The new 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, community service, education, or collaboration. 

Scholarship Recipients
2008: Cristina Bump
Check out Christina's Travel Scholarship blog!

Scholarship Finalists
2008: 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 1. Criteria and application will by available on October 1. The award will be announced in February, 2010, for travel between June 2010 and March 2011. The award will be conferred in person at the AIA Seattle Honors Dinner in May, 2010. Final presentation and report are due in May, 2011.

Submittal guidelines are available for download at right.