SCholarships

The Association for Women in Architecture Foundation offers annual cash awards to women students studying Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and/or Land Planning, Interior Design, Historic Preservation or Environmental Design leading to a college degree.

See application for details - click here.

Applicants must meet the following qualifications to be eligible (see application form for details):

• Applicants must be female residents of California or attending a California school, and must be enrolled in one of the qualifying majors for the current school term.

• Applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 units in their major by the application due date, OR current community college students shall have a minimum of 10 units completed in their major.

Applications are available annually at the beginning of the year and must be received, complete with official transcripts, by Friday, April 19, 2024. Current forms will be posted to this site. Download our flier.

SCholarship application

For questions, contact Isa Mattia, Scholarship Chair at awards@awa-foundation.org

Sponsoring an AWAF Scholarship reflects a commitment to supporting and encouraging female students as they strive to achieve their educational goals and enter the design professions. For information on becoming a sponsor and gaining a unique opportunity to be involved, please contact our Foundation President.

Thank you to our 2023 Scholarship jurors

Scholarship Jury:

Alejandra Orellana, Jana Wehby, Monica Rodriguez, and  Pema Wangzome

Awards Committee Co-chairs:

Isa Mattia and Megan Horn

 Awards Committee members:  

Janvi Kanani, Natasha Harkison, Julissa Lopez, Christina Monti and Tamara Gould

2023 Scholarship recipients

Thank you to our 2022 Scholarship jurors

Alejandra Orellana, Emily Poole, Janvi Kanani, Julissa Lopez, Naoko Miyano, Paulina Forgette. and Mehrnoosh Mojallali

2022 Scholarship recipients

2022 Scholarship Winners, from left to right:

Karin Najarian 
2022 Inaugural Sarah Hayes Social Impact Award
Bachelor of Architecture, Woodbury University School of Architecture, 2023

Maya Amyx 
2022 Centennial Award
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, California Polytechnic, San Luis Obispo, 2024

Nehali Doshi
AWAF 25th Anniversary Award (2022)
Master of Landscape Architecture + Urbanis, University of Southern California, 2022

Adeline Leung
2022 Peggy Bowman Scholarship
Bachelor of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 2022 

Tathya Abe
2022 KFA Architecture Award
Master of Architecture, University of California at Berkeley, 2022

Nevi Gruskin
2022 Helms Bakery Architecture + Design Scholarship
Bachelor of Fine Arts, CSU Long Beach, 2023

2021 Scholarship recipients

2021 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:

Lauren Ashley
2021 Peggy Bowman Scholarship Recipient
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Master of Urban and Regional Planning; Juris Doctor

Khor-Mei Han
2021 Helms Bakery Architecture + Design Scholarship
California State University, Long Beach; Interior Architecture

Ashley Morales
2021 Social Impact Award, sponsored by KFA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Architecture

Adrian Tenney
2020 Peggy Bowman Scholarship Recipient
Cal Poly Pomona, Landscape Architecture

Farshchiha Paniz
2020 KFA Architecture Scholarship Recipient
University of Southern California, Architecture

katarina Richter Lunn
2020 Helms Bakery Architecture + Design Scholarship
Harvard University; Masters of Design-Technology

Linepei Cheng
2020 Honorable Mention Design Award
University of Southern California,; Landscape Architecture

Monique Barajas
2020 Honorable Mention Social Impact Award
California State University, Northridge; Urban Studies and Planning

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