Our Opportunities

In 1990, at the initiative of Michèle le Menestrel Ullrich, the French Heritage Society (FHS) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) collaborated with the American Architectural Foundation (AAF) to establish the Richard Morris Hunt Prize, creating a singular opportunity to promote dialogue between French and American architectural design professionals. Now administered by the Architects […]

In honor of Sho-Ping Chin, FAIA, we are thrilled to offer a grant opportunity for recipients to attend the AIA Women’s Leadership Summit. Sho-Ping was a principal at Payette and in 2009 became the founding leader of the inaugural AIA Women’s Leadership Summit.  Tragically Sho-Ping succumbed to cancer in 2015, but her legacy of women’s […]

Becoming a licensed architect is increasingly costly for architecture graduates. Statistics show that an architecture student graduates with substantially more debt than the average student. This causes great concerns for graduates trying to find entry level jobs and puts architecture graduates at risk of making early career changes. This scholarship is awarded annually. Recipients receive […]

The Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship recognizes the significant contributions of emerging professionals at early stages in their careers and helps defray the costs associated with the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Developed by the AIA National Associates Committee, the scholarship honors the memory of late friend and colleague, Jason Pettigrew, Assoc. AIA. Scholarship recipients will […]

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Architects Foundation are thrilled to offer a grant opportunity for recipients to attend the 2025 AIA Conference on Architecture and Design. This grant provides emerging professionals an opportunity to attend the annual conference and gain access to career resources, the latest trends in the building industry, networking […]