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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