Eligibility
All current, full-time UCSB students working towards an undergraduate degree are eligible. Eligible projects include any paper or project submitted by any student for a UCSB class or individual research project during the student’s academic career at UCSB. Undergraduate group projects are eligible. Projects that have been submitted to the Undergraduate Research Slam and in the Research Colloquium are eligible.
Type of Entries Accepted
We will accept any creative project, research paper, and empirical research that shows sophisticated use and understanding of library resources. See Judging Criteria tab for how to format your entry. Some examples include but are not limited to:
- research essays or papers
- research conducted with qualitative or quantitative methodologies
- software programs, websites, digital stories, infographics, zines
- musical compositions, films or videos, digital projects or art installations or exhibits
- film analyses
- literary criticism
If you are submitting a project with more than one author, and the other authors are not entering the award, please explain your individual contribution to the project in your Reflective Essay. This way our judges can assess your contribution to the project.
If you are submitting a project with more than one author as a group, please designate a single student to submit the project on behalf of everyone. In the event that your group is awarded a prize, the award monies are split among the group, and each individual author will be recognized at the ceremony and on social media.
