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John Harrison Ness Memorial Award

The General Commission on Archives and History of The United Methodist Church offers an annual award of $500 (first prize) …

Josephine Forman Scholarship

Purpose: The purpose of the Josephine Forman Scholarship is to provide financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in …

Racial/Ethnic History Research Grant

Purpose: To promote excellence in research and writing in the history of four groups – Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Native …

The Center for the EUB Heritage Audrie E. Reber Memorial Award

The Center for Evangelical United Brethren Heritage offers an annual award to a student or scholar who submits the best …

The Jesse Lee Prize

For manuscripts in American Methodist History Awarded once every four years by The General Commission on Archives and History of The United …

The World is My Parish United Methodist History Research Grant

Purpose: To enable the collection of written and oral history and encourage research regarding the development of The United Methodist …

United Methodist History for Children and Youth Curriculum Grant

Purpose:  To provide seed money (research, group collaboration, peer review) for the creation of a curriculum suitable for teaching the …

Women in United Methodist History Research Grant

Purpose: To provide seed money (travel, secretarial services, etc.) for research projects relating specifically to the history of women in …

Women in United Methodist History Writing Award

Purpose: To encourage and reward excellence in research and writing in the history of women in The United Methodist Church …

Florence Ellen Bell Scholar Award

***The Bell grant program is suspended for the 2025-2026 application cycle*** The Department of Special Collections and University Archives of …

***Bishop Forrest C. Stith Grant

The African American Methodist Heritage Center, Inc. (AAMHC) sponsors the Bishop Forrest C. Stith Grant for preservation of the history …

Ken E. Rowe Memorial Research Grant for LGBTQ+ Methodist History

Purpose To provide seed money to support research projects related to LGBTQ+ Methodist history.  The grant money is not to …

Bell Grant for the Study of Korean and Korean-American Methodism

***The Bell grant program is suspended for the 2025-2026 application cycle*** The Department of Special Collections and University Archives of the …



Five Grants, Awards, and Scholarships distributed from GCAH

GCAH is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of five awards, grants, and scholarships.


GCAH is closed for research services.
The General Commission on Archives and History is closed for research services until the end of 2025. All physical and digital donations, unless previously agreed upon, ended on June 1. All research requests and visits ceased on July 1. This closure is to facilitate an inventory of GCAH Collections. It is anticipated that Research Services will resume in 2026.