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Urban Design Fellowship

The Urban Design Fellowship is a Fellowship sponsored by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Foundation.

Award Information:

Amount of Fellowship: Maximum: $7500
Requirements: Applicant must be nominated by his or her school and be graduating from a master's degree program in urban design. Applicant must submit portfolio and travel plan. Award is for post-graduation travel and study.
Eligibility: Master's-level study, Other

Sponsorship provided by:

Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60604
USA
Phone Number: 312 427 4202
Fax Number: 312 360 4545

You can find out more by contacting:

Lisa Westerfield
Administrative Director

It is important to carefully examine available information on the fellowship. Getting the greatest odds of success will follow from finding out the requirements from the start and then determining if you qualify. Before you even begin, figure out the reason for involvement of the Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Foundation and what they hope to achieve with the Urban Design Fellowship. Once that is done, figure out if you have a reasonable chance to receive the fellowship. If you think that you have a decent shot of going on to be awarded the Urban Design Fellowship, then it is useful to fill out an application.

A vital aspect of working toward obtaining the fellowship is filling out the application correctly. Occasionally the process can be time consuming and laborious, but you shouldn't underestimate how important it is that your work was done accurately and thoroughly. It would be awful to get passed over on a technicality.

After the required forms have been mailed, figure out the timeframe regarding when the Urban Design Fellowship confers the award and makes payment of the resources so that you can know if it is possible to count on the fellowship to help meet your financial needs and what assistance it will provide, stipulations may exist on how you can use the Urban Design Fellowship. Recently it has become more burdensome to handle all of your financial needs, and getting the Urban Design Fellowship to assist with your expenses can be a huge help. Even if you don't obtain the Urban Design Fellowship, don't give up, there will be alternative fellowships and you may find success elsewhere.