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University of Toronto Patricia and Peter Shannon Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize 2024

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The Patricia and Peter Shannon Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize is awarded to current undergraduate students enrolled at the University of Toronto during each academic year. The purpose of this prize is to showcase and award students’ effective and innovative use of information sources and the development of their understanding of what it means to be information literate in the 21st century.

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Summary

Benefits

This prize provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their information-seeking experience, showcase their research beyond the classroom, and promote scholarship excellence at the undergraduate level at University of Toronto.

Up to six (6) prizes for $1000 each will be awarded each academic year. ?The prize will be awarded at the discretion of the awards committee and all six prizes may not be awarded annually.

Requirements

The judging panel will evaluate each project based on:

  • where the students look for information sources
  • what resources and/or services (library or information-related) the students use during the research or information-seeking process
  • how the students evaluate and select the information sources incorporated in the assignment/project

The focus of the prize is based on effective and innovative search

Interview Dates and Process

Applicants must be first-entry undergraduate students currently enrolled at the University of Toronto. Applicants from any discipline or major, and from any campus, are encouraged to apply. UTSC students cannot submit the same assignment to both the Wilson Undergraduate Research Prize and the UTSC Undergraduate Research Prize.

Application Deadline

April 14, 2024

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to University of Toronto on onesearch.library.utoronto.ca to apply
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