Graduate Student Fellowship & Undergraduate Research Prize
Emily Encarnacion, library student assistant,
in the Special Collections Research Center reading room
University Libraries serve as the center of campus discussion about shared topics of scholarly interest and the most pressing intellectual and ethical matters of our time. We are at the heart of scholarly discourse and what it means to use current and future resources in a way that furthers human well-being and learning. Our libraries are living, learning laboratories where new ideas are created and shared.
The Graduate Student Fellowship & the Undergraduate Research Prize were established to further foster this scholarly discourse at Virginia’s largest research institution, recognize both graduate and undergraduate research, and to promote student success.
The University Libraries Research Endowment which supports these awards was created by generous donors that understood the critical need to nurture research in all of its many forms and illuminate the extensive research supports University Libraries offers to our students and faculty. The research endowment continues to grow through donations from donors like you. Give now.
More about the University Libraries Graduate Student Fellowship
Each year, University Libraries awards $2,500 to a graduate student currently pursuing their master or doctoral degree at George Mason University and conducting research for their Thesis or Dissertation. Additionally, student fellows are assigned a dedicated graduate study carrel in Fenwick Library for their use during the academic year in which they receive the award.
More about the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Prize
The Mason Libraries Undergraduate Research Prize of $1000 recognizes and honors excellence in undergraduate student research at George Mason University. The annual prize may be awarded for a paper or project by an individual or a group that demonstrates exemplary research skills and utilization of the Library’s services, resources, and expertise.
Our past award recipients:
2022 Graduate Fellowship: Bernard Atieme, a PhD candidate in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution.
2023 Undergraduate Award: Jae Hoon Jeong for the paper “Enhancing Public Trust in the Accounting Profession in the United States: A Review of Literature.”
2024 Undergraduate Award: Ella Jackson for the paper “Government Public Service Announcements: Honduras and Mexico Instagram Campaigns on Direct & Indirect Violence Against Women.”
Are you interested in applying for these research grants? Find out how at Student Fellowship & Undergraduate Research Prize.