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The Center for Research on Vermont offers academic awards that recognize ambition & excellence in student research on Vermont topics. 

Submission Deadline • April 15, 2024

George B. Bryan Award

For excellence in a project or paper on a Vermont topic completed for a one-semester course. 

Recommended length: 10-25 pages

Offered annually in memory of UVM Professor of Theatre and former Center Director George B. Bryan (1939-1996).

Andrew E. Nuquist Award

For outstanding research on a Vermont topic, usually awarded to a culminating study, usually a thesis or year-long project.

Recommended length: No limit

Offered annually since 1982 in memory of UVM Political Science Professor Andrew E. Nuquist (1905-1975).

Competition Overview

All college and university undergraduate students are eligible for the competition. Students should be able to attend the Center's annual meeting to receive the award.

Winners receive cash prizes donated by the Center, and award-winning projects will be archived in the UVM Silver Special Collections Library and made available to researchers.

The Awards Committee neither gives preference to, nor discriminates against, projects by more than one author, or, in the case of the Nuquist Award, projects which have been supported in whole or in part by grants or other third-party funding. Projects which result from internships with governmental agencies or other nonacademic groups are also eligible for the Nuquist Award.

Projects must have been completed between May 1, 2023 and April 1, 2024 to be eligible to compete.

Submission Directions

We invite submissions from students attending any university or college in Vermont. CRVT embraces a wide array of research methodologies. Your project can be in the form of a paper, exhibition, interdisciplinary, or multimedia format. We are accepting applications until April 15th. You will receive a response by April 26th.

THE BRYAN: Recommended length of papers is 10-25 pages; interdisciplinary presentations will be considered as well.

Bryan Submissions Form

THE NUQUIST:  There are no requirements for length; interdisciplinary presentations will be considered as well.

Nuquist Submissions Form 

Further questions? Please contact CRVT Coordinator Trish Denton at trisha.denton@uvm.edu