Reeves Library Research Awards

We are now accepting entries for 2025! The entry deadline is 11:59pm, Sunday, March 16th, 2025. For how to enter, see the "Applying for the Award" tab. 

The Reeves Library Research Award has been created to recognize and encourage the development of information fluency. Each award recipient will be recognized at honors convocation and will receive a monetary prize in the amount of $250. (*Please note that the library research award is not connected to the Seton Hill Undergraduate Research Conference or any awards or contests that may be part of it.)

All current Seton Hill undergraduate students may apply for this award. One award will be given to a first-year or sophomore and a second to a junior or senior. Group projects may be entered if all group members are still currently enrolled as Seton Hill undergraduates and provide their consent; should a group project win the award, the prize will be disbursed to the student who submitted the entry form, and it will be the students' responsibility to distribute it amongst the members. 

Types of research that will be considered: “Collection”-based research (i.e., field/laboratory research, original literary criticism, or creative works will be judged based only on their literature review/discussion sections and not on the portions of the project consisting of original work). Research projects in either traditional (e.g., academic paper) or multimedia (e.g., podcast, website, video, etc.) formats may be submitted. Research projects created at Seton Hill during the SP24, FA24, or SP25 semesters will be considered. There is no length requirement for works submitted. One entry will be accepted per student (please choose to submit either an individual project OR as part of a group). The student's name should be removed from the body of the project to facilitate blind review. 

Each submission must be sponsored by a faculty member. The faculty sponsor may be the instructor who assigned the project, or the student's advisor.

To enter:

Students must submit:

The project being entered

A completed application form

A brief (250-500 word) introduction to the project and discussion of your research process

See the "Applying for the Award" tab for submission details once the contest is accepting entries.

Faculty sponsors must submit:

A completed recommendation form

See the "For Faculty" tab for form and more information once the contest is accepting entries.