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Sho-Ping Chin Women’s Leadership Summit Grant

Registration fees + up to $700 in travel expenses
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 […]

From June 8, 2026 until July 24, 2026

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Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship

$2,000
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 […]

From June 8, 2026 until July 24, 2026

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NEW Next Generation Undergraduate Scholarship

Up to $20,000
Students National Sponsored Award Up to $20,000 Renewable for up to 4 years Application Window November 2, 2026 Deadline: January 8, 2027 Notification April 2027 First disbursement August 2027 Apply today Past Scholar Recipients Previous Next Generation Undergraduate Scholarship recipients are under Scholars. About Architecture is about enhancing the human experience by creating buildings that reflect, […]

From November 2, 2026 until January 8, 2027

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Richard Morris Hunt Prize

$20,000
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 […]

From March 1, 2026 until June 30, 2025

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The Delano & Aldrich/Emerson Fellowship

$20,000
Since 1930, the American Institute of Architects has awarded a French architect a fellowship for travel and study in the U.S. An important donation to the AIA was made before the last world war by the American alumni of the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Paris, William Delano and Chester M. Aldrich, with a view to founding a […]

From November 20, 2025 until January 20, 2026

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Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship

$5,000
The Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship supports a graduate student whose work demonstrates an exemplary focus at the design intersection of sustainability, resilience, wellness and beauty. The scholarship recipient receives $5,000 and mentorship from Yann Weymouth, FAIA for the scholarship year.

From November 7, 2025 until January 9, 2026

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Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship

$10,000
The Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship is a $10,000 architecture scholarship supporting a woman studying architecture within a NAAB-accredited bachelor or master’s degree program. To help the scholarship recipient establish contacts within the profession, she will be assigned a senior mentor from Payette for the scholarship year.

From November 7, 2025 until January 9, 2026

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Next Generation Scholarship

Up to $20,000
Architecture is about enhancing the human experience by creating buildings that reflect, serve, and strengthen communities. This scholarship was created in 1970 with an initial grant from the Ford Foundation, after Whitney Young Jr. challenged architects in 1968 to create a more responsible field. Read more about Whitney Young Jr. here. We believe that different viewpoints […]

From November 7, 2025 until January 9, 2026

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