UGA Libraries Undergraduate Research Award
2025 UGA Libraries Undergraduate Research Award
Since 2007, the UGA Libraries has sponsored the Undergraduate Research Awards, which provide cash prizes for excellence in research. All UGA undergraduates are eligible!
Introduction
Objective: explain and reflect on your research process using a medium of your choice.
Communicating your research process can be challenging and rewarding. With the Undergraduate Research Award, we want to celebrate the different kinds of research projects students participate in and, more importantly, understand what they learned from the process.
Evaluation Criteria
Our judging committee will look at the following criteria:
- Creativity
- Clarity of expression
- Research process reflection
(See our "Evaluation Criteria" page for additional details.)
Awards
Multiple cash prizes will be awarded, including:
- First prize: $1,000
- Second prize: $750
- Third prize: $500
- Two honorable mention prizes: $250 each
Recipients will be recognized and awarded at the 2025 CURO Symposium in April.
Types of Submissions
All formats are encouraged. We mean it!
Examples might include video games, music, art, works of fiction, websites, or traditional essays -- just to name a few options.
If your work is not text-based, please include a short description (think 300 words max) with your entry.
Group Projects
Did you work on something as a group? Great! We welcome group/collaborative submissions.