Library Research Award for Undergraduates
The University Libraries recognizes the excellence and creativity of students through the annual Library Research Award for Undergraduates. The award is given to undergraduates who demonstrate outstanding ability to identify, locate, select, evaluate, and synthesize library and other information resources and to use them in the creation of an original course project. The award illustrates the mission of the University Libraries to enrich the quality of life and advance intellectual discovery by connecting people with knowledge and commitment to the educational mission of the University of Washington.
Since the inception of the Library Research Award for Undergraduates in 2004, the UW Libraries, through the generosity of The Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment and Friends of the Libraries, has awarded more than $100,000 to students. Awardees have gone on to do graduate work in universities around the country including Columbia, Harvard, Rutgers, Syracuse, Yale, and the University of Washington. They have become scientists, professors, lawyers, economists, doctors, and more.
Eligibility
- Undergraduate students enrolled at any University of Washington campus (Bothell, Seattle, or Tacoma) anytime Spring 2023 – Spring 2024
- Projects completed for UW course credit, for the Undergraduate Research Program (URP), or the Undergraduate Research Symposium anytime Spring 2023 – Spring 2024
- Projects accepted in any format or medium, including but not limited to written papers, posters, art, websites, or musical compositions
- Projects accepted in any language, but reflective essay must be in English
- Individual and group projects are eligible. Each student will be judged individually for group projects.
Awards
- Upper Division Thesis – $1000
- Upper Division Non-Thesis – $1000
- Lower Division (students with fewer than 90 college-level credits) – $1000
- Honorable Mentions – $500
Separate award: Population Health Award – $250
- Submissions Open: April 1, 2024
- Deadline: May 1, 2024 – 11:59 p.m.
- Reception: June 5, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Allen Library, Petersen Room