NCPH - Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis

Organization: National Council on Public History

The Robinson Prize, a $500 cash award and a certificate, rewards historical studies that contribute directly to the formation of public policy. An individual may submit an application based on his or her own study or may nominate the work of another historian with the nominee's permission. The applicant/nominee must be a historian employed in a public agency or a contractor for a public agency at the time the study was prepared. The study must have been prepared for use at some level of government, from municipal to national, and must have been completed within two years preceding the year in which the prize is awarded. The applicant must show that the study directly contributed to public policy formation. The Selection Committee strongly recommends that the application include a letter from the head of the applicant/nominee's office attesting to the study's impact on policy.