The Digital Project Prize is awarded to a member or members of the DVMA for a digital project that advances medieval studies. The project can be a publicly available digital tool or site, or it can be a research tool developed to advance a project that is not available to the public. This competition is open to students and scholars at any level. 

The amount of the award is $300. In the case of collaborative projects the award will be divided. Winners will be invited to present their work at a future meeting of the DVMA.

How to Apply

Applications should include the following:

  • a statement of your current institutional and departmental affiliation; 
  • a statement of your current membership status in the DVMA (applicants must be members in good standing as of January 15; you can check your membership status here);
  • a description of the project (500-1000 words);
  • a link to the resource or some other means of reviewing it;
  • a brief CV.

Please submit the full application to prizes@dvmamedieval.com by January 15.

Digital Project Prize Winners

Congratulations to Reyhan Durmaz (University of Pennsylvania, Religious Studies), who was awarded the 2022-23 Digital Project Prize for “Visualizing Countryside,” a photograph archive of Orthodox Syriac churches and monasteries in south-east Turkey.

Honorable mention goes to Christopher Platts (University of Cincinnati, Art History) and Elizabeth Nogrady (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College) for “The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar,” a 360-degree visualization of the medieval-inspired paintings and interior-design work of American artist Violet Oakley (1874-1961).

Previous Winners