Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund

Carnegie Mellon Architecture will announce the call for applications for the next award cycle in the fall of 2025.

The Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund has been established to support the highest priority needs of Carnegie Mellon Architecture and its constituents. The school solicits project proposals from the faculty that advance its mission and reputation. A strong emphasis will be placed upon projects that critically engage students.

To be considered for the Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund, applicants must submit a complete application that includes the following information:

• Proposal that clearly explains the project purpose, research objectives, methods and materials. Selection is based upon the following criteria:
  • The impact of the proposal in relation to the candidate’s career development
  • The impact of the proposal in relation to the mission of Carnegie Mellon Architecture
  • The degree to which the project critically engages students
• Plan that outlines the project schedule and details a budget of how you will use this award.

Fall 2024 Jury: Kai Gutschow (Chair), Neal Lucas Hitch, Matthew Huber, Maryam Karimi

Fall 2024 Award Amount: $3,000 (one (1) available)

The Isabel Sophia Liceaga Discretionary Fund is open to all current Carnegie Mellon Architecture faculty who have at least one year left with the school after this academic year. The awarded funds must be used within two (2) years of the award date.

Carnegie Mellon Architecture will announce the call for applications for the next award cycle in the fall of 2025.

• 2024: Vicky Achnani, Associate Studio Professor; Proposal: Resilience: Enhancing Bamboo building system - Sankofa Community Green House _A Design Build Project led by students and Faculty
• 2023: Vicky Achnani, Proposal: Bending Active Systems_ Bamboo Research Pavilion: Prototyping material and spanning system in Bamboo_ using robotic arms and steam-bending
• 2022 (fall): Tommy CheeMou Yang, Proposal: Compoundologies: Urban Playbook for Radical Typo-Morphological Transformations
• 2022 (spring): Francesca Torello, Title: Virtual Fresco: Vault Mapping
• 2021: Nida Rehman, Title: Disrupting Toxic Systems
• 2020: Azadeh Sawyer with Jiarong Xie, Title: Development and Implementation of a Simulation-Assisted Shading Control Framework in the Intelligent Workplace
  Daniel Cardoso Llach with Jingyang (Leo) Liu, Title: Support for Algotecton Installation at the Washington D.C. Convention Center-SIGGRAPH
• 2019: Gerard Damiani, Title: ASO Portugal: Fabric versus Monument 
• 2018: Daragh Byrne & Dana Cupkova, Title: Towards Sentient Matter: Architecture as a Mood Ring 
• 2017: Daniel Cardoso Llach, Title: Computational Design Exhibition at the Miller Gallery Fall 2017
• 2016: Francesca Torello, Title: Digital Vienna 1900
• 2015: Jeremy Ficca, Title: Positioning Discourse
• 2014: Jennifer Lucchino, Title: Retrospective of Building Entrances from Around the World: 1914-2014
• 2013: Dana Cupkova, Title: Radiant Surface Flow Regimes
• 2012: Mick McNutt, Title: Furniture Design Build Project
• 2011: Jeremy Ficca, Title: The Joint
• 2010: Bing Dong & Erica Cochran