New Researchers Conference

Research degree students and independent scholars are warmly encouraged to share their work at our annual New Researchers Conference.

Student and Research Prizes

Are you a student working on maritime history? Apply for our Undergraduate and Postgraduate prizes.

Doctoral Prize nominations open

Posted: Monday 30th September 2024

Doctoral Prize nominations open

The British Commission for Maritime History awards an annual prize of £200, sponsored by the publishers Boydell & Brewer, for the best maritime history doctoral thesis.  We view maritime history as a wide-ranging discipline and in the past nominations have come from departments of geography, economics, languages, archaeology, classics, business, technology, as well as history.

Those who have been awarded doctorates in the past academic year, 2023-2024, are eligible. The deadline for nominations is 1st December 2024.

Nominations may be made by the candidate or supervisor.

Details and the nomination form are available on the British Commission for Maritime History website Doctoral Prize pages.