You’ve got big plans for your future. A scholarship from the Architects Foundation can help you reach them. Every year, the Foundation awards thousands of dollars in architecture scholarships to high school students; to architecture students in NAAB-accredited undergraduate and graduate degree programs; to Architect Registration Exam (ARE) candidates who are working toward becoming licensed architects.

Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship

This scholarship is an early career award that honors the memory of Jason Pettigrew, an emerging architect who was working toward licensure. It helps support emerging professionals who are working toward their license with a scholarship that covers the full cost of the ARE (the Architect Registration Exam) as well as study materials.

The Diversity Advancement Scholarship

This multiyear scholarship supports high school and undergraduate minority students who are entering, enrolled in, or transferring into a NAAB-accredited undergraduate architecture program. Scholarships may be renewed every year until your degree is completed, for up to 5 years ($20,000 total award).

The Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship

Sho-Ping Chin, FAIA, helped shape the national discourse on women in architecture and design, and this $10,000 scholarship honors her legacy. The scholarship is open to third- and fourth-year women architecture students in a NAAB-accredited undergraduate degree program, as well as women in any level of graduate study in a NAAB-accredited program. In addition to the financial award, recipients also get paired with a senior mentor from Payette for their scholarship year.

Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship

The Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship supports a graduate student whose work demonstrates an exemplary focus at the design intersection of sustainability, resilience, wellness and beauty. The scholarship recipient receives $5,000 and mentorship from Yann Weymouth, FAIA for the scholarship year.

Student Loan Relief Grant

The Architects Foundation attracts, inspires and invests in the next-generation design community. Through our various scholarship initiatives, we aim to provide support to future architects as they enter school, graduate, pursue licensure, and seek enrichment opportunities.

Becoming a licensed architect is increasingly costly for architecture graduates: An architecture student graduates with at least $10,000 more debt than the average student. This causes great concerns for graduates trying to find entry level jobs and puts architecture graduates at risk of making early career changes.

We would like to provide a $5,000 annual scholarship to support graduates who are struggling with student debt.

The Diversity Advancement Scholarship

• Must be a US Citizen
• Have a minimum 3.0 GPA
• A high school student planning to enroll in a NAAB-accredited architecture degree program; or,
• A rising second-year college student in a NAAB-accredited architecture degree program; or,
• A technical school or community college student who has completed high school or its equivalent and intends to transfer to a NAAB-accredited architecture program

NAAB-accredited degree programs may be a five-year Bachelor of Architecture degree, or a four-year pre-professional bachelor degree followed by a Master of Architecture degree. Scholarships may be renewed for up to 5 years (up to a $20,000 total award—multiple scholarships are available).

The Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship

• Must be a woman
• Have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• US Citizen
• Rising 3rd or 4th year undergraduate or graduate student in NAAB-accredited architecture program

Jason Pettigrew Memorial ARE Scholarship

• Must be a current Associate AIA member
• hold an active National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) record
• and be eligible to sit for the Architect Registration Examination (ARE)

Please note: AIA National Associate Committee members are not eligible to apply for the scholarship (this includes members of the advisory committee and regional associate directors).

Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship

• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• US Citizen
• Graduate student attending a NAAB-accredited architecture program

Previous Yann Weymouth Graduate Scholarship recipients are eligible to reapply in subsequent years.

Student Loan Relief Grant

• Graduated from a NAAB-accredited architecture program
• Demonstrated intent on pursuing a career in architecture
• Associate AIA or AIA member in good standing
• Demonstrated involvement in community and/or professional organization(s); particularly those related to the A/E/C community

• freshman
• sophomore
• junior
• senior
• graduate

• US Citizen
• Permanent Resident

Minority/Disadvantaged Scholarship Program
The American Architectural Foundation
1735 New York Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20006-5292.
Phone: 202-626-7511
E-mail: mfelber@archfoundation.org