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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 May 5, 2025 until July 7, 2025

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Student Loan Relief Grant

$5,000
The Architects Foundation attracts, inspires and invests in the next-generation design community. Through our various scholarship initiatives, we aim to provide support to future architects as they enter school, graduate, pursue licensure, and seek enrichment opportunities. Becoming a licensed architect is increasingly costly for architecture graduates. Statistics show that an architecture student graduates with substantially […]

From May 5, 2025 until July 7, 2025

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Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship

$1,910.00
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 May 5, 2025 until July 7, 2025

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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 12, 2024 until January 10, 2025

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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 12, 2024 until January 10, 2025

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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 8, 2024 until January 10, 2025

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AIA25 Emerging Professionals Grant

Complimentary conference registration
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Architects Foundation are thrilled to offer a grant Make a lasting impact on your career with the AIA25 Emerging Professionals Grant! It’s your opportunity to become an official AIA25 ambassador for emerging professionals and add to your resume in a meaningful way—while taking advantage of everything this conference […]

From February 26, 2025 until March 23, 2025

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