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Library research award applications open Friday

Feeling proud of your research paper? Consider applying for the library’s research award, which has a $200 prize!

April 27, 2026
Credit: Will Merchant and Andrew Hall, Monumental Pushpin, 2025

Applications for the James J. Kopp Library Research Award will be accepted from May 1 through May 11 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific).

Students in Bibliographic Research in Writing classes are invited to submit their final projects along with a short accompanying essay about their process. Students in current spring BRW classes are eligible to apply; all eligible sections are listed below.

Every year, two winners receive $200 in recognition of their excellent work and growth as researchers.

More information at https://library.lclark.edu/events/kopp-awards

 

 

Spring 2026 Bibliographic Research in Writing courses:

  • BIO-343, Microbiology
  • BIO-352, Animal Behavior
  • CLAS-266, Health & Healing in the Ancient World
  • CLAS-324, Roman Women
  • ENG-235, Film Noir
  • ENG-281, Medieval Manuscripts
  • ENG-333, Major Figures: William Blake
  • ENVS-220, Environmental Analysis
  • GERM-322 Monsters, Machines, Mermaids
  • HIST-226, 20th-Century Germany
  • IA-340 International Political Economy
  • MUS-106, Workshops in World Music
  • MUS-163, History of Western Music II
  • PHIL-102, Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL-201, Philosophy of Religion
  • PHYS-400, Advanced Lab/Colloquium
  • POLS-250, Transitions to Democracy
  • RELS-104, Religion and Violence
  • RELS-225, Christian Origins
  • RELS-358/458, Mysticism
  • RELS-359, Asceticism
  • SOAN-200, Ethnographic Research Methods
  • SOAN-205, Research Theory and Design
  • TH-283, Theatre and Society

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