Stone and sand-like structures with round archways with a bright blue sky in the background. Fellowships and
Funding Opportunities

Neha Garg (M.Arch. ‘23), from her winning proposal for the 2023 RAMSA Travel Fellowship, Egypt’s Earth Architecture

The Architecture Department is pleased to promote selected external and internally-sponsored fellowships available to undergraduate and graduate students in architecture. Please refer to the fellowship websites and submission information packets for application requirements. For fellowships with an internal review and nomination process, program coordinators will email eligible students with information directly when deadlines and submission requirements are provided by the host institution.

Note that this is not a comprehensive list. There are many grants and fellowships available worldwide, and students are encouraged to research further opportunities.


  • Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship

    Award: $7,000 research grant plus travel stipend, paid internship, travel and housing stipend

    Due: January 2025

    Eligibility: Graduate and undergraduate students in Planning, Architecture (B.Arch., M.Arch.), Landscape Architecture, and Interior Design in their penultimate year of study.

    The Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship Program is an educational initiative to fund a select number of fellowship positions for students at design schools. Each summer, the fellowship allows the firm to offer internships in their New York or San Francisco offices to students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, or interior design. The fellowship also provides funded travel for research on a topic the Fellow selects.

    Submission Process: Submit all required materials directly through the website application. 

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  • John Belle Travel Fellowship

    Award: $10,000

    Due (Internal): January 2025

    Due (External): February 2025

    Eligibility: Graduate students (M.Arch. or Ph.D.) in Architecture, Historic Preservation, and/or Urban Design in their penultimate year.

    The purpose of the John Belle Travel Fellowship is to 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.

    Submission Process: The AAP Competitions Committee will select a maximum of four (4) submissions to nominate for external review. Note the following deadline schedule

    1. Submit all required materials as outlined in the fellowship info packet with upload instructions provided by your program coordinator. Note: incomplete or incorrectly formatted materials will not be considered.

    2. Applicants will be notified if their submission will be nominated, or if it should be revised and resubmitted with recommended changes. Nominations will be reviewed by the Department Chair.

    3. Submit revised materials (if applicable).

    4. External deadline. Competitions Committee to submit nominated proposals.

    Summer 2025: Travel and research period.

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  • RAMSA Travel Fellowship

    Award: $15,000 research and travel grant and optional residency program with stipend

    Due: March 2025

    Eligibility: Graduate students in Architecture (M.Arch.) in their penultimate year.

    The RAMSA Fellowship is a prize awarded annually by Robert A.M. Stern Architects for travel and research. The fellowship seeks to promote investigations into the perpetuation of tradition through invention — key to the firm's work — and is given to an individual who has proven insight and interest in the profession and its future, as well as the ability to carry forth in-depth research.

    Submission Process: Submit all required materials directly through the website application.

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  • KPF Travel Fellowship

    Award: $10,000

    Due (Internal): March 2025

    Due (External): April 2025

    Eligibility: B.Arch. or M.Arch. students in their penultimate year of study.

    The goal of the award is to allow students to broaden their education through a summer of travel and exploration before their final year at school. Recipients are awarded cash prizes to fund summer research on far-reaching topics that push the boundaries of critical thinking and architectural design, with winners determined by a jury of KPF Principals and industry leaders.

    Submission Process: The AAP Competitions Committee will select a maximum of two (2) submissions to nominate for external review. Note the following deadline schedule:

    1. Submit all required materials as outlined in the fellowship info packet with upload instructions provided by your program coordinator. Note: incomplete or incorrectly formatted materials will not be considered.

    2. Applicants will be notified if their submission will be nominated or if it should be revised and resubmitted with recommended changes. Nominations will be reviewed by the Department Chair.

    3. Submit revised materials (if applicable).

    Summer 2025: Travel and research period.

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  • RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship

    Award: £7,000

    Due (Internal): Early May 2025

    Due (External): Mid May 2025

    Eligibility: M.Arch. students who have completed at least one year in the degree.

    The RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship offers one scholarship to a student of architecture to support international research on a topic and at locations of their choice. The topic of the research should relate to the sustainable survival of cities and fall under one of the following themes:  learning from the past to inform the future;  the future of society; density of settlements; use of resources; quality of urban life; transport.

    Submission Process: The AAP Competitions Committee will select a maximum of one (1) submission to nominate for external review. Review the "Guidance Notes" on the fellowship website. Note the following deadline schedule:

    1. Submit all required materials as outlined in the fellowship info packet with upload instructions provided by your program coordinator. Note: incomplete or incorrectly formatted materials will not be considered.

    2. Applicants will be notified if their submission will be nominated or if it should be revised and resubmitted with recommended changes. Nominations will be reviewed by the Department Chair.

    3. Submit revised materials (if applicable).

    4. External deadline. Competitions Committee to submit nominated proposals.

    Summer-Fall 2025: Travel and research period.

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  • Robert James Eidlitz Travel Fellowship

    Award: Varies, typically up to $5,000

    Due: April 2025

    Eligibility: Graduating B.Arch. students; currently enrolled AAP graduate students in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and History of Architecture and Urban Development; alumni of these programs who have graduated in one of the previous five academic years. 

    The fellowship's purpose is to supplement the professional training — by foreign travel or in other ways — of those who could not otherwise afford it. The income of the fund may be awarded to one or more candidates. Award amounts will vary widely depending on the scope of the project proposed and the amount of support requested. Complete or partial funding may be awarded at the discretion of the committee.

    Submission Process: Submit all materials via the portal on the department website. Note the following deadlines:

    The AAP Competitions Committee typically awards several students. The number of students and funding awarded varies per year. Submit all materials via the portal on the department website. Note the following deadlines:

    April 2025: Deadline for receipt of completed applications.

    May 2025: Applicants to be notified if awarded.

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  • Past Cornell Fellowship Recipients

    • 2023 RAMSA, Neha Garg (M.Arch. '23)
    • 2023 Hart Howerton, Zouhan Li (M.Arch. '23)
    • 2021 KPF, Molly Meng Ma (M.Arch. '21)
    • 2020 KPF (Honorable Mention), Rondell Almodovar (M.Arch. '20)
    • 2019 KPF, Coco Tin (B.Arch. '19)
    • 2019 KPF (Honorable Mention), Isabel Branas (M.Arch. '19)
    • 2017 KPF, Justin Foo (B.Arch. '16)
    • 2017 RAMSA,  Kyle Schumann (B.Arch. '13) (M.Arch. '17 - Princeton),
    • 2016 KPF, Helena Rong, (B.Arch. '17)
    • 2015 KPF, Hyemin Jang, (B.Arch. '15)
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