Levitan Prize
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
The 2023 application deadline is October 21, 2022.
An Annual Research Fund
The $30,000 Levitan Prize was inaugurated in 1990 and is awarded annually as a research fund to support innovative and creative scholarship in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. All regular tenure track SHASS faculty are eligible to apply.
How to Apply
Please download the proposal cover form here.
Costs of travel, research assistance, computers, and summer salary are appropriate for inclusion in the budget. Proposals should be no more than 10 double-spaced pages, and should contain a description of the research and its significance as well as a budget indicating how the funds will be spent. Proposals should be submitted to your Administrative Officer.
Inquiries should be directed to levitanprize@mit.edu.
Recipients of the Levitan Prize
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Benjamin Mangrum |
2023 | Literature |
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Athulya Aravind |
2022 | Linguistics |
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In Song Kim |
2021 | Political Science |
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Amy Moran-Thomas |
2020 | Anthropology |
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Dwaipayan Banerjee |
2019 | Program in Science, Technology, and Society |
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Robin Scheffler |
2018 | Program in Science, Technology, and Society |
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Vivek Bald |
2017 | CMS/W |
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Thomas Levenson |
2016 |
CMS/W |
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Lily Tsai |
2015 |
Political Science |
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Manduhai Buyandelger |
2014 |
Anthropology |
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Shankar Raman |
2013 |
Literature |
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Erica James |
2012 |
Anthropology |
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Adam Berinsky |
2011 |
Political Science |
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Mary Fuller |
2010 |
Literature |
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Heather Paxson |
2008 |
Anthropology |
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Meg Jacobs |
2007 |
History |
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Stefan Helmreich |
2006 |
Anthropology |
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Emma Teng |
2005 |
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
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Peter Child |
2004 |
Music and Theater Arts |
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Joseph Dumit |
2003 |
Science, Technology, and Society |
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Diana Henderson |
2002 |
Literature |
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David Kaiser |
2001 |
Science, Technology, and Society |
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James Buzard |
2000 |
Literature |
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Anne McCants |
1999 |
History |
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Michel deGraff |
1998 |
Linguistics & Philosophy |
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Bernd Widdig |
1997 |
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
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Elizabeth A. Wood |
1996 |
History |
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Ed Turk |
1995 |
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
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Hugh Gusterson |
1994 |
Science, Technology, and Society |
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Elizabeth Garrels |
1993 |
Foreign Languages and Literatures |
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Peter Perdue |
1992 |
History |
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Barry Posen |
1991 |
Political Science |
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Joshua Cohen |
1990 |
Linguistics and Philosophy |
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