The Nancy Gallagher Best Undergraduate Essay Prize in Middle East Studies is given annually for undergraduate papers on topics in Middle East Studies. Awarded papers are conducted with careful research producing imaginative arguments. The prize is named in honor of UCSB Professor Emerita Nancy Gallagher, a historian of the Middle East and North Africa, who helped build the thriving intellectual community that is CMES. Entry is open to all UCSB Undergraduates, who are currently registered students. Students applying must have attended one quarter of the 2024-25 academic year. Submission guidelines will be announced here during Winter Quarter 2025.