This listing includes a variety of awards, grants, fellowship and other opportunities for architects, students and organizations. The listing includes program descriptions, application deadlines and contact information. We will continue to update this list. Please send any opportunites or resources for architects and students that you may be aware of to editor@architects.org.

AAUW Educational Foundation
Deadline: varies
Open to: women graduate students
The world's largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women--supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
Contact: AAUW Educational Foundation
1111 Sixteenth St. N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
202/728-7602
foundation@aauw.org
www.aauw.org

Accent on Architecture Grant
Deadline:  October
Open to: all
The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) Accent on Architecture grants program supports local projects that result in engagement between the American public, decision-makers, and design professionals. Projects should promote an increased awareness, appreciation, and understanding of how the public's involvement in the design process can enhance the quality of life in a community.
Contact: Ms. Melissa Houghton
Director, Accent on Architecture
The American Architectural Foundation
1735 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5292
mhoughton@archfoundation.org
www.archfoundation.org

The Aga Khan Award for Archtecture
Deadline: rolling, award made every two years
Open to: projects designed for or used by Muslim communities, in part or in whole, wherever they are located
The award recognises examples of architectural excellence that encompass contemporary design, social housing, community improvement and development, restoration, re-use, and area conservation, as well as landscaping and environmental issues.  Through its efforts, the Award seeks to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of societies in which Muslims have a significant presence.
Contact: Program Procedures
32 Chemin des Crets-de-Pregny
CH-1218 Grand Saconnex
Geneva Switzerland
http://www.akdn.org/agency/aktc_akaa.html

AIA Central Massachusetts Scholarship
Open to: High-school students who are currently applicants to any U.S. college or university architecture program and undergraduate college students currently enrolled in any U.S. college or university architecture program providing the applicant is currently a resident of central Massachusetts or is currently attending high school or college in central Massachusetts. The application period is January - March each year. Scholarships are awarded in May.
Contact:   www.aiacm.org or write to njenner@architects.org.

AIA/AAF Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarship
Deadline:  early December
Open to: high school seniors and college freshmen who plan to study architecture in an NAAB-accredited program
Contact:   Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org
www.archfoundation.org/scholarships

AIA/AAF Scholarship for Advanced Study and Research
Deadline: mid-February.
Open to: those who have earned a professional degree
This award supports projects by those who have already earned a professional degree. Scholarships are not given for tuition assistance for an advanced degree, but are based on the merits of a project proposal. Awards range from $1,000 to $2,500 and are issued to the individual and the U.S. university under whose direction the project will be carried out.
Contact:  Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org
www.archfoundation.org/scholarships

AIA/AAF Scholarship for First Professional Degree Candidates
Deadline: February
Open to: students in one of the final two years of a professional degree program
The applications are only available from the departments of architecture at NAAB- and RAIC-accredited programs. The dean or a designated scholarship committee selects applicants. The applicants are required to write a personal essay, file a financial aid need analysis, provide a drawing, transcripts and class ranking, and three letters of recommendation.
www.archfoundation.org/scholarships

AIA/AHA Graduate Fellowship in Health Facilities Planning and Design
Deadline: January
Open to: graduate students
The American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Health and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association sponsor this program, which provides two or more graduate fellowships each year.
Contact: Jennifer Barry
Academy of Architecture for Health
The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Ave. NW 2006-5292
jbarry@aia.org
http://www.aia.org/pia/health/gradfell.asp

AIA/NAC Jason Pettigrew ARE Scholarship
Deadline: April 14, 2006
Open to: Associate AIA Member or IDP Record Holder in good standing; or recently licensed architects may apply if they received their initial license in 2006. The purpose of the award is to recognize the significant contributions of interns at an early stage of their career, and to help encourage them to complete their licensure by helping with the cost of the exam. Awards are not based on financial need, as much as they are based on contributions the intern has made to their profession and/or their community. We are also pleased to have Kaplan as a key sponsor of this award program.
Contact: (202) 626-7456
http://www.aia.org/br_cfe_nac_AREscholarship

Arcus Endowment Awards Program
Deadline:  April
Open to: students at all stages, professionals, activists, and others
An annual awards program sponsored by the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design that is intended to foster an awareness of the role of Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer (LGBTQ) communities in the creation of the built environment.  The program focuses on the history of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and built environment disciplines.  Applications are being sought from a wide range of individuals from students beginning their post-secondary education to established academics and practicioners.
Contact: arcaward@uclink.berkeley.edu
http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/programs/prizes/arcus_end/2004/2004.htm

Arnold W. Brunner Grant
Deadline:  November
Open to: professional architecture degree holders
A $15,000 grant for advanced study in any area of architectural investigation which will effectively contribute to the knowledge, teaching or practice of the art and science of architecture.  Applicants must be a U.S. citizen in the profession of architecture or a related field and have a professional background more advanced than five years of architectural training or its equivalent.
Contact:  AIA New York Chapter, 212-683-0023x14
http://www.aiany.org/72

Boston Foundation for Architecture
Deadline: August
Open to: all
Public education programs/projects/ideas designed to enhance public understanding and awareness of the built environment, the design and development processes and related activities. Grants are limited to programs that serve Massachusetts residents.
Contact: Nancy Jenner 
Director
Boston Foundation for Architecture
52 Broad Street
Boston MA  02109
617-951-1433 x221
njenner@architects.org
www.bfagrants.org

BSA Research Grants in Architecture
Deadline: September 17, 2007
Open to: all who work or reside in New England
The Boston Society of Architects has initiated a new program to promote  research in architecture. With a focus on design as research, this program encourages inquiry not only on specific research topics but also on how design itself (the design process and the results of design) constitutes research as well. This program encourages and supports the investigation of the definition of architecture research, actual research projects and the dissemination of the results of these efforts. Grants in amounts up to $10,000 to individuals, collaborative teams or organizations (and up to $2,000 for students) are planned.
Contact: Nancy Jenner
Director
Boston Society of Architects
52 Broad Street
Boston MA  02109
617-951-1433 x221
njenner@architects.org
http://www.architects.org/grants

Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Deadline:  First Monday in February, May, August and November
Open to: all
Coordinates grants for arts, education, human services, housing, health, environment - primarily start-up costs, innovations, pilot programs, some capital projects; also coordinates scholarships and loans.
Contact: Ms. Nancy Reiche, Vice President for Programs
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
1500 Main Street
P.O. Box 15769
Springfield MA 01115
wmass@communityfoundation.org
www.communityfoundation.org

Deutche Bank Grants
Deadline: varies
Open to: nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations serving locations in which Deutsche Bank conducts business and has a grant-making program.
Deutsche Bank works in partnership with local nonprofit organizations to provide distressed communities and disadvantaged individuals with opportunities for economic advancement. The Foundation seeks to enrich these communities by providing access to the arts, and encouraging the exchange of creative expression between diverse communities. In addition, the Bank relies on the talents of its personnel and the leadership of its management to leverage its financial commitments in addressing local needs.
Contact: Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
60 Wall Street, NYC60-2110
New York, NY 10005
212-250-0539
http://www.cib.db.com/community/htm/db_americas_foundation.html

Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship
Deadline: March 27, 2006
(Applications are not being accepted in 2005)
Open to: recent Architecture school graduates
The Fellowship creates partnerships between recent architecture school graduates and community-based organizations in the service of low- and moderate-income communities. The Fellowship includes an annual stipend of $40,000 for a period of three years, and The Enterprise Foundation also contributes toward a partner organization's cost of health insurance and payroll taxes. 
Contact:  Stephen Goldsmith
Director of the Rose Fellowship
sgoldsmith@enterprisefoundation.org or phone at
Phone: 435-655-3226
Rose Fellowship website

Fulbright Scholar Program
Deadline: varies depending on program
Open to: People holding a Ph.D. or equivalent professional/terminal degree (including a Master's depending on the field)
Fulbright grants are made to U.S. citizens and nationals of other countries for a variety of educational activities, primarily university lecturing, advanced research, graduate study and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program’s inception, more than 250,000 participants --chosen for their leadership potential-- have had the opportunity to observe each other’s political, economic and cultural institutions.
http://www.cies.org/

The Loeb Fellowship
Deadline: January 3, 2005
Open to: professional architecture dregree holders
The Loeb Fellowship was established in 1970 through the generosity of the
late John L. Loeb, Harvard College '24. Based at the Graduate School of
Design, the program offers ten annual postprofessional awards for
independent study at Harvard. Through the Fellowship, participants have
access to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of
Design, the Graduate School of Education, Harvard Business School, Harvard College, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School of Government, and M.I.T.  Application forms for the Fellowship year September 2005- June 2006 are available  online.

The Lyceum Fellowship
The Lyceum Fellowship was established in 1985 to advance development of the next generation of talent by creating a vehicle for stimulating perceptive reasoning and inspiring creative thought in our field. Through a unique structure of design competition and prize winning travel grants it seeks to establish a dialog through design among selected schools of architecture.
Contact: The Lyceum Fellowship
1000 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
info@lyceum-fellowship.org

The MacDowell Colony
Deadline: September 15, January 15, April 15
Open to: artists
The Colony's mission is to provide an environment in which creative artists are free to pursue their work without interruption. More than 200 writers, composers, visual artists, photographers, printmakers, filmmakers, architects, interdisciplinary artists, and those collaborating on creative works come to the Colony each year from all parts of the United States and abroad. Colonists receive room, board, and the exclusive use of a studio.
Contact: The Admissions Coordinator
The MacDowell Colony
100 High Street
Peterborough, NH 03458
603.924.3886
admissions@macdowellcolony.org
http://www.macdowellcolony.org/

Massachusetts Historical Commission preservation grants
Deadline: rolling
Open to: organizations, varies by grant
Massachusetts Historical Commission offers a variety of grants for surveying and planning and for the restoration, rehabilitation, stabilization, and documentation of historic and archaeological properties owned by municipalities or nonprofit organizations.
Contact: Secretary of the Commonwealth
Massachusetts Historical Commission
220 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3314
phone: 617-727-8470
Fax: 617-727-5128
mhc@sec.state.ma.us
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mhc/mhchpp/grdhpp.htm

Moshe Safdie & Associates Research Fellowships
Deadline:  May
Open to: architects within the first five years of their careers and/or have an advanced degree in architecture
Two practice-oriented fellowships awarded annually for investigating a particular theme.  Candidates should be within the first five years of their careers and/or have an advanced degree in architecture.  Each fellowship carries a stipend of $45,000.
Contact: Christopher Mulvey at cmulvey@msafdie.com or 617-629-2100
www.msafdie.com

National Endowment for the Arts
Deadline: varies
Open to: all
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts--both new and established--bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education.
http://www.nea.gov/

New England Grassroots Environment Fund
Deadline: January 15, May 1, September 15
Open to: organizations working at the grassroots level
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It provides grants of up to $2,500 to fuel civic engagement, local activism, and social change.
Contact: Cheryl King Fischer
Executive Director
New England Grassroots Environment Fund
PO Box 1057
Montpelier, VT 05601
Telephone: 802-223-4622
Fax: 802-229-1734
fischer@grassrootsfund.org
http://www.grassrootsfund.org/index.html

Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship
Co-sponsored by the AAF and the The French Heritage Society, this fellowship provides opportunities for French and American architects to learn and exchange information about their respective country's historic preservation process and techniques. 
Contact Mary Felber at mfelber@archfoundation.org
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/architecture/archprog/The%20American%20Architectural%20Foundation.html

The Rotch Travelling Scholarship
Deadline to request application:  January
Open to: U.S. citizens under the age of 35 on January 1 of the competition year, and must have a degree from an accredited U.S. school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in a Massachusetts architecture firm as of January 1
Since 1883, the Rotch Scholar has been chosen annually through a two-stage design competition. The first stage is a weekend-long preliminary competition that requires entrants to create a design in response to a specific architectural problem posed by the scholarship committee. The preliminary jury then evaluates the entrants’ designs in terms of their creative potential to determine which candidates are best qualified to fulfill the goals of the program. To apply and to be eligible for the Scholarship, ($35,000 first prize; $15,000 second prize) candidates must be U.S. citizens under the age of 35 on January 1 of the competition year, and must have a degree from an accredited U.S. school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in a Massachusetts architecture firm as of January 1 of the competition year or a degree from an accredited Massachusetts school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in any architecture firm. The one year of full-time professional experience must be completed by the first day of the competition year.
Contact: Sarah Nastasia
Boston Society of Architects
52 Broad Street
Boston MA  02109
617-951-1433x223
snastasia@architects.org
www.rotchscholarship.org

RTKL Traveling Fellowship
Deadline:  mid-February
Open to: students in NAAB-accredited programs
This fellowship was established by a $25,000 contribution to The American Architectural Foundation by the architecture firm RTKL. One $2,500 fellowship is awarded to a student submitting the winning proposal outlining a foreign itinerary which is directly relevant to his or her education goals. Students must complete travel prior to graduation. Application forms are available at NAAB-accredited programs.
http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/architecture/archprog/The%20American%20Architectural%20Foundation.html

SOM Foundation Traveling Fellowships
Deadline:  April (Intent to Apply)
Open to: undergraduate and a graduate students in accredited architecture programs in the United States
These Traveling Fellowships aim to identify and nurture emerging talent through prestigious awards and traveling study grants to students of Architecture, Design, Urban Design, and Structural Engineering. First awarded in 1981, the SOM Foundation fellowships are now an important measure of achievement among architecture and engineering students and their colleges and universities. Three or more fellowships, including one grand SOM Prize of $50,000, are awarded annually.
Contact: Susan Larson
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois 60604
http://www.somfoundation.som.com/

Steedman Fellowship in Architecture International Design Competition
Deadline: December 15 for registration
Open to: graduates of an accredited school of architecture, and be currently employed in, or have completed at least one year of practical experience in the office of a practicing architect
The Steedman Fellowship, granted since 1925, is awarded biannually on the basis of an International Design Competition. It enables graduates of accredited professional degree programs in architecture around the world to travel for architectural research and study in foreign countries for a period of nine months. The $30,000 Fellowship is awarded to the winner of the Steedman International Design Competition. The award is based on the quality of the selected winner's competition design entry, but the quality of his/her research proposal is also considered. 
Contact: School of Architecture
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1079
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
P:   314.935.6293
http://www.arch.wustl.edu/index.lasso

Stewardson Keefe LeBrun Travel Grants
Deadline:  April
Open to: US citizens with a degree in architecture, prcticing full time (either licensed or unlicensed)
Three grants up to an overall total of $7,500 will be awarded to encourage travel within North America and overseas in furtherance of the architectural education and professional development of the recipients.
Contact:  AIA New York Chapter, 212-683-0023x14
http://www.aiany.org/72

Vetter Inspired Project (VIP) awards
Deadline: August 1, 2004
Open to: projects that use Vetter windows and doors, started after January 1, 2003 and completed by June 30, 2004
Contact: Vetter Inspired Project Awards
Vetter Marketing Department
888 Southview Drive
Mosinee WI  54455
715-693-8407
www.vetterwindows.com

The Waterfront Center
Deadline: July
Open to: all
The Waterfront Center Annual Awards Program is a juried competition to recognize top-quality urban waterfront projects, comprehensive waterfront plans, and outstanding citizen efforts.
Contact: The Waterfront Center
1622 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20007    
202.337.0356 phone 
202.625.1654 fax
http://www.waterfrontcenter.org/awards/index.html