First Prize Winner: none
Second Prize Winners:
1. Li Zhoufeng,The struggle of "Academic Society": Gu Jiegang's Role and Destiny in Social Upheaval
(Doctoral thesis, Institute of Modern Chinese History, Central China Normal University, May 2015; Adviser: Professor He Zhuoen)
2.Zheng Che,Hu Shih in the English World
(Doctoral thesis, Institute of Comparative Literature and World Literature, College of Liberal Arts, Beijing Normal University, May 2013; Adviser: Professor Cao Shunqing)