Please refer to our official website for updated SOHA award applications: https://www.southwestoralhistory.org/awards.html
Eva Tulene Watt Scholarship for Native American Scholars:
Named in honor of Apache author and oral historian Eva Tulene Watt, who shared the story of her family and her people’s past through recounted events, biographical sketches, and cultural descriptions (Don’t Let the Sun Step Over You: A White Mountain Apache Family Life, 1860-1975, with Keith Basso, University of Arizona, 2004), this SOHA scholarship enables indigenous oral history practitioners to attend and participate in the Annual SOHA Conference. As part of the award, the SOHA conference registration fee is waived and travel and hotel expenses are reimbursed up to an amount of $500. Recipients are not eligible for the Eva Tulene Watt scholarship two years in a row. A one-year SOHA membership will be included in the scholarship award.
General Scholarship:
SOHA awards two General Scholarships to oral historians and practitioners to attend and participate in the Annual SOHA Conference. Students, teachers, independent oral historians and individuals associated with nonprofit organizations in the general SOHA region are encouraged to apply. Funding includes one cash award of $300 per recipient and should be applied toward travel and hotel expenses. The SOHA conference registration fee is waived. Recipients are not eligible for the General Scholarship two years in a row. A one-year SOHA membership will be included in the scholarship award.
*Please note: Since the recipients of the 2020 Eva Tulene Watt Award and General Scholarship will be applying their awards to attend the 2022 SOHA Annual Conference, due to the cancellation of in-person meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic, there will not be open applications for those awards this yearly cycle.
Mini-Grants
DEADLINE: February 28, 2024
SOHA awards up to three mini-grants each year totaling up to $1500. Funds may be used for interviewing, equipment, transcription, editing, publishing, and other oral history related expenses. Students, teachers, and independent researchers, historical societies, archives, museums, and non-profits in the general SOHA region are encouraged to apply to conduct research on the Southwest. Recipients may be invited to present their work at a SOHA conference within two years of receiving this award. We also ask that recipients prepare a written report on their work for inclusion in SOHA’s newsletter within six months of receiving the award. 2022 Application
PAST Awardees
2021 Mini-Grant
The Douglas Oral History Project
The Ikigai Legacy Project
HD SOUTH, Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum
2020 Eva Tulene Watt Scholarship for Native American Scholars
Elizabeth Rule
Teagan Dreyer
2020 General Scholarship
Jonathan Angulo
Matthew Jason Green
Karen Marie Villa
2020 Mini-Grant
Blackwards Project
Midge Dellinger
Dolores Urbieta
2019 Eva Tulene Watt Scholarship for Native American Scholars
Lorina Antonio
Forrest Cuch
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean
Sarah Newcomb
Jaqueline Keeler
Ash Soltani-Stone
Larry Cesspooch
Sheldon Spotted Elk
Yvette Towersap Tuell
Miranda Haskie
2019 General Scholarship
Midge Dellinger
Monserrath Hernandez
Maribel Estrada-Calderon
Elisa Lopez
Nathalie Martinez
Marcella Rodriguez-Campo
2019 Mini-Grant
Summer Cherland
Farina King
Dania Alkouli
Southwest Oral History Association 