In how many ways can 5 prizes be distributed among 4 students when each student may recieve any number of prizes?

Each prize comes with a list of four students. When the judge awards the first prize, she chooses one of the four to win the prize. When she awards the second prize, there are again four choices. Continue, to get the possible outcomes-

4*4*4*4*4 = 4⁵

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