Applications are now open for the Winston Family Honors Best Student Paper Awards.
The Best Student Paper Awards were established in honor of Professor John Portz (’76, ’79), the founding director of the General Honors program at UMD. In 2013, Roger, Karen (’75) and Emily (’06) Winston generously donated funds to support and expand the scope of this award for Honors students.
The student awards application can be found here. Submissions, including the faculty mentor recommendation statement, are due Friday, March 29, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
- Short Essay: Written for an Honors course (H-version, H-Option, or LLP-based course) 1,250 to 2,500 words
- Research Paper: Written for an Honors course (H-version, H-Option, or LLP-based course) 2,500 to 7,500 words
- Honors Thesis: Culminating research project undertaken in a departmental honors program
Links
- Student Application Form: go.umd.edu/Winston2024
- Faculty Mentor Form: go.umd.edu/WinstonMentor2024
Eligibility:
- Students must be in the Honors College or enrolled and progressing in a Departmental/College Honors program.
- Submissions for the Short Essay and Research Paper Awards must have been submitted for course credit during one of the following terms: Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024. This category is for short literary composition papers on a particular theme or topic. This category is not for research papers.
- Eligibility for papers written in H-option courses requires successful completion of the course with Honors credit (papers in the current Spring 2024 semester are not eligible).
- Submissions for Thesis Awards must represent work from the culminating research requirement in the Departmental Honors program during Spring 2024.
- Students must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at the time of submission to be eligible for these awards.
- Students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher to be eligible for these awards.
- Submissions must be in an academic writing format.
- One submission per student.
- Single authorship papers.
