This award recognizes a student for a paper that demonstrates original research. Submissions can be course papers or research papers, including those sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Honors theses will not be accepted for this paper competition. Papers cannot be co-authored with other students or faculty.

Recipients

• 2014: Hillary Patton (Cognitive Sciences and Criminology, Law & Society)
• 2013: Estefania Lopez (Political Science)
• 2012: Nicole Nosrat
• 2011: Annie Ditta
• 2010: Jacqueline Wu
• 2009: Brenda Andalon (Social Science)
• 2008: Diego Solares
• 2007: Kevin Smith