University of North Texas 
Britt Poster Award Submission
What is the Britt Poster Award?
The John Britt Poster Award honors the late John Britt who led the Honors program at Lee College, perhaps the most successful community college honors program in the nation, from 1995 until his retirement in 2012. Under his mentorship, Lee College students frequently won prestigious awards at both the regional and national levels, and many had their work accepted for publication. In 1998, he won the Bryan Teaching Award for best history teacher in the state of Texas, the first community college instructor to earn that designation. In 2003 he served as President of GPHC, and in 2018 the GPHC Poster Award was renamed in his honor.
- A maximum of three Britt Poster awards may be awarded for each of two categories:
- lower-division students who have fewer than 60 hours of college/university credit (at the deadline of submissions), and,
- upper-division students who have earned 60 hours or more of college/university credit
- Submissions for the Britt Poster Competition must be approved by each institution's honors director and indicate the director's advocacy of the excellence of the work
- Each institution may submit a maximum of two Britt Poster Competition nominees
- Must come from dues-paying institutions
- Directors should note that "academic credit" includes dual enrollment courses taken during high school and hours received by transfer from another institution.
- Honors directors may nominate two students to enter the Britt Poster Award Competitions. However, the topics of each entry must focus on a different, unrelated research project. If projects are the same or closely related for both entries, both will be eliminated for consideration for an award.
- Must be submitted using the GPHC Britt Poster Competition Submission Form
- We will be reviewing proposals and providing notification of inclusion in the conference
program on a rolling basis according to the dates outlined below:
- First Review - Proposals submitted by November 22nd, 2024, will be notified by December 9th, 2024
- Second Review - Proposals submitted by December 20th, 2024, will be notified by January 6th, 2025
- Final Review - Proposals submitted by Janurary 19th, 2025, will be notified by January 24th, 2025
- Extensions cannot be granted nor can changes be made to submissions by the host institution or any other individual once received.
- Conference registration must be completed by the Early Bird deadline of February 3, 2025, in order for a submission to be considered.
- Posters will be judged on Friday, March 7th, from 4:00pm-5:30pm at the University of North Texas. At this time, the posters will be presented in the Student Union Jade Ballroom (333 Student Union), but that is subject to change. Those presenting will be notified of location prior to the conference.
- Posters will be judged by professors in the category that best matches their expertise.
- Winners will be announced at the GPHC dinner on Saturday, March 8th.
- Judges may elect not to award the maximum number of awards.
- Name
- Institution
- Your Honors Director's Name
- Your Honors Director's Email
- Presentation Category (select one or multiple selections below)
- STEM
- Social Science
- Humanities
- Professional Studies
- Credit Hours Category (select one below)
- 0-59 Credit Hours
- 60+ Credit Hours
- Title of Poster
- Abstract
To submit a Britt Poster Award entry, please follow the link below.
Questions?
Contact the UNT Honors College.
Honors College
University of North Texas
940-565-3606
HonorsCollege@unt.edu