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The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) calls application for the 2021 cycle of the Wheelwright Prize. It is an open international competition that awards 100,000 USD to a talented early-career architect to support new forms of architectural research. This annual prize is dedicated to fostering expansive, intensive design research that shows the potential to make a significant impact on architectural discourse.
Prizes
The winner of the Wheelwright Prize will receive:
- $100,000 prize to support the proposed research project.
- An invitation to lecture at Harvard GSD.
- The possibility to publish research in a Harvard GSD publication.
Eligibility
- Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. (Graduates prior to January 2006 are ineligible.) Holders of multiple degrees may apply, provided they received their professional degrees between January 2006 and January 2021. 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.
- For winners based in the United States, some amount of research must be undertaken outside the country.
- 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.
Application
The application process is entirely online. No submissions will be accepted by mail. The 2021 Wheelwright Prize is now accepting applications. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2021. There is no fee to submit an application.
Specifications
| Type of Opportunity | Competitions and Awards |
|---|---|
| Deadline | 31 January,2021 |
| Country | USA |
| Open to | All |
| Organizer | Harvard Graduate School of Design |