Graduate Student Awards FAQs

Each year Boston University Center for the Humanities gives awards ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 to distinguished graduate students. The awards are given out in a ceremony in May the week before graduation. These awards are in recognition of outstanding academic work. They are not given to student organizations to support projects.

The annual Graduate Student Awards application deadline is March 1.

Eligible departments and programs may nominate up to two graduate students who have completed all PhD requirements except the dissertation, including a GRS-approved prospectus, to apply for a Graduate Student Award. Students who have won a graduate award in a prior year are not eligible to be nominated for another but are eligible to be nominated for a Graduate Dissertation Fellowship.

All BUCH applications must be submitted via InfoReady Review. You may save your draft application at anytime. You will need to use your BUID login name and Kerberos password to log in. You will receive the application link in your official nomination notification email. 

Confidential letters must be submitted directly to the InfoReady Review portal by the recommender. Please follow the instructions in the Reference Letter section of the application to request letters of recommendation well in advance of the application deadline.

Student Awards are taxable income. Recipients are responsible for reporting the amount of their Award to the IRS. International students who receive Student Awards will be taxed on the Award in accordance with their home nation’s tax treaty with the United States.