In honor of James T. Cushing and his contributions to the history and philosophy of physics, an annual prize of $1000 will be awarded for significant new work by younger scholars in the history and philosophical foundations of modern physics. 

2009 Prize Awarded to Hanneke Janssen
of Nijmegen University

Previous Winners

Nominations for 2010 are now being accepted, and the winner will be announced in May 2010. 

2010 Call for Nominations

Contributions to the endowment for the prize are being accepted at: 

Cushing Memorial Prize
Program in History and Philosophy of Science
University of Notre Dame
309 O'Shaughnessy
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

For more information, please contact Darrin Snyder Belousek at 919-835-1474 or Don Howard at 574-631-7547 or Cushing.Prize.1@nd.edu.