The AIA Seattle Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship seeks to expand the experience and leadership opportunities of young professionals, encourage cross-cultural dialogue in the profession, and share knowledge from architecture practice around the globe with members in Puget Sound. Through a $5000 grant, the scholarship supports travel for the purposes of research. 

The Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship is funded by generous contributions by Seattle-area Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIAs) and AIA members.

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Scholarship Recipients
2011: Joe Mayo
"Timber City"
2010: Daniel Toole
Check out Daniel's Travel Scholarship blog!
2009: Cristina Bump
Check out Christina's Travel Scholarship blog!

Scholarship Finalists
2011: Sarah Snider, Jonathan Lemons and Trevor Dykstra
2010: Jordan Pope, Jonathan Junker and Christopher Gerrick
2009: Jordan Pope, Bray Hayden, Chelsea Gorkiewicz

Eligibility: AIA Seattle members or associate members who have graduated from an accredited architecture program within the last 7 years.

Criteria: The Honors and Fellows Committee will award scholarship funds based on proposals. Proposals should demonstrate the project’s creativity, feasibility, impact and outcomes.

The Committee requests proposals from qualifying individuals highlighting their travel plans and outlining their area of study and investigation. The proposed travel and study program must address the built environment and have relevance and application to design issues faced by Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. The scholarship recipient will be expected to return to Seattle and publicly present the results and content of their travel and study to the Committee and AIA Seattle membership. Preference will be given to projects that produce a tangible product available to all local members, such as an exhibition, magazine article, program or publication.

Schedule: Proposals are due December 15. Criteria and application will by available on September 29. The award will be announced in February 2012, for travel between June 2012 and March 2013. The award will be conferred in person at the AIA Seattle Honors Dinner in May 2012. Final presentation and report are due in May 2013.

Submittal guidelines are available for download at right.