Scholarship Opportunities

American Institute of Architects Chapters (AIA) (3/27)

Look for your local permanent address (by state) for scholarship opportunities.  View 2013 scholarships, or you can contact them directly for more information.  Most Scholarships are available for both accepted High School students and current college students in an accredited Architecture program. http://www.aia.org/education/AIAB095148

Examples:

New Hampshire residents for AIA Scholarship Deadline April 15, 2013

http://aianh.org/content/nh-architecture-foundation

 

Central MA AIA chapter Deadline May 4, 2013

http://www.aiacm.org/Default.aspx?pageId=210962

Berkeley The 2013 Essay Prize Competition Proposal Due Nov 1

An essay contest in three stages – USD 12,500, minimum $4,500 first Prize
Open to all current full-time registered students in an undergraduate architecture degree program or undergraduates majoring in architecture in accredited schools of architecture worldwide.

Background

The Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Design Excellence endowment was established in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design to promote the investigation of architecture as a social art.  Each year  the PRIZE Committee selects a topic important to the understanding of the interaction of people and the built world that becomes the focus of the Essay Competition. This year the topic is: Architecture for the Public Good.

The Committee poses a Question on this website related to the topic. Students enrolled in any accredited undergraduate architecture program or diploma in architecture program throughout the world are invited to submit a 500-word essay proposal in English responding to the Question (see eligibility requirements).  Undergraduate architecture students may team up with undergraduates from allied arts and social sciences programs.

From the pool of essay proposals received, approximately 25 are selected by the PRIZE Committee as particularly promising. The 25 selected individual students, or student teams, become Semifinalists.

These Semifinalists are invited to submit a 2,500-word essay, again in English, expanding on their proposals. A group of readers, composed of Committee members and invited colleagues, selects five-to-eight of the best essays and sends these Finalist essays to a jury of international academics and architects to select the winners.

At the conclusion of the Essay Competition submittals, all Semifinalists are also invited to submit for one of two BERKELEY PRIZE Fellowships: the Travel Fellowship, or the Architectural Design Fellowship. Details for each will be announced in the Spring, 2013. Past Fellowship Competition requirements, winning submissions, and follow-up reports by the winners are available to read here on the website.

2013 Dedication

Berkeley Prize 2013 is dedicated to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the World Health Organization which is helping to promote and implement the Convention.

AIA The Architects League of Northern New Jersey (third, fouth, M.Arch students)

2013 ALNNJ Scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students.  Scholarship amounts vary at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee.   This year’s total amount of $6,000 which can be directed  towards the following scholarships at the discretion of the Board of Trustees:

Clarence Tabor Memorial Scholarship Award (undergraduate students)

Albert O Halse Memorial Award (undergraduate students)

Architects League Scholastic Achievement Award (graduate/undergraduate award)

Scholarships are avilable to New Jersey residents who are attending an accredited school of architecture in the US and whose permanent residence is in one of the following county/municipalities: Bergen All, Hudson All, Passaic All, Sussex All, Essex Nutley, Belleville, Morris Lincoln Park, Hibernia, Butler, River Dale, Fayson Lakes, Milton Pequannock, Pompton Plains, Towaco, Holland, Brook Valley, Jacksonville, Powerville, Meriden, Lake Telemarch, Taylor Town, Beach Glen, Middletown, Rockaway Valley, Green Pond, New Russia, Marcella, Mount Hope, Pequannock Township, Smoke Rise, White Meadow Lake, and Woodstock.  All applications and submittal requirements must be postmarked no later than noon on April 30, 2013.  http://www.alnnj.org/Scholarships.htm

AIA West Virginia Scholarship Program

In 2012, our Chapter will distribute approximately $15,000 in scholarships.   This is possible in part form a $1000.00 grant from AIA National and generous contributions from AIAWV members and other donors.   The single or multiple award(s) are presented to college students who are WV residents and enrolled in an accredited school of architecture.   The student must have completed six or more semesters by May 30^th in a program leading to a Bachelors degree in Architecture or enrolled in a program leading to a Master’s degree in Architecture.  

Included will be a separate scholarship, the “AIA West Virginia Sustainable Design Scholarship”, in the amount of $1500 will be awarded to the applicant who demonstrates his or her ability to develop project concepts utilizing sustainable principles, alternative energy systems or new technologies for environmental systems in an integrated manor.

The scholarship will be awarded based on overall ability, desire, determination and potential for successfully completing their architectural education and entering into Architecture as a profession.   Applicants will be required to submit a resume, transcript, and letter of recommendation from a faculty member.

Interested person should request an application by contacting AIA West Virginia, PO Box 813, Charleston, WV 25323 or Roberta Guffey, Hon. AIA, at (304) 344-9872 or any time after February 1^st.   Application forms and more detailed information will be provided.  Completed applications and all requested information must be received at the AIA West Virginia Chapter Office not later than May 30^th. 

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