Lewis C. Mainzer Creativity Award

The Lewis C. Mainzer Creativity Award is established to make an annual award to a Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration Program (BDIC) junior or senior whose chosen interdisciplinary course of study reflects a breadth of interests and takes a creative approach in achieving its focus. Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate exceptional thinking in the humanities or political science. Selection will be based on merit and at the discretion of the Program Director in consultation with BDIC faculty. This award recognizes students who pursue interdisciplinary approaches and demonstrate creativity in their academic work within the BDIC program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.