Undergraduate Academic Prizes

Undergraduate students are Brown are eligible for numerous annual academic prizes, including: 

The Lafayette Sabine Foster Prize in Greek: derived from the income of a fund bequeathed in 1880 by the Hon. Lafayette Sabine Foster, of the class of 1828. This income is to be paid annually "to that scholar of the institution who passes the best examination in the Greek language, the examination to be made in the first, third, sixth, and twenty-fourth books of Homer's Iliad, or in the Oration on the Crown by Demosthenes."  

The Minnie Helen Hicks Prizes in Classical Appreciation: instituted in 1953 from income of the Minnie Helen Hicks Prize Fund, this prize is currently awarded to the woman undergraduate who presents the best paper in the course in Greek art and archaeology or in Greek and Roman history, these being offered in alternate years. 

The Lucius Lyon Prizes in Latin: derived from the income of a fund presented in 1893 by Mrs. Caroline L. Lyon, in memory of her husband, Lucius Lyon, of the class of 1844. The prizes are awarded on the basis of a special examination relating to any or all of the following subjects: the Latin language, Latin literature, Roman history. The examination is one part sight and one part essay. 

The James Aldrich Pirce Prize: awarded from the income of a fund established in 1927 by Miss Florence Pirce in memory of her brother, a member of the class of 1892. The prize is currently awarded to the male undergraduate who presents the best paper in the course in Greek art and archaeology or in Greek and Roman history, these being offered in alternate years. 

The President Francis Wayland Prizes: derived from the income of a fund presented in 1842 by President Wayland, and later increased, these prizes are awarded each year to those members of the freshman class who upon examination are found to excel in preparatory Greek and Latin.

The David Pingree Prize in Ancient Science and Intellectual History: instituted by Isabelle Pingree and Brown University in 2011 to honor the distinguished career of her late husband Professor David E. Pingree, University Professor and Professor of the History of Mathematics and of Classics at Brown University until his death in 2005. This prize will be awarded to the Brown undergraduate from any concentration who presents the best paper in a given year dealing with the rigorous intellectual traditions of the ancient and medieval world and their textual sources (including mainly, but not only, Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Akkadian).