Graduate Prizes and Awards, 2008-2018
The Melvin Kranzberg Prize: to the best M.A. thesis defended during the last year
| 2020 | 2019 | no recipient | 2018 | Halle Bauer | |
| 2017 | Daniel Halverson | 2016 | No prize awarded | 2015 | Kyle D. Cox |
| 2014 | Ben Demko | 2013 | Katherine E. Schaub | 2012 | Katherine Goldberg |
| 2011 | Geoff Schotter | 2010 | Michael Metsner | 2009 | No prize awarded |
| 2008 | Genevieve Mathieson |
The Frank R. Borchert, Jr. Prize in History: to the best dissertation or thesis of a student in the History Department, with a preference given to topics which exemplify education, architecture, music, and United States history, 1900-1940.
| 2020 | 2019 | no recipient | 2020 | Nathan Delaney | |
| 2017 | Jonathan A. Kinser | 2016 | Jesse Tarbert | 2015 | Barrett S. Sharpnack |
| 2014 | No prize awarded | 2013 | Katie M. Schroeder | 2012 | Jonathan Joseph Wlasiuk |
| 2011 | Jesse Tarbert | 2010 | Ben Sperry | 2009 | Aaron Alcorn |
| 2008 | No prize awarded |
The Marion Siney Prize: to the best performance at qualifying exams during the last year
| 2020 | 2019 | Sherri Bolcevic | 2018 | Meghan Schill | |
| 2017 | No prize awarded | 2016 | Yuan Liu | 2015 | Samuel P. Duncan |
| 2014 | Nathan Delaney | 2013 | Jesse T. Tarbert | 2012 | No prize awarded |
| 2011 | No prize awarded | 2010 | No prize awarded | 2009 | No prize awarded |
| 2008 | No prize awarded |
The Jane and Cecile Lyman Prize: to the best Ph.D. dissertation defended during the last year
| 2020 | 2019 | no recipient | 2018 | Michael Metsner | |
| 2017 | Jonathan A. Kinser | 2016 | Jesse Tarbert | 2015 | Shilpa Damle |
| 2014 | Emily Hess | 2013 | No prize awarded | 2012 | Eric M. Kendall |
| 2011 | No prize awarded | 2010 | Liz Bly | 2009 | Catherine Borchert |
| 2008 | No prize awarded |
The Carl W. Ubbelohde Prize: to the best teaching assistant during the last year
| 2020 | 2019 | Sam Duncan & Meghan Schill | 2018 | Jon Corey Hazlett and Naomi Rendina | |
| 2017 | Brett Hewitt | 2016 | Joseph Filous | 2015 | Yuan Liu and Michael Metsner |
| 2014 | Corey Hazlett and Dan Belczak | 2013 | Jonathan A. Kinser and Michael Metsner | 2012 | Sam Duncan |
| 2011 | Elise Hagesfeld | 2010 | Elise Hagesfeld and Erik Miller | 2009 | Judith Northwood and Norman Rose |
| 2008 | Judith Northwood |