Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History

The Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Creativity in Digital History is sponsored jointly by the American Historical Association (AHA) and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (RRCHNM) at George Mason University. Developed by friends and colleagues of Roy Rosenzweig (1950–2007), the Mark and Barbara Fried Professor of History and New Media at GMU, this prize honors his life and work as a pioneer in the field of digital history. This prize is awarded annually to honor and support work on a creative and freely available new media project, and in particular for work that reflects thoughtful, critical, and rigorous engagement with technology and the practice of history. The prize will be conferred on a project that has been launched in the last two years and is publicly available. The prize recipient(s) will be expected to apply awarded funds toward the advancement of the project goals. Projects may be renominated as long as a description is included about any updates since the original nomination. The current prize amount is $4,000, funded by donations to GMU's AHA/RRCHNM Rosenzweig Prize Fund. Recipients are announced on the AHA website in October and recognized during a ceremony at the AHA annual meeting in January.