Design Fellowships & Residencies

Architecture & Design Fellowships

Where can I find Architecture & Design fellowships & residencies?

Each year, the Rome Prize is awarded to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Prize recipients are invited to Rome, Italy for six months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community. Winners of 6-month and 11-month fellowships receive stipends of $14,000 and $26,000, respectively.

AIA Upjohn Research Initiative

This program supports applied research projects that enhance the value of design and professional practice knowledge. It funds up to six research projects annually, awarding from $15,000 to $30,000 per recipient per year, for projects completed in a 6-to-18-month period. Project outcomes are published electronically and in a nationally-distributed publication.

AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships

AAUW Selected Professions Fellowships provide opportunities for women to pursue graduate and first-professional degrees in architecture, computer and information sciences, engineering, and mathematics, fields where women traditionally have been underrepresented and where the employment outlook and earnings potential are strong.

Arts in the Cuban Republic Fellowships

This residence fellowship at the University of Miami supports work on topics related to the arts in Cuba between 1933 and 1958, including but not limited to visual arts, music, theater, dance, and architecture. Graduate students, postdoctoral and tenured scholars, and independent scholars working towards publication or comparable product are eligible for this award.

Asia Studies Fellowship

The East-West Center (EWC) accepts applications from scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing in one of the following areas: International relations in Asia; Political and economic change in Asia; U.S.-Asia relations; and/or Economic integration and architecture in the Asia-Pacific.

Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship in Architecture

The Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship is awarded annually to an architect, potential leader in the field, alternatively French or American. This prestigious $25,000 award offers motivated architects an opportunity to travel for six months in the United States or in France.

Society of Architectural Historians - Research Fellows

https://www.sah.org/jobs-and-careers/sah-fellowships-and-grants/research-fellowships

Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program

The goal of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship Program is to support highly talented graduate students in New England and California whose studies are directed toward improving environmental quality and who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field. The Fellowship provides a one-year $15,000 cash award for graduate study as well as networking and leadership support to awardees.

Winston Churchill Design Fellowships

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, in partnership with the British Council, is offering overseas traveling fellowships for UK Designers in the applied arts (architecture, interiors, product and graphic design). These Fellowships are normally for 6 weeks travel overseas with an average grant of over £6,000.