Dressler Family Traveling Grant:
The gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Dressler to establish a traveling grant designated for sophomores and juniors to travel and study in the Romance language countries (e.g. France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Romania, and Latin America). This grant is to be awarded at the discretion of the Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, based on the recommendation of a selection committee. The purpose of the grant is to afford students who have completed at least one course in Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard the opportunity to travel and study in these countries in order to further their understanding of language, literature, politics, history, culture, etc. Financial need is a requirement for application. Please click here for more information and here for the application in PDF format. The 2007 winner: Denise Delaney (Anthropology '08).

Application deadline: Wednesday, February 27, 2008, no later than 5 p.m.

FRENCH:

Jeremy Belknap Prize:
This prize is for the best French composition written by a first-year undergraduate student. The competition is open only to first-years who have not had exceptional opportunities for acquiring the language that would thus place them at an unfair advantage. For more information, please click here. The 2007 winners: Brian Chen (essay); Sabina Schlee (creative composition).

Deadline: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 (sign up); Wednesday, April 16, 2008 (essay submissions).

ITALIAN:

Teodoro Raffaele Diaco Memorial Grant for Study in Italy:
Established in 2003, this grant from the Diaco family is to support summer study in Italy.Since Mr. Diaco was orginally from Calabria, his family has stipulated that preference be given to support Harvard students studying at the De Rada Institute in Calabria, Italy. The grant monies will be awarded based on financial need (primary) and merit, and will be granted for study in Italian only. Winner(s) will be asked to write a brief letter to the Diaco family describing their experience in Calabria.

Deadline for application for a 2008 grant is Monday, March 3, 2008. Further information is available at www.fas.harvard.edu/~edifabio/Diaco.html or you can contact Prof. Di Fabio.

PORTUGUESE:

Cecília Meireles Prize: This prize is for the best paper, written in Portuguese by an undergraduate student, about Brazilian culture or literature. The paper must have been submitted as a requirement to one of the courses offered at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. One prize of $ 200 will be awarded. 2007 winner: Kavita Shah, RLL '07.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, April 18, 2008. For further information, please contact Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Undergraduate Adviser for Portuguese.

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Prize: This prize is for the best paper, written in Portuguese by an undergraduate student, about Portuguese culture or literature. The paper must have been submitted as a requirement to one of the courses offered at the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. One prize of $ 200 will be awarded. 2007 winner: Adam Singerman (Special Concentrations '09)

Deadline for submissions: Friday, April 18, 2008. For further information, please contact Clémence Jouët-Pastré, Undergraduate Adviser for Portuguese.

Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies
The Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies was established to recognize the best Harvard College senior thesis on a subject related to Brazil . Candidates may be nominated by their department, concentration or instructional committee, or candidates may nominate their own theses . This annual prize is funded by a gift to DRCLAS from Professor Kenneth Maxwell. The winner is determined in late May and announced at the DRCLAS Certificate Ceremony during Commencement Week. This prize carries a monetary award of $500.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 2, 2008.

To submit a thesis for consideration, please contact: DRCLAS.

SPANISH:

Sales Prize:
From the income of the bequest of Francis Sales, A. M. 1835, a prize is offered to the best essay written in Spanish by an undergraduate. Students have one hour to write an essay on a topic distributed at the moment of the competition without any aids beyond a pen and paper. A selection committee awards the prize for the best essay. A first-place and a second-place award were given in 2007, in the amounts of $1750 and $1250. Students in all levels of Spanish are welcome; nevertheless, qualified participants MUST have begun the study of the Spanish language at Harvard University, in either Spanish A or Spanish Bab. Students are requested to sign up for the competition by Thursday, April 17, 2008 no later than 5pm, by emailing Walter Hryshko. . For further information, please contact the Assistant to the Board of Undergraduate Studies. The 2007 winners: Matthew Vandenberg (Government '08); Priscilla Chan (Biology '07).

Date of competition: Friday April 18, 2008, at 4pm sharp. Location will be sent to you once you declare your intention to compete. For more information, please contact Walter Hryshko, the Assistant to the Board of Undergraduate Studies.

Potter Prize: This prize is awarded to the best essay on Spanish literature of the Golden Age (i.e. Spanish or Hispanic American literature from 1492 through 1700). The deadline for essay submission is normally the last Friday in April. Award amount: $1500 for first place, $1000 for second (if a second-place essay is chosen). The 2007 winners: Peter Eckman '07 (first place); Liz Hobhberg '07 (second place).

The deadline for essay submission Friday, April 18, 2008, no later than 5 p.m.

James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Thesis Prize
The Hammond Prize is awarded by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) for the best Harvard undergraduate senior honors thesis related to Spanish-speaking Latin America . It was established in 1992 by a gift from James R. Hammond '57. Each department may nominate one candidate, and a faculty committee selects the prize recipient. The winner is determined in late May, and announced at the DRCLAS Certificate Ceremony held on the Wednesday before Commencement. This prize carries a monetary award of $500.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 2, 2008 .

Latino Studies Thesis Prize
The Inter-Faculty Committee on Latino Studies (IFCLAS) Annual Thesis Award was established in the Spring of 2003 by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) to recognize the Harvard College senior who writes the best thesis on a subject concerning Latinos (either recent immigrants or established communities of Latin American descent in the United States ). Candidates may be nominated by their department, concentration or instructional committee, or candidates may nominate their own theses. The winner is determined in late May, and announced at the DRCLAS Certificate Ceremony held on the Wednesday before Commencement. This prize carries a monetary award of $500.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, May 2, 2008.
(tentative) Contact: DRCLAS .

Congratulations to our 2007 Hoopes Prize Winner, Paul Broyles (English/French) '07 for his thesis "Translating the Past: Visions of History and Historiography in the Bruts of Wace and Lagamon" (advisers: Professor Daniel Donoghue and Professor Virginie Greene)

For information about other prizes available to undergraduates, consult the Prizes Handbook.