Eligibility

Student Requirements

• Students must have a full-time undergraduate status at the time the project is/was completed.
• The award winner must be willing to contribute the paper/project to the library archive.
• The award winner must be available to attend a reception in the spring, with the following exceptions:
  • Students who are studying abroad the spring semester that the Prize is awarded.
  • Students who are December graduates in the year prior to the Spring Prize.

  Note: Attending the reception may be waived under certain *extenuating circumstances,* at the discretion of the selection committee.

• Presidential scholars and fifth year seniors are not eligible for the award.

Project/Paper Requirements

• The paper or project(s) must be tied to a specific Lehigh credit course or courses.
• The paper must have a reference list (works cited). Footnotes are not a substitute for the reference list.
• The project must be completed the year prior to the Prize review. For example, for the 2019 award, the project must have been completed in 2018.
• At least part of the project must employ scholarly/academic resources available through the Lehigh University Libraries and/or other research centers.
• The paper or project must be an individual effort (no group projects, no faculty collaborations).
• Papers and multi-media projects must be complete at the time of submission (no drafts accepted).
• Research papers/projects should be 10-30 pages not including the bibliography. Editing a paper to shorten it is acceptable.


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