Did you have a student in 2020 who impressed you with their thorough, strategic, or insightful research? A student who went beyond your expectations, surmounted a significant research challenge (and there were certainly plenty of those in 2020!), or simply demonstrated their command of the research process with their ability to select, locate, evaluate, organize, and analyze appropriate sources?
If so, please encourage them to enter their work from your course for the Student Library Research Awards. The full announcement is linked here; feel free to forward it to students you think would be good candidates. Entries require a short 500-750 word essay from the student about their research strategies and process and a letter of support from the supervising faculty member.
In addition to awards for research work from 100/200-level courses and 300-level courses (excluding 360/370s), there are awards specifically for research work completed by first-year students, or as part of an independent study (250/250H and 350/350H). The work must have been completed in Spring or Fall 2020 to be eligible for this year’s awards.
The deadline for entries is March 1, 2021, but please encourage students to apply as early as they can, since the term system can make deadlines more challenging! Let them know what kind of lead time you need for writing a letter of support.
Please feel free to email the awards coordinator, Karen Storz (kstorz), with any questions.
