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Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize International Competition 2019 for early-career Architects ( $100,000 Travelling Fellowship)

by OFA November 15, 2018

written by OFA

Application Deadline: January 27th 2019

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the 2019 cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards 100,000 USD to a talented early-career architect to support travel-based research.

Requirements:

The Wheelwright Prize is open to emerging architects practicing anywhere in the world. The primary eligibility requirement is that applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years.
An affiliation to the GSD is not required. Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio, a research proposal, and a travel itinerary that takes them outside their country of residence.
Finalists will be asked to travel to the GSD for finalist presentations on March 14, 2019.

Benefits:

The winner will be selected via an open call for proposals and a rigorous review process. The winner of the Wheelwright Prize will receive:

$100,000 cash prize to support travel and research-related costs
invitation to lecture at Harvard GSD
possibility to publish research in a Harvard GSD publication

Selection Criteria:

Applicants will be judged on the quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality or persuasiveness of the research proposal, and evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project.
Applications are accepted online only, at wheelwrightprize.org.
Finalists must be available to travel to Cambridge, Massachusetts, for finalist presentations on March 14, 2019, at the GSD. A winner will be named in spring 2019.

For information regarding Wheelwright Prize application
and administration, please contact: [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize International Competition 2019

November 15, 2018 0 comment

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2016 Wheelwright Prize for Early-Career Architects – $USD100,000 Travel-Based Research Grants

by OFA December 22, 2015

written by OFA

Application Deadline: February 8, 2016.

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the fourth round of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 to a talented early-career architect to support travel-based research.

The Wheelwright Prize is open to emerging architects practicing anywhere in the world. The Wheelwright Prize is intended to spur innovative research during the early stage of an architect’s professional career. Now open to applicants from all over the world—no affiliation to Harvard GSD required—the prize aims to foster new forms of research informed by cross-cultural engagement.

Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility

Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. (Graduates prior to 2000 are ineligible.) Holders of multiple degrees may apply, provided they received their professional degrees between 2001 and January 2015. Applicants need not be registered or licensed.
Applicants may not have received the Arthur Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship previously.
Winners of the Wheelwright Prize may not hold other fellowships concurrently.
The Wheelwright Prize is available to individual entrants only; teams or firms will not be considered.
Current Harvard GSD faculty, instructors, and staff are not eligible.
Winners are expected to spend a minimum of 6 months (cumulative) outside of their countries of residence in order to conduct their proposed research.
Proposed research itineraries must not include sites in the United States. Research and travel must commence within 12 months of receiving the Wheelwright Prize and must be completed within two years of receiving the prize.
The Wheelwright Prize is intended for independent study and may not be applied to university tuition. However, the grant may be applied to fees for workshops and conferences

The primary eligibility requirement is that applicants must have received a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years (after 2001).
An affiliation to the GSD is not required.
Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio, a research proposal, and a travel itinerary that takes them outside their country of residence.

Benefits:

The winner will be selected via an open call for proposals and a rigorous review process. The winner of the Wheelwright Prize will receive:

$100,000 cash prize to support travel and research-related costs
invitation to lecture at Harvard GSD
possibility to publish research in a Harvard GSD publication

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2016 Wheelwright Prize for Early-Career Architects

December 22, 2015 1 comment

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2014 Wheelwright Prize for early-career architects (Worldwide).

by lanredahunsi January 21, 2014

written by lanredahunsi

Application Deadline: March 4 2014

The Wheelwright Prize is a $100,000 travel-based research grant that is awarded annually to early-career architects who have demonstrated exceptional design talent, produced work of scholarly and professional merit, and who show promise for continued creative work.

The Wheelwright Prize is intended to spur innovative research during the early stage of an architect’s professional career. Now open to applicants from all over the world—no affiliation to Harvard GSD required—the prize aims to foster new forms of research informed by cross-cultural engagement.

The winner will be selected via an open call for proposals and a rigorous review process. The winner of the Wheelwright Prize will receive:

$100,000 cash prize to support travel and research-related costs
invitation to lecture at Harvard GSD
possibility to publish research in a Harvard GSD publication

Eligibility

Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. Applicants need not be registered or licensed.
Applicants may not have received the Arthur Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship previously.
Winners of the Wheelwright Prize may not hold other fellowships concurrently.
The Wheelwright Prize is available to individual entrants only; teams or firms will not be considered.
Winners are expected to spend a minimum of 6 months (cumulative) outside of their countries of residence in order to conduct their proposed research. Additionally, proposed research itineraries must not include sites in the United States. Research and travel must commence within 12 months of receiving the Wheelwright Prize and must be completed within two years of receiving the prize.
The Wheelwright Prize is intended for independent study and may not be applied to university tuition. However, the grant may be applied to fees for workshops and conferences.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the WheelWright Prize for Architects

January 21, 2014 0 comment