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Research Prizes

The duPont-Ball Library competition for the library’s Evans C. Johnson Research Prize and the R. Neil Scott Research Prize is open for 2025.
To apply:
1.    Fill out the online entry form.
2.    Upload a copy of your paper in Word format.
3.    Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 14 at 4 pm.
Previous prize-winning papers are listed below.
Both Research Prizes are open to all students who as a first-year college student completed a research paper during the last calendar year (spring, summer, or fall semesters 2024).
The contest is sponsored by the duPont-Ball Library to encourage the thorough, effective, creative, and ethical uses of research resources. $200 in prizes may be awarded for each prize.

Research Prize Details

The Evans C. Johnson Research Prize may be awarded each spring to a student who  as a first-year college student during the previous calendar year completed a research paper that shows thorough, effective, creative, and ethical uses of the library and research resources.
 
The monetary award is given by an anonymous donor in memory of Dr. Evans C. Johnson, Stetson University Professor of History 1953-1997. Dr. Johnson required students to illustrate effective use of research resources in papers for his courses, and this award is designed to reward such scholarship. In addition to the monetary award, the winner will receive an engraved plaque.
The R. Neil Scott Research Prize may be awarded each spring to a student who as a first-year college student during the previous calendar year completed a research paper that shows thorough, effective, creative, and ethical uses of the library and research resources. The R. Neil Scott Prize will give preference to papers dealing with the general themes of business or economics.
 
The monetary award is given in memory of Stetson alumnus and former Stetson librarian, R. Neil Scott, MBA,’82. In addition to the monetary award, the winner will receive an engraved plaque.

Process Details

The winner(s) will be notified in April. Winners will be asked to submit copies of their papers in WORD format for the library’s website.
 
For more information, please see the document below. Contact Laura Kirkland (822-4027, lkirklan@stetson.edu), Chair, duPont-Ball Library Research Prizes Committee, with any questions.
 
Rules and Application Process - Updated 2022

2021 - 2023: Past Winners & Their Papers

2023
Evans C. Johnson Prize Winner:
R. Neil Scott Prize Winner:
Research Prize Honorable Mention:
2022
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2021
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R. Neil Scott Prize Winner:
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2016 - 2020: Past Winners & Their Papers

2020
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2019
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R. Neil Scott Prize Winner:
Julia Finver (Document Not Available)
Health Consequences of Unjust Treatment of Black Males in the United States
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2011 - 2015: Past Winners & Their Papers

2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2005 - 2010: Past Winners & Their Papers

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2009
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2008
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2007
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