Barrett Prize
Barrett Prize
The best research project in any given academic year will be awarded a special named grant, the R. Stephen and Ruth Barrett Family Grant for Best Undergraduate Research Project. To be considered, the student will need to present their research beyond the post-trip report. This includes but is not limited to:
- presenting at the Nanovic undergraduate conference;
- writing a blog post or article for the Nanovic website;
- creating a photo essay, podcast, or infographic; or
- any other form of public output.
This competitive prize carries a $500 award.
Other named grants that may be awarded to particularly strong applications include:
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The Snider Family Endowment for Excellence in European Studies
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The Katie Murphy McMahon Grant for Russian and East-Central European Studies
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The Dr. Charles C. Price Memorial Fund for East-Central European Studies.
Previous Barrett Prize Winners
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England; India
Jun Wei Lee
‘Free’ and ‘Unfree’: Metropolitan Debates about Indian Indentured Labor and Migration in the British Empire
2024 | Majors in History and Philosophy
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England
Elizabeth Bernath
Wunderkrammers and the Curiosity of Victorian-Era British Museums
2023 | Majors in Political Science and History and Minor in Portuguese Language and Culture
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Ireland
Eoghɑn Fɑy
"Who can spy on the spies?" Irish Counterintelligence in the Second World War and the Nature of Neutrality.
2022 | Major in History with minors in German, Italian, and European Studies
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Ireland
Shea Murphy
"The Role of Women in the 20th Century Irish Struggle for Independence: A Study of the Relationship Between the Irish Suffrage Movement and the Involvement of Women in the 1916 Easter Rising"
2021 | Majors in History and Film, Television and Theatre
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England
Caroline Elser
"The First World War and the Experience of Soldiers at the Somme, 1916"
2020 | Major in History
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England
Alison O'Neil
"Cold War Counterinsurgencies: Britain's Small-War Strategy and Decolonization in Malaya and Kenya"
2019 | Major in History and Political Science
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Iceland
Adam Kulam
"The Effects of Financial Law on Iceland's Public Risk Preferences"
2018 | Major in Economics
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Portugal
Ivan Carballude
"Golden Frontier: How the Portuguese Empire Used Indigenous Knowledge to Unlock the Riches of Minas Gerais"
2017 | Major in History and Economics
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England
Leslie Omeeboh
"British Colonialism: Legacy and Development of Healthcare in British Colonies"
2016 | Majors in Neuroscience & Behavior, Arts & Letters Pre-Professional Studies, and French & Francophone Studies
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England
Caitlin O'Connor
"Tradition, Innovation, and Critique: Visual Representation of World War I in Britain"
2015 | Major in History and Economics
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France
Curran Cross
"What is Whiteness? Race in 19th Century France"
2014 | Majors in French and History
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England
Thomas Graff
"Newman and Wittgenstein: Reflections on Certitude"
2013 | Majors in Philosophy and Theology and Italian
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Ireland
Philip Lettieri
"Epidemiological Archaeology in Ireland and Its Implications for Public Health Solutions Abroad"
2012 | Majors in Biological Sciences and Anthropology
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Germany
Mark Kettler
"German National Defense Politics and Catholics in the Second Reich"
2011 | Major in History
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Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Spain
Javi Zubizarreta
"The Basque and Irish Troubles in Film: Establishing a Connection and Career"
2010 | Major in Film, Television and Theatre
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Germany and Switzerland
Monika Grzesiak
"The Censored Playwright: An Investigation into the Motives of Frank Wedekind and the Reactions of His Critics"
2009 | Majors in English and German
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France
John Hennessey
"The Struggle to Define Empire in Colonial French Indochina, 1940-1945"
2008 | Majors in History and French
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Ireland
Michael Redding
"From Subjugation to Sovereignty: The Judicial Development of Women’s Rights in Ireland, 1970-1976"
2007 | Majors in Political Science and Philosophy
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Ireland
Stacey Vanderhurst
"Ethnic and Social Divisions Among Asylum Seekers in Ireland"
2006 | Major in Anthropology with a supplemental major in Peace Studies
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Spain
Sara Urben
"Spanish Women and Their Evolving Role in France's Falange Party"
2005 | Major in History