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Awards

Fostering a culture of research excellence through awards, internships, and fellowships.

These opportunities recognize outstanding scholarly work, innovative research projects, and contributions to advancing knowledge across disciplines. Whether you’re conducting groundbreaking research, engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration, or making significant strides in your academic field, our sponsored awards are designed to support and elevate your scholarly pursuits. Explore how these opportunities can help propel your research and enhance your academic journey.

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Libraries' Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence
The Libraries' Award for Undergraduate Research Excellence (LAURE) recognizes students who demonstrate high-quality academic work and excellent library research skills. LAURE winners receive a monetary award and are featured in the UO Scholars' Bank.

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Tiny Galleries
The Tiny Galleries repurpose obsolete phone booths dating back to 1937 in the historic Knight Library entrance halls, as a unique opportunity for students to reflect on and share what they're learning, express artistic ideas, engage more deeply with the broader campus community, and contribute to academic discourse. In addition to having their work displayed, successful applicants receive a monetary award and are recognized at an opening reception.

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Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) Research Awards

Our SCUA research awards offer anyone, regardless of institutional affiliation or status, the opportunity to work with our rich collections. Researchers working in the realms of feminist science fiction, LGBTQIA+, Ken Kesey, conservative and libertarian movements, environmental activism and the built environment, and prints materials from the Americas, Europe, Africa, and/or Asia are encouraged to apply.

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Books for Fun: Check out the Popular Reading Collections (external link)

We're an academic library—but we also have page-turners! OregonNews shares the scoop about Popular Reading Collections in the Knight Library, John E. Jaqua Law Library and UO Portland Library. Bestselling fiction, SF and fantasy, travel and hiking guides, graphic novels, memoirs, local authors, YA and children's books: it's all available for Ducks to check out.

Collage of photos of Malawian men and women, passport documents, and a map of southeastern Africa.

"Matchona" Project Preserves the Histories of Malawian Migrants in Southern Africa (external link)

Scholarly Publishing Librarian Franny Gaede and Associate Professor of History Julie M. Weise recently produced "Matchona: Malawians on the Move in Twentieth Century Southern Africa" in collaboration with an international team of scholars. This groundbreaking digital humanities project collects migrants' oral history interviews and written testimonies as a resource for teaching, research and advocacy.