Grants and Opportunities

CALL SUMMARY - ONLINE EDUCATION Recent events have brought into full light the various agendas around online education and research. As universities, schools and colleges closed across the world in 2020, teachers and students adapted to new pedagogical tools. Some educational establishments survived, others thrived, while some struggled and have already gone ‘out of business’. For some disciplines, the transition was seamless. Other disciplines writhed at having to forego the peer-to-peer learning environment of the classroom or the dynamic interaction of the design studio. Despite the ‘shock of the new’ all this represented, the virtual classroom, online studio, remote seminar, and distance education more generally, are far from new. Universities like Purdue University Global in the US and the Open University in the UK have been operating this way for years. This conference brings together education professionals and theorists with teachers and researchers from other disciplines. It asks, what is the “new present” for education and how do we learn from each other’s expertise and recent experiences.  more »

CALL SUMMARY - TEACHING-LEARNING-RESEARCH The backdrop to the conference is the varied interpretations of teaching as it relates to research. Definitions of ‘academic research’ vary but often exclude analysis, experiment, knowledge transfer and critical debate stimulated in the classroom, studio or lab. However, this is challenged. Educationalists routinely define the classroom and laboratory and use it to monitor how space influences learning. In architecture, landscape and urban design, the idea of a ‘design studio’ as a vehicle for research in and of itself is gaining traction. Programs of sociology and human geography routinely collect data on people and communities as part of classroom exercises. Teachers of art and social history reconsider and critique the cultural and social movements of cities in the very act of explaining them. This conference seeks to engage education professionals in debate and best practice sharing with educators in the art, design and social science disciplines.  more »

TEACHING + RESEARCH Conferences This is an initiative coordinated by Routledge, AMPS, and PARADE. In collaboration from the Manchester School of Architecture (University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University).
TEACHING-LEARNING-RESEARCH: DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTS
Place: Virtual / Manchester
Dates: 02-04 December, 2020 Round One Abstracts: 30th June, 2020
 https://architecturemps.com/teaching-research-conference/
ONLINE EDUCATION: TEACHING IN A TIME OF CHANGE
Place: Virtual / Manchester
Dates:21-23 April, 2021 Early Abstracts: 30th June 2020
 https://architecturemps.com/online-ed-conference/

Wilhelm-Keiffer Student Research Award The Wilhelm-Keiffer Student Research Award will provide current and recently graduated undergraduate students with the opportunity to compete for a research award in the field of material culture studies. This award includes a $250 reimbursement towards conference travel, a reimbursement of the student’s conference registration and awards banquet, a one-year ISLPMC student membership, and an engraved plaque..  more »

Public Art Building Communities (PABC) Grant Program The Public Art Building Communities (PABC) grant program supports individual artists and organizations in their effort to design, fabricate and install new temporary or permanent works of public art that connects artists and their artwork with communities.  more »

Historic Preservation and Wildlife Rehabilitation Grants The Kinsman Foundation provides grants for historic preservation and native wildlife rehabilitation and appreciation. Proposed activities must have a clear benefit to Oregon and southern Washington.  more »

Historic Structure Assessment Grants Historic Structure Assessment grants are awarded for the sole purpose of preparing a report on the physical condition of a historic building or structure in accordance with a mandatory State Historical Fund assessment scope of work.  more »

TETRAMAX 3rd call on Entrepreneurial Technology Transfer Experiments (TTX) The innovation action TETRAMAX aims to boost innovation by stimulating, organizing and evaluating different kinds of Technology Transfer Experiments (TTX). These co-funded “application experiments” connect SMEs and other for-profit companies (mid-caps, large industry, etc.) with international academics, resulting in low-risk industrial adoption of novel computing technologies. TETRAMAX provides innovative advanced digital technologies for novel electronic and non-electronic products in the area of Customized Low-Energy Computing (CLEC) for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and the Internet of Things (IoT).  more »

Call for Entries: International Tender for the Architectural Design of the First Projects in Shenzhen Park of Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone(Shenzhen- Hong Kong Innovation Integrated Service Center)  more »

Festivals Investment SchemeThe Arts Council announces round two of the Festivals Investment Scheme (FIS) for festivals taking place July - December 2020.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Samuel H. Kress Fellowship The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Chester Dale Fellowships The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Paul Mellon Fellowship The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - David E. Finley FellowshipThe Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Robert H. and Clarice Smith FellowshipThe Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Wyeth FellowshipThe Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Ittleson Fellowship The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts announces its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media. Each of the following nine fellowships has specific requirements and intents, including support for the advancement and completion of a doctoral dissertation, and for residency and travel during the period of dissertation research.  more »

Smithsonian Gardens Internship Internships opportunities are intended to enrich the interns experience by expanding their work skills and understanding of the many integrated programs that support a large and successful public garden operation.  more »

Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize The Abbott Lowell Cummings Award, named for the founding president of the VAF, is awarded annually to the newly-published book that has made the most significant contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscapes of North America.  more »

Faculty Research Awards The Faculty Research Awards Program, sometimes referred to as the Research Awards Program, supports academic research in computer science, engineering, and related fields. Through the program, we fund world-class research at top universities, facilitate interaction between Google and academia, and support projects whose output will be made openly available to the research community. Awards are structured as unrestricted gifts to universities and are designed to support roughly the cost of one graduate student for one year of work.  more »

Tasmanian Community Fund The sponsor provides grants to community organisations that make a difference by improving the social, environmental and economic wellbeing of the Tasmanian community. Up to $20,000 is available for small grants.  more »

ACI Foundation Fellowships Fellowships are offered to high-potential graduate and undergraduate students whose studies relate to concrete.  more »

New Researcher Award This award celebrates the activities, accomplishments and promise of scholars in the early stages of their research careers. ARCC is fundamentally concerned with promoting excellence in research, scholarship, and creative endeavor in architecture and related disciplines. The award is intended to acknowledge and reward emerging figures in architectural and environmental design research that demonstrate innovation in thinking, dedication in scholarship, contributions to the academy, and leadership within architectural and environmental design research.  more »

ARCC James Haecker Distinguished Leadership Award for Architectural Research Named in honor of ARCC’s founding Executive Secretary, this award recognizes an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the growth of the research culture of architecture and related fields, including urban and regional planning, landscape architecture, and interior design. Nominees, therefore, should have demonstrated, whether in professional practice, academics, or service, a record of sustained and significant research leadership accomplishment at the national or international level. Nominations must come from an ARCC member institution and should be addressed to Erin Moore at moore2@uoregon.edu.  more »

ARCC New Researcher AwardOne nomination per year is invited from each ARCC member institution. Criteria for selection of nominees will be at the discretion of the member school.The recipient receives up to $1,500 reimbursement to present his or her research at a Conference of ARCC's choice.This award celebrates the activities, accomplishments and promise of scholars in the early stages of their research careers. ARCC is fundamentally concerned with promoting excellence in research, scholarship, and…  more »

Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design was established to recognize the importance of great architecture and craftsmanship to city life. The recipients: architects and…  more »

The MacDowell Colony The MacDowell Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which to produce enduring works of the imagination.Each year about 300 Fellowships, or residencies, are awarded to artists.  more »

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) USAID offers both paid and unpaid internships for qualified students during the academic year.Interns generally work in one of USAID’s offices in Washington, D.C., supporting programs in fields such as economic growth, agriculture, education, health, environment, democracy and governance, conflict prevention, and humanitarian assistance.  more »

Wolf Foundation WOLF PRIZE in the SCIENCES and ARTS are awarded since 1978 to outstanding artists and scientists for their achievements for the benefit of mankind and brotherly relations among peoples, regardless of nationality, race,color, religion, sex or political views. Five Wolf prizes are been awarded annually. In accordance with the Wolf Prize principle of rotation four prizes are been given in the Sciences and one prize in the Arts. Prize fields in sciences comprise: Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics. In the Arts, the prize rotates annually among Architecture, Music, Painting and Sculpture.  more »

Kynett (Edna G.) Memorial Foundation The Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation currently accepts proposals in any of three broad areas: community health, professional education and research. The Board encourages and gives particular consideration to proposals designed to improve the cardiac health of populations that have a higher than average risk of heart disease and that are generally underserved by our current health system. Innovative approaches that may offer a significant return on investment and a focus on prevention are also priorities, as are those that can demonstrate sustainability.  more »

Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X) The Mind, Machine and Motor Nexus (M3X) program supports fundamental research at the intersection of mind, machine and motor. A distinguishing characteristic of the program is an integrated treatment of human intent, perception, and behavior in interaction with embodied and intelligent engineered systems and as mediated by motor manipulation. M3X projects should advance the holistic analysis of cognition and of embodiment as present in both human and machine elements.  more »

Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) Economic development and human progress have led to a proliferation of manufactured chemicals and materials made from limited resources found in nature (i.e., minerals and metals, petroleum-based products and natural gas). Long-term sustainability requires consideration of the availability of specific natural resources, energy, and water usage. NSF continues to support efforts that seek to improve the efficiency with which natural resources are used to meet human needs for products and services.  more »

Mechanics of Materials and Structures The Mechanics of Materials and Structures program supports fundamental research in mechanics as related to the behavior of deformable solid materials and structures under internal and external actions. The program supports a diverse spectrum of research with emphasis on transformative advances in experimental, theoretical, and computational methods. Submitted proposals should clearly emphasize the contributions to the field of mechanics.  more »

Richard H. Driehaus Prize The Richard H. Driehaus Prize honors, promotes, and encourages architectural excellence that applies the principles of traditional, classical and sustainable architecture and urbanism in contemporary society and environments. The award is a $200,000 unrestricted prize.  more »

H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will be offered for 2019 and will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year. The fellowship is not for the purpose of doing research for an advanced academic degree or publication. Instead, Professor Brooks intended the recipient to study by travel and contemplation while observing, reading, writing, or sketching.  more »

National Grid Foundation Grants Program The National Grid Foundation was created to enhance the quality of life in areas where National Grid provides services. They aim to create opportunities for solutions to educational and environmental issues.  more »

Moon Lighting5 Call for Entries If you are interested in displaying your art, please tell us about it and include an image on the following online application. Artists will be selected based on space availability and talent.Interested participants can submit artworks in a variety of mediums such as photography, textiles, sculpture, origami, quilting, wood carving, glass blowing, sewing, pottery, ceramics, writing, painting, drawing, and jewelry.  more »