Scholarships in Architecture

Billy Ray Lewis Memorial Scholarship

Award: $600, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a resident of South Carolina and have a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA.

 

Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship

Award: $20,000, Deadline: December 3

Applicant must have a bachelor's degree in architecture, art, dance, landscape architecture, music, theater, regional or urban planning and be continuing on to graduate study. Preference will be given to applicants under the age of twenty-five.

 

Predoctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroa

Award: $6,000, Deadline: November 15

Applicant must be a doctoral student studying art history and aspects of art and architecture in the United States, including native and pre-Revolutionary America. Fellowship is for a period of four to six weeks of continuous travel abroad in areas such as Africa, Asia, or South America, as well as Europe, to sites of historical and cultural interest, including museums, exhibitions, collections, and monuments.

 

HABS-Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: December 31

Applicant must be an architectural historian. Fellowship will permit this individual to work on a 12-week HABS project during the summer. The Fellow will prepare a written history to become part of the permanent HABS collection focusing on either a specific nationally-significant building/site, or a broader architectural history topic that will inform future HABS documentation

 

Edilia and Francois-Auguste de Montequin Fellowship

Award: $6,000, Deadline: October 1

This fellowship is intended to support the research of junior scholars (usually scholars engaged in doctoral dissertation research) annually, and senior scholars (scholars who have completed their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree) every other year in even-numbered years. The research to be supported must focus on Spanish, Portuguese, or Ibero-American architecture, including colonial architecture produced by the Spaniards in the Philippines and what is today the United States. Applicant must be a member of the Society of Architectural Historians.

 

SOM Travel Fellowship for Architecture, Design and Urban Design

Award: $50,000, Deadline: July 17

Applicant must submit a portfolio and travel plan and be recommended by school. Applicant must be graduating with a bachelor degree; award is for post-graduation travel and study.

 

Allan Lucas Memorial Educational Scholarship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: April 1

Applicant must be a full-time student who plans to pursue lighting education or research as apart of their undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral studies. Applicant must be a junior, senior, or graduate student in an accredited four-year college or university located in Northern California.

 

Winterthur Research Fellowship

Award: -, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must be an academic, museum, or independent scholar or be working on doctoral dissertation. Award is a residential research fellowship in Winterthur's library and museum collections.

 

F. Louis Wolff Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 15

 

HOK Graduate Fellowship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be an entering graduate student with outstanding credentials.

 

Louis Holloway Memorial Award

Award: $3,000, Deadline: March 15

Selection is based upon academic record.

 

Scott Companies Graduate Fellowship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be an incoming graduate student with outstanding design and professional promise.

 

Otis A. Skinner Scholarship

Award: $3,500, Deadline: March 15

Selection is based upon financial need and academic merit.

 

John Stovall Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 15

 

Henry H. Wiss Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen, be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours per semester), and be recommended by the Beta Omega Alumni Association of Theta Xi fraternity. Second preference given to students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies. Financial need, academic achievement, and community service are considered. Entering freshman and transfer applicants should have a minimum combined SAT I score of 1100. Returning student applicant should have a minimum 3.0 Quality Credit Average (QCA). Applicant must submit FAFSA.

 

Blythe Family Scholarship in Architecture and English

Award: -, Deadline: March 1

Award alternates yearly between College of Architecture and Department of English. Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or eligible noncitizen and be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours per semester). Entering freshman and transfer applicants should have a minimum combined SAT I score of 1100. Returning student applicant should have a minimum 3.0 Quality Credit Average (QCA). Applicant must submit FAFSA.

 

NEH Fellowship

Award: $30,000, Deadline: January 15

Applicant must be an academic, museum, or independent scholar, and be a U.S. citizen or have been a U.S. resident for at least three years. Award is not for dissertation research. Award is a residential research fellowship in Winterthur's library and museum collections.

 

Harriet Irsay Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: July 1

Applicant must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student who is a United States citizen or permanent resident (preferably) of Polish heritage.

 

Spiro Kostof Fellowship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: Varies

Applicant must be an advanced graduate student member of SAH whose paper has been accepted for delivery at the SAH annual conference.

 

AIA West Virginia Scholarship

Award: $1,500, Deadline: May 30

Applicant must be a student enrolled at Fairmont State University in a four-year non-professional B.S.Arch. program.

 

Knights of Pythias Scholarship

Award: $1,880, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must be an Arizona resident, demonstrate financial need by filing FAFSA, and have declared a major.

 

Lambda Alpha International/Phoenix Chapter Scholarship

Award: $2,000, Deadline: March 15

Applicant must have completed minimum six credit hours in major and have declared a major. Applicant must be available to participate in interview with Lambda Alpha International Scholarship Committee.

 

Murray W. Waterman Architectural Award

Award: $6,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must be in the M.Arch. program or other professional program and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Normally seven awards are for studies leading to the M.Arch. degree and one for post-professional studies in architecture. Award is in Canadian dollars.

 

Murray W. Waterman Study Abroad Award

Award: $3,000, Deadline: May 1

Applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and a minimum grade average of "B" in studio courses taken the previous year. Applicant must be undertaking study in a formal term-long program outside Canada. Award is in Canadian dollars.

 

Charles E. Peterson Fellowship

Award: $10,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant must hold a terminal degree and possess a distinguished record of accomplishment. Research is not subject to geographical restrictions, although preference is given to Delaware Valley topics. Award applications should be submitted in the form of a single-page leter setting forth a brief statement of the project, with attached budget, schedule for completion, and professional resume. Two letters of reference should be requested by the applicant and submitted directly to the committee.

 

Charles E. Peterson Internship

Award: $5,000, Deadline: March 1

Applicant should outline his or her project and explain why access to the research facilities of the Philadelphia region is required. Applicant should also submit a resume of academic and related work experience. A letter of reference is required from the student's principal professor.

 

Susan and Harry Frampton Annual Scholarship

Award: $4,000, Deadline: December 31

Four awards are granted to architecture students.

 

AIA/AAF Scholarship

Award: -, Deadline: March 2

Selection is based upon academic achievement, personal statement, financial need, recommendations and one drawing.

 

Kenneth R. Fuller Scholarship (Colorado AIA)

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 2

Applicant must be a fourth-year student continuing study of architecture next academic year. Selection is based on academic excellence, professional promise, and professional contribution to the college.

 

Producer's Council Scholarship

Award: $1,000, Deadline: March 2

Applicant must be an environmental design undergraduate student in architecture who will be entering the first year of study toward the Master of Architecture in September following the award presentation. Applicant must be a Colorado resident.