Eligibility: persons of any nationality who have a PhD or equivalent publishing record and who wish to engage in research into any aspect of international history.

Award: annually up to £1500 for expenditure on essential travel and subsistence to visit archives, conduct interviews or other fieldwork. The result of the award will be published online by Routledge, Taylor & Francis as well as the research output. Failure to submit an article to the IHR within the deadline will be noted publicly.

Criteria: judges will assess which application is likely to produce the highest quality article for submission to the IHR by applying standard article peer review criteria. The award is judged by members of the British International History Group Committee.

Submissions: to ihreviewprize@gmail.com by 30 September 2025.

Output: Minimum required output is an article which must be submitted to the IHR for consideration for publication within 18 months of the receipt of the award.

Report: required within 12 months of the receipt of the award of approximately 300 words on the conduct of the research and likely total outputs associated with the award. The report will be published online by Routledge, Taylor & Francis.