In order to encourage and reward research in English Studies, BAAHE offers two annual prizes of 250 EURO each for outstanding undergraduate dissertations written in English: one in literature (and cultural studies), one in linguistics (and related disciplines).
Each Belgian University or other Institution of Higher Education represented in BAAHE may nominate a maximum of two outstanding dissertations (one in literature and one in linguistics) among those presented during the academic year (first or second exam session).
Nominated dissertations must be submitted in triplicate to BAAHE Award, c/o Prof. Hedwig Schwall by September 30th of each year. The jury will meet in mid-October and reach a decision before the annual BAAHE meeting (usually in mid- to late November).
Each dissertation will be read by at least three jury members, who will award it a grade on a scale of 100.  The dissertation with the highest average in each discipline will be awarded the BAAHE prize. Cases of ex aequo are to be avoided.
The jury will be made up of the members of the BAAHE board, but may be extended to members co-opted by the Board (including ex-board members and retired members) for subdisciplines which are not their specialty.
Jury members work on a volunteer basis. Board members will not be entitled to vote for dissertations from their own universities and a fortiori from their own students. Deliberations of the BAAHE jury are to remain confidential and its verdicts are not open to question.
The awards will be presented at the annual BAAHE event. Winners may present their research at the Annual Meeting, and may submit a paper which will be considered by the editorial board for possible publication in the next year's issue of BELL. 
 

BAAHE ANNUAL THESIS AWARDS, 2005 The laureates have been presented with their awards at the 2005 BAAHE Annual Conference in Brussels, on November 26th, 2005. .

Ruben De Baerdemaker has been granted the BAAHE THESIS AWARD 2005 for Literature for his licentiate thesis "It Was Relevant to Dish Herself" : The Depiction of American Women in Selected Non-Fiction and Fiction by Henry James Supervisor: Gert Buelens, UGent .

Peter Petré has been granted the BAAHE THESIS AWARD 2005 in Linguistics for his licentiate thesis On the Variables Determining the Life Span of English Prefix Constructions. Supervisor: Hubert Cuyckens, KUL .