The 91ÑÇÉ« Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites 91ÑÇÉ« faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards.
A small monetary award of $200 is available for one recipient in each category: Geographic Asia and Asian Diaspora.
Essay criteria:
- The submission should be an original and unrevised version of a term paper
- It should have a substantive focus related to Asia or the Asian Diaspora
- It should have been submitted for a 91ÑÇÉ« university undergraduate class in the 2025–26 academic year
- It should not have been published or recognized elsewhere
Submissions from faculty or TA nominators should include:
- Name, department and email of the nominator
- A brief paragraph detailing why the faculty member is nominating the essay
- A scan (or hard copy) of the student’s unrevised essay with the marker’s original comments on the essay included
- The student’s name, program, year of study and email address
Nominations for the 2026–27 academic year are accepted on an ongoing basis until Monday, 26 April 2027.
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The awards will be adjudicated by the YCAR Awards Committee.
Questions and submissions can be emailed to ycar[at]yorku.ca.