Any current UK undergraduate (full- or part-time, enrolled for either semester) who does not already have a four-year degree is eligible for this competition and may submit papers and other projects in the following categories:

1. Biological Sciences
2. Design (architecture, landscape architecture,
....interior design, etc.)
3. Fine Arts (film, music, painting, sculpture,
....videotape, etc.)
4. Humanities: Creative
5. Humanities: Critical Research
6. Physical and Engineering Sciences
7. Social Sciences

Entries are judged on originality; clarity of expression; scholarly or artistic contribution; and the validity, scope, and depth of the project or investigation.

The following are representative winners in the 2002-2003 Oswald Research and Creativity Program.

CATEGORY 1. Biological Sciences

No Entries

CATEGORY 2. Design

1st Place
NAME: John Sexton
TITLE: Concept Plan—George Washington Carver Center Park

CATEGORY 2. Design

2nd Place
NAME: Robert Litherland
TITLE: Rehabilitation of UK Administration Building— Proposal

CATEGORY 2. Design

2nd Place
NAME: Kelly Wright
TITLE: Set Design for UK Production of Buses

CATEGORY 3. Fine Arts

1st Place
NAME: Tim Douglas
TITLE: Original work for Organ—sheet music and CD recording

CATEGORY 3. Fine Arts

2nd Place
NAME: Tony Smith
TITLE: Video Disc
CATEGORY 3. Fine Arts

Honorable Mention
NAME: Alex Brooks
TITLE: Gone Now —A book created by hand

CATEGORY 3. Fine Arts

Honorable Mention
NAME: Alan Cooke
TITLE: Digital Art

CATEGORY 3. Fine Arts

Honorable Mention
NAME: Marnie Lynn Rhoads
TITLE: As it is in Heaven—Design concept

CATEGORY 4. Humanities: Creative

1st Place
NAME: Alex Brooks
TITLE: Gone Now —A book created by hand

CATEGORY 5. Humanities: Critial Research

1st Place
NAME: Tony Smith
TITLE: Steal this Thesis: an Introduction to Modern Copyright