Undergraduate Prize: How to apply

Students who wish to apply for the prize are invited to upload their submissions online.

A complete application package must include the following elements:

1. Project description (750 words max). Using clear, non-specialist language such that a general scholarly audience can understand the research, provide the key details about your project:

  • the research problem (what question did you set out to answer?)
  • your methodology (how did you answer it?)
  • the outcomes (what did you find?), and
  • the wider implications or further questions that it raised.
  • OPTIONAL: mention another project or projects you have completed, if relevant to the project being submitted.

2. Library statement (350 words max). 

Address how you used library services, including print and/or electronic collections, consultations with liaison librarians, etc., and describe how your engagement with these resources contributed to an exceptional research project.

3. Research project. Upload a copy of your research project, or, in the case of a web-based project, provide a URL.

4. Faculty support letter (1 page max). A faculty member who supervises, oversees, or assigns research projects shall provide a letter of reference, to be uploaded online. The letter should include the following:

  • a description of how the faculty member knows the student (e.g. as supervisor or instructor for this research project)
  • a description of the student applicant's involvement in the research project, highlighting the student's contributions or independent work
  • reference to the quality of the student's work in this project