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The Humphrey School of Public Affairs is the University of Minnesota's school of policy and planning.


Lloyd B. Short Award

The Lloyd B. Short award is given for the individual professional paper and the group capstone project judged to be the best of the year.

Nominations for this award are due May 7, 2013.

The late Professor Lloyd B. Short, the first director of the Public Administration Center at the University of Minnesota, left an endowment to the Humphrey School to recognize the work of its students.

Eligibility + prize

Students who completed their papers or projects between May 2, 2012 and May 7, 2013, and who have graduated or will graduate between May 2012 and August 2013 are eligible for this award.

Nominations are made by faculty members or fellows who advise individual papers or group projects. Each faculty member or fellow may nominate no more than one paper.

Papers are judged by a faculty committee for strength of writing and analysis and importance of the problem addressed. The award is given, along with a $500 monetary prize, at commencement.

Nomination

Please submit a copy of the paper and a brief statement about why the paper or project represents important work and the qualities that led you to nominate it for the award. Required materials should be submitted electronically to the Humphrey Student Services Office (hhhss@umn.edu) by 4:30 pm on May 7, 2013.