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PALMER-BRANDON PRIZE 2003 COMPETITION:
TWO WINNERS WILL EACH RECEIVE $20,000

Deadline: 5pm, April 4, 2003

The College of Arts and Sciences (COAS) announces the Palmer Brandon-Prize competition for students majoring in the humanities. COAS will make two awards of at least $20,000 each. These prizes will be paid directly to the winners; however recipients may elect to have the prize money applied directly to tuition costs. The Palmer-Brandon Prizes are possible thanks to a gift made to the IU College of Arts and Sciences in the 1980s.

Nominations will have to come from faculty, but students should alert faculty if they would like to be nominated.

To be eligible for a Palmer-Brandon Prize, a student must:

  • Be a current third-year, full-time student
  • Plan to graduate in May or August 2004
  • Be majoring in the Humanities, broadly defined
Nominees are expected to be among the top 1% of students in the College of Arts and Sciences in terms of intellectual ability and academic achievement. Nominees will be asked for a personal statement that outlines their career goals and winners will be expected to submit a report after graduation explaining to the selection committee how the prize enabled them to further their education. The full list of required materials for nomination is appended to the COAS announcement here.

The prize is based on merit, without regard to financial need.

Aspiring prize winners must be nominated by a member of the COAS faculty, whose detailed letter of nomination and support should reach the committee by Friday, April 4, 2003. Nominees will also need two additional letters of support from COAS faculty members. All nominating and supporting letters should be addressed to The Palmer-Brandon Prize Selection Committee.

The Palmer-Brandon selection committee will be composed of members of the COAS humanities faculty. The committee will select five or six finalists to interview on May 5 and 6, 2003. Winners will be honored at an event in September, 2003.

Faculty: Please send letters of nomination to: Jocelyn Bowie, IU College of Arts and Sciences, Kirkwood Hall 207.
If you have questions about the Palmer-Brandon Prize or the nomination process, please contact Jocelyn Bowie, jbowie@indiana.edu or 855-5265.

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