Students eligible for the prize are individual undergraduate students or groups of students from any college or university in the U.S. or its possessions, Canada or Mexico. To apply, undergraduates submit one or more published or unpublished papers that represent their work.
Professors can also nominate students.
To be eligible for this year's award, students must have been undergraduates in December of the previous year and must submit their papers no later than June 30 of this year. Any student who is an undergraduate in a college or university in Canada, Mexico, or the U.S. or its possessions is eligible to be considered for this prize. No more than one prize shall be awarded each year, and a few honorable mentions may be made. Publication of the research is not required. All submissions for the prize must include at least one letter of support from a person, usually a faculty member, familiar with the student's research.