Taken from Office of the Secretary Web Site

Taken from Office of the Secretary Web site:

BECHTEL PRIZE IN PHILOSOPHY Through the generosity of Edwin De T. Bechtel a prize will be awarded annually for the best essay on a philosophical subject. Any philosophical topic is admissible as long as it can be treated with little or no use of technical symbols. The prize is open to students registered in Harvard College or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. It will be "awarded by a Committee of the Department of Philosophy, if the Committee unanimously determines that it is a work of merit, fully deserving the award of the Prize." Essays must not exceed 10,000 words.

FRANCIS BOWEN PRIZE The Francis Bowen Prize was established in 1938 by a bequest from Miss Maria Bowen as a memorial to her father who held the Alford professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity from 1853 to 1889. The prize will be conferred annually for the best essay upon a subject in moral or political philosophy, and is open to students registered in Harvard College or in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Essays must not exceed 10,000 words in length.

EMILY AND CHARLES CARRIER PRIZE From the income of a fund established in 1974 for the Department of Philosophy by Beatrice Carrier Seegal in memory of her parents Emily and Charles Carrier, a prize will be awarded to a College or Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student submitting a dissertation on a subject in social, political, or moral philosophy. All senior honors theses and all doctoral dissertations which are eligible under the terms of this prize will be considered without special application. Further information may be obtained from the office of the Department of Philosophy.

GEORGE PLIMPTON ADAMS PRIZE From the fund established in 1974 for the Department of Philosophy by Beatrice Carrier Seegal in memory of Professor George Plimpton Adams, who guided her philosophy studies at the University of California, a prize will be awarded to a College or Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student submitting a dissertation on a subject designated by the Department of Philosophy, preferably in the field of history of philosophy. All senior honors theses and all doctoral dissertations which are eligible under the terms of this prize will be considered without special application. Further information may be obtained from the office of the Department of Philosophy.