The University Libraries recognizes the excellence and creativity of students through the annual Library Research Award for Undergraduates. The award is given to undergraduates who demonstrate outstanding ability to identify, locate, select, evaluate, and synthesize library and other information resources and to use them in the creation of an original course project. The award illustrates the University Library's mission to enrich the quality of life and advance intellectual discovery by connecting people with knowledge and commitment to the educational mission of the University of Washington.
Since the inception of the Library Research Award for Undergraduates in 2004, the UW Libraries, through the generosity of The Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment, Friends of the Libraries, and Libraries’ Excellence fund, has awarded more than $100,000 to students. Awardees have gone on to do graduate work in universities around the country including Columbia, Harvard, Rutgers, Syracuse, Yale, and the University of Washington. They have become scientists, professors, lawyers, economists, doctors, and more.
Award Overview
Before you apply
Details
- Cash awards: $250 (Population Health Award), $500 to $1,000
- Open to undergraduates on all three campuses
for projects completed Spring 2024 – Spring 2025 - Individual and group projects are eligible
Important dates
- Submissions Open: April 1, 2025
- Deadline: April 30, 2025 – 11:59 p.m.
- Reception: June 4, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Allen Library, Petersen Room
For more information and submission details, visit the Library Research Award for Undergraduates page.