With the support of a generous endowment from Lance and Elena Calvert, the University Libraries' Lance and Elena Calvert Award for Undergraduate Research recognizes excellence in undergraduate research projects that incorporate the use University Libraries’ collections and demonstrate sophisticated information literacy skills.
The judges mainly focus on the research process: the demonstration of library research skills, adept use of library resources and reflection upon the strategies used to investigate a research problem. Winners receive a cash prize and public recognition of their excellent work.
Consider submitting your ENG 102 projects, especially for the Rising Researcher Award!
Description: The Lance & Elena Calvert Rising Researcher Award celebrates outstanding first-year projects that incorporate library research. The award recognizes creativity, curiosity, and academic growth in first-year student research projects.
Prize details: Up to eight winners, $500/each
Eligibility: First-year students with less than 30 completed college credits at the time of course completion. Assignment must have been completed for a first-year course assignment during the most recent fall/spring semester. Projects submitted for this award may not be submitted for the Undergraduate Award.
Required elements:
Rubric
| Submission Element | Category | Accomplished (3) | Competent (2) | Developing (1) | Unaddressed (0) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflective Essay | Curiosity & Interest | Clearly explains how the research question reflects personal curiosity and desire to learn something new about student’s chosen topic | Explains how the research question relates to personal interest in the topic | States the research question and how it relates to class assignment | Does not explore student’s interest or reasoning for choosing their research question |
| Adapting Their Research Question | Clearly explains the evolution of their research question based on learning new information by conducting research and/or collecting data | States the first version of the research question and describes some adjustments, with some explanation for the changes | States at least first and final version of their research question, but gives little to no explanation for why changes were made | Does not address how research question changed | |
| Growth as Scholar | Uses multiple in-depth examples that demonstrate how this project helped them grow as a scholar | Uses one example of how this project helped them grow as a scholar | Gives superficial or generalized information about student’s growth as a scholar but does not give examples | Does not address how this project contributed to their growth as a scholar | |
| Use of Library Resources/Services | Uses examples to clearly describe the strategic use of library resources and services and their impact on the research project | Gives limited description of use of library resources and services; some strategy and reflection is described | Describes superficial or generalized use of library resources and services; does not describe why they were used or how it impacted their research project | Does not address use of library resources or services | |
| Project | Research Question/Thesis | Research question/thesis is: • Easily identifiable • Fully addressed by the project |
Research question/thesis is: • Not well defined, but identifiable • Too broad/narrow for assignment, partly addressed |
Research question/thesis is: • Confusing or hard to identify • Too broad/narrow for assignment |
Not identifiable |
| Use of Sources | Uses a blend of sources (popular, scholarly, government, etc.) to answer the research question; makes explicit connections showing how they address the question | Uses at least two kinds of sources; makes some connections between sources but does not fully explain how they answer the research question | Does not use enough sources OR does not explain how they help answer the research question; connections between sources are unclear | Does not use sources to answer the research question |
Application deadline: 5pm on Friday after final exams each semester (ex. 12/19/2025; 5/22/2026)
Welcome to the English 102 LibGuide! This Guide contains resources to support the ENG 102 Annotated Bibliography and Researched Argument Essay assignments.
Explore the Guide by navigating through the red tabs at the top of the page.
If you have any questions, please contact Chelsea Heinbach, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Educational Initiatives.
The English 102 Libraries team have developed an interactive online tutorial just for Composition students! It takes about 30 minutes to complete it and can help students do research for their Annotated Bibliography, Draft, or Final Paper.
The self-paced tutorial is located here: bit.ly/ENG102QuickSearchTutorial
These short video tutorials can help you with different parts of the research process.
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