Harvard GSD 2017 Wheelwright Prize International Competition 2017 for Early-Career Architects ( $100,000 Travelling Fellowship)
Application Deadline: January 31, 2017
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the fifth cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 annually to a talented early-career architect to support travel-based research. The 2017 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications.
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 (after 2002). Applicants are asked to submit a portfolio, a research proposal, and a travel itinerary that takes them outside their country of residence. Applicants will be judged on the quality of their design work, scholarly accomplishments, originality and persuasiveness of their research proposal, and evidence of ability to fulfill the proposed project.
Eligibility
Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. (Graduates prior to 2002 are ineligible.) Holders of multiple degrees may apply, provided they received their professional degrees between 2002 and January 2017. 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 prize is available to professionals and scholars who are advanced in their careers, working in any field related to the built environment.
Benefits:
The prize includes a three-month residency in London, travel expenses, and cash prize of $10,000 USD to cover living expenses.
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