Established in 2016 by a generous donation from Bentley’s widow, Carol Mon Lee, in his honor, the Jerry Bentley World History Travel Grants are awarded annually to support travel to the AHA annual meeting for graduate students who include world history among their major or minor fields of academic study.

2023
Samira Bechara
Steven Bradford
Steven Casement
Meg Gravelle
Sheena Harris
Alexander Herbert
Zoe High
Stephanie Lake
Vicken Mouradian
Pablo Pryluka
Weijia Shen

2022
Madelina Marie Homberger Cordia
Kelly Douma Kaelin
Frank Lacopo

2020
Jessica Bachman
Kylie Gower
Yiyun Huang
Roman Hutter
Graeme Mack
Thais Rezende Da Silva De Sant' Ana
Erica Price (Ellis)
Paula O'Donnell

2019
Ali Atabey
Danielle Blalock Barefoot
Eladio B. Bobadilla
Kyle Ellison David
Alexis Helen Guilbault
Elise A. Mitchell
Megan Lane Neary
Beth Ann Williams

2018
Ashley Black
Elizabeth Bryer
Matthew Combs
Yiyun Ding
Merve Fejzula
Minyong Lee
Casey Schmitt

2017
Lucia Carminati
Elizabeth Lhost
Suzanne Litrel
Alaina Morgan