Accepting applications for Undergraduate Research Prize
Applications for the Undergraduate Research Prize are open now.
Applications are closed for the Northwestern Libraries Research Grants and will reopen Winter 2026.
Research Grants and Prizes
Research grants and prizes encourage the use of collections stewarded by the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives.
Research grants:
Charles Deering McCormick Library Research Grant
The Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives at Northwestern is home to many of the Libraries' rarest materials, including manuscripts, archives, prints, and artifacts.
Minow Research Grant for the University Archives
The Minow Research Grant supports access for researchers interested in the extensive history of Northwestern University documented within our University Archives, but also supports research into broader areas where Northwestern alumni, faculty, students, and staff have made an impact.
John Cage Research Grant
The McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives at Northwestern stewards the John Cage Collection, an extensive archive of primary sources documenting the life and work of one of the most revolutionary composers of the 20th-century.
Northwestern undergraduate prizes:
Undergraduate Archival Research Project Prizes
Undergraduate Archival Research Project Prizes are cash prizes awarded to the best scholarly work using primary sources that present a significant and well-researched analysis on a historical topic. The projects will be judged on their clarity of focus, originality of argument and historical analysis, relevancy and comprehension of applied primary sources, and contribution to their related field of study.