Each year, the NSHE Regents recognize one outstanding undergraduate scholar at each NSHE institution with the Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship. Awards are based on distinguished academic accomplishments (including research and other scholarly activities), leadership ability, and service contributions while a registered student, as well as the nominee’s potential for continued success.
Recipients must be nominated for this award and meet the eligibility requirements below. The award carries a $5,000 stipend.
The 2024 call for nominations will be open until Friday, October 13, 2023 at 5 p.m. The faculty nominator should compile all required application materials in a single PDF file and submit it electronically by email to our@unlv.edu. Late submissions will not be considered.
These awards are presented annually to 1 undergraduate student from each NSHE institution. Nominees must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- Nominees must be currently enrolled in no fewer than 9 undergraduate credits in the semester in which they are nominated.
- Nominees must have completed a minimum of 62 total credit hours within NSHE institutions by the time the award is granted.
- Leadership and service accomplishments must have occurred while the nominee is a registered NSHE student.
Nominees must be nominated by an NSHE academic or administrative faculty member. Self nominations are not accepted. Nominators must submit a formal nomination letter which speaks to the nominee’s accomplishments and promise. Requirements for the nomination letter can be found in the Regents’ Awards Guidance document.
Nominations must include a number of materials. These required materials include:
- Nomination form
- Table of contents
- Nomination letter
- Personal statement
- Letters of support (optional)
- Nominee’s curriculum vitae or resume
- Biography
Please consult the Regents’ Awards Guidance document for additional requirements and more information about collecting, creating, and organizing these materials. Further details can be found in the Board of Regents’ Procedures and Guidelines Manual, Chapter 8, Section 2.
For guidance on the appearance of these documents, please see available templates (Simple Template; Graphic Template) for the table of contents. A sample nomination package is available upon request by emailing our@unlv.edu.
All materials must be compiled into a single PDF file and submitted by the faculty nominator to our@unlv.edu.
The deadline for all materials to be submitted is Friday, October 13 at 5 p.m. All materials must be compiled into a single PDF. Nomination packets must be submitted electronically by the faculty nominator to our@unlv.edu.
Applications missing any component listed above are considered incomplete and will not be considered for the Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship.
- 2023 - Savanna Vacek, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
- 2022 - Vanessa Booth, College of Liberal Arts
- 2021 - Michael Schwob, College of Sciences
- 2020 - Dylan Wallace, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
- 2019 - Hannah Patenaude, College of Sciences & College of Liberal Arts
- 2018 - Jessa Li, College of Sciences & College of Liberal Arts
- 2017 - Nemanja Novakovic, College of Sciences
- 2016 - Casey Barber, School of Public Health
- 2015 - Kevin Tamadonfar, College of Sciences
- 2014 - Brittany Radke, Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering
For questions or concerns, please contact the UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research at our@unlv.edu.