Life

• Rapaporte Foundation Summer Internship Grants

• Ellen (Ilana) Raskin ’75 Memorial Award

• Richard Saber Undergraduate Research Grant

• WGS Micro Grant for Social Justice

Graduate Grants and Prizes

• Phoebe Giddon ’56 and Dr. Donald Giddon Grant for Research on Women and Health

• Grant for Graduate Research

• Isak Kazes Prize for Outstanding Achievement

• Chris Lerman Prize for Essays on Extraordinary Women

• Rena J. Olshansky ’56 Grant for Research on Jewish Family Life

• Graduate Travel Grant (pdf)

• WGS Micro Grant for Social Justice

2020 Grant and Prize Winners

Congratulations to the 2019-20 prize winners!