Carnegie Mellon Architecture Awards
Recognizing excellence, supporting innovation
Firth of Forth, Scotland. By Graham Murtha (B.Arch '25), recipient of the 2022 Gindroz Prize for Summer Travel and Study in Europe for the proposal “Studies of stone architecture in Ireland, Scotland and England.”
Carnegie Mellon Architecture’s annual awards program provides over $100,000 to support travel, projects, internships and research for undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and alumni, and recognizes student work in public interest design, design and representation, sustainability and professional promise.
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Student Awards
Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers awards for undergraduate, master's and PhD students in the fall and spring semesters of each academic year.
Fall Awards
Project & Internship Support
- Burdett Assistantship | B.Arch & M.Arch Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
- Alwin Cassens, Jr. Memorial Fund in Architecture | Undergraduate, Master's & PhD Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
- Measuring & Monitoring Services, Inc. Internship Fund | Undergraduate Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
Research Award
- Ferguson Jacobs Prize in Architecture | Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
Sustainable Design Award
- Ralph H. Burt Jr. and Alva L. Hill Scholarship | Undergraduate & Master's Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
Travel Awards
- Gindroz Prize for Summer Travel and Study in Europe | Undergraduate & Master’s Student Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
- Luther S. Lashmit and Louis F. Valentour Traveling Scholarships | Undergraduate, Master's & PhD Student Awards | Call for Applications Fall 2025
Spring Awards
Design & Representation Awards
- EPIC Metals Competition | B.Arch Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
- John Knox Shear Award | Fourth-year B.Arch Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
Professional Promise Award
- Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship | Fourth-year B.Arch Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
Public Interest Design Awards
- George W. Anderson, Jr. Award | Master's & PhD Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
- David Lewis Community Engagement Design Scholarship | Undergraduate, Master's & PhD Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
Real Estate Award
- Deller Prize in Sustainable Architecture and Real Estate | Fourth-year B.Arch Student Award | Call for Applications Spring 2025
Sustainability Award
- Payette Prize in Building Science | B.Arch & Master's Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
Travel Award
- Master of Architecture Travel Awards | M.Arch Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
Graduation Awards
Carnegie Mellon Architecture recognizes the outstanding achievement of graduating students through its annual Graduation Awards program. The winners are announced during the annual Diploma Ceremony.
- Alpha Rho Chi Medal | B.Arch & M.Arch Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
- AIA Medal for Academic Excellence | B.Arch & M.Arch Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
- Alumni Design Award | Fifth-year B.Arch Student Award | Applications due Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2025 at 11:59pm ET
- Master’s Thesis/Capstone Project Graduation Awards | Master's Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
- ARCC King Student Medal Program for Excellence in Architectural + Environmental Research | PhD Student Award | Next round Spring 2025
Faculty Awards
Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers awards for faculty in the fall semester of each academic year.
Fall Awards
Research Awards
- Ferguson Jacobs Prize in Architecture | Faculty Award | Call for Applications Fall 2026
- Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund | Faculty Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
- PJ Dick Innovation Fund: Faculty Grants Program | Faculty Award | Call for Applications Fall 2025
Alumni Award
Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers a spring alumni award on a biannual schedule.
Travel Award
- Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship | Alumni Award | Call for Applications Spring 2025
External Awards & Scholarships
The following awards and scholarships are available from organizations outside the school.
- AIA Pennsylvania Emerging Professionals ARE Grant: This award provides a grant to students graduating with a degree in architecture to cover the cost of testing for three (3) divisions of the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Applications are due in August of each year.
- John Belle Travel Fellowship: This $10,000 annual award helps expand students’ understanding of the public realm in existing cities through travel and research and how the knowledge gained might be applied to contemporary urban needs and design challenges. Applications are due in February of each year.
- John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture: This annual competition is open to students attending an accredited architecture program in Pennsylvania. The fellowship provides a $10,000 traveling award for a young architect to study architecture abroad. The competition registration and brief are issued in January of each year.
Archived Awards
The following awards were previously available from Carnegie Mellon Architecture.
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) Internship | B.Arch Student Award
- Margaret B. Gruger (A’ 41) Faculty Fund | Faculty Award