Fellowship · Nuclear history
The William Burr Prize in Nuclear History
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) and McGill-Queen’s University Press (MQUP)members.shafr.org (opens in a new tab)Catalog updated
- Amount
- $500
- Program type
- Fellowship
- Field
- Nuclear history
- Eligible career stages
- doctoral students
About this program
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and McGill-Queen’s University Press jointly offer the annual William Burr Prize in Nuclear History, awarding CAD $500 for the best PhD dissertation broadly focused on nuclear history. The winner also receives mentorship, a manuscript workshop, and support developing the dissertation for potential publication in MQUP’s Global Nuclear Histories series. Applicants may be of any nationality or institutional affiliation and may self-nominate or be nominated by a supervisor; dissertations must address nuclear history and have been submitted in final form between January 1 and December 31, 2026. An electronic dissertation copy must be submitted by February 1, 2027; non-English dissertations require an English translation of the introduction and at least one chapter for review.
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