Information for Departments 2020–2021


The deadline for faculty nominations was 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

The deadline for faculty to submit nominations for the Hoopes Prize is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. This is a firm deadline. This year, the deadline for student submissions falls on a Wellness Day. The Prize Office encourages both nominators and nominees to start the application process early.

Nominations are made solely at the discretion of the instructors who directly supervised the projects. The Hoopes Prize is a teaching prize in addition to being a prize that recognizes student work. Departmental readers, DUSs, students’ past instructors or advisors, and administrators are not eligible to nominate a project that they did not directly supervise. Summa ratings from departments should not determine which projects are nominated.

If your department produces readers’ comments as part of the thesis evaluation process, these comments should be emailed by the department to the Prize Office as soon as they are available. If your department does not produce readers’ comments, no action is needed on your part. The Hoopes Prize committee understands that some departments do not produce readers’ comments. Nominated projects are not disadvantaged by their absence.

Readers’ comments can be accepted by email only.

Important information can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions about the Hoopes Prize (click the link). Nominators and nominees, as well as administrators, are encouraged to read all the questions and answers.