Next Generation Undergraduate Scholarship
The Next Generation Undergraduate Scholarship supports students passionate about architecture by funding undergraduate studies and connecting them to a network that can shape the profession and built environment.
Funder: American Institute of Architects
Due Dates: January 8, 2027 (application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $20,000; renewable for up to four years
Summary: A multiyear scholarship helping students complete undergraduate architecture studies.
Key Information: Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and meet one of two specified student-stage criteria.
Description
The Architects Foundation’s Next Generation Undergraduate Scholarship helps students with a passion for architecture complete their studies. It reflects a vision of architecture that enhances the human experience through buildings that reflect, serve, and strengthen communities. The scholarship began with a Ford Foundation grant in 1970, following Whitney Young Jr.’s 1968 challenge to architects to make the profession more responsible.
The Foundation describes different viewpoints and cultures as valuable to architecture. It aims to attract and invest in future architects, supporting scholars’ education and their participation in a network that can shape the profession and the built environment.
