University of Washington Libraries Research Awards for Undergraduates 2008
Now in its fifth year, the University of Washington Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards program enables students to submit research papers to a faculty/librarian review panel for the opportunity to win over $11,000 in prize money. Papers will be grouped in various categories: Senior Thesis/Honors Thesis, Senior Non-Thesis, and Non-Senior. Last year almost 80 papers were judged, a significant increase over 2006. Entries to the UW Libraries Undergraduate Awards have grown each year since its inception. Interest has also mounted among faculty. Basia Belza, UW Professor of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems observed: _There is a phenomenal amount of stellar work that is crafted by our students and they each deserve recognition._ This innovative program has grown so much that other universities have begun to take notice, making inquiries to the UW Libraries in order to start their own undergraduate awards competitions. The Friends of the UW Libraries and the Allen Foundation generously furnished the funding for the 2008 University of Washington Libraries Research Awards for Undergraduates. For more information write: libaward@u.washington.edu or see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/researchAward/ (03/05/2008) |
