In 2026, the Dean's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Scholarship was renamed "Libraries Award for Undergraduate Scholarship".
A new award page can be viewed at https://libraries.uky.edu/research-scholarship/research-awards-grants/uk-libraries-award-undergraduate-research
Winners from 2025
IOTO: Never open a stiff lid again, Gabriel Portugal
“Single Girl, Married Girl:” Female Perspectives on Marriage, Maidenhood, and Motherhood in English-Language Folk Music, Avery Schanbacher
Winners from 2024
Policy Brief, Zachary Owen
Winners from 2023
A Peculiar Institution: White Supremacy and the Black Guides of Mammoth Cave, Seth Garcia
An Exploration and Performance of Underrepresented Composers for Cello, Anna M. Watrous
Winners from 2021
Naked Dinner: A Comparison of Dionysian and Apollonian Values Between the Beat Generation and Generation Z, Isha Chauhan
Proximity, Haley Shaver and Claire McDermott
Winners from 2019
Yet Another Fight for Remembrance: Titus Kaphar’s Representation of Race in the Past and the Present, Emily Hedges
Louisville Jewish Hospital’s “Tikkun Olam”: A Case Example of Continuity for American Jewish Hospitals, Hannah Thompson
Winners from 2018
Applications of French Phonetics to Flute Playing: A Historical Perspective, Mary Margaret Zrull
Submissions from 2016
Effects of Timing of Parental Divorce on Children’s Romantic Relationships in Adulthood: A Review, Adrian Weldon
