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Robert L. Wesley Award

In 2020, the SOM Foundation created the Robert L. Wesley Award—named in honor of the first Black partner at SOM—to support BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering programs in the United States. Each year, three students will receive a $10,000 award in addition to a yearlong mentorship program that connects the students with leading BIPOC practitioners and educators. The awards are unrestricted in their use to best support the needs of students. Students are also supported by Black Spectacles as they work toward becoming licensed architects.

Applicants need to be enrolled in a four- or five-year undergraduate program and can be enrolled in any year of their undergraduate program. A recipient of the Robert L. Wesley Award is not excluded from reapplying in subsequent years while enrolled in an undergraduate program.

Learn more about Robert L. Wesley here.

Read Robert L. Wesley’s oral history here.

Applications Open in September 2025

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2024

Somf 2024 robert l wesley award ferras coulibaly 01

Ferras Coulibaly

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture

Somf 2024 robert l wesley award erin kurtycz 05
Somf 2024 robert l wesley award erin kurtycz 03

Erin Kurtycz

University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Somf 2024 robert l wesley award beni lawson 01

Beni Lawson

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign School of Architecture

Somf 2024 robert l wesley award salma rodriguez 06
Somf 2024 robert l wesley award salma rodriguez 05

Salma Rodriguez

Texas Tech University Huckabee College of Architecture

Somf 2023 robert l wesley award lauren jian 01

2023

Lauren Jian

Somf 2023 robert l wesley award antonia pacheco 04

2023

Antonia Pacheco

Somf 2023 robert l wesley award william pyle 01

2023

William Pyle

Somf 2023 robert l wesley award noelle robinson 01

2023

Noelle Robinson

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2023

Emmelea Schatz

Somf 2022 robert l wesley award bria miller 05

2022

Bria Miller

Somf 2022 robert l wesley award kai benjamin parel sewell 01

2022

Kai Benjamin Parel-Sewell

Somf 2022 robert l wesley award gabriela robles munoz 03

2022

Gabriela Robles-Muñoz

Somf 2021 robert l wesley award kevin chow 01

2021

Kevin Chow

Somf 2021 robert l wesley award viridiana hernandez sevilla portfolio 02

2021

Viridiana Hernandez Sevilla

Somf 2021 robert l wesley award alexander htet aung kyaw 01

2021

Alexander Htet Aung Kyaw

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2021

Sanjana Lahiri

Somf 2021 robert l wesley award xiluva mbungela portfolio 01

2021

Xiluva Mbungela

Somf 2020 robert l wesley award viridiana hernandez sevilla 01

2020

Viridiana Hernandez Sevilla

Somf 2020 robert l wesley award corey norman 09

2020

Corey Norman

Somf 2020 robert l wesley award temi osanyintolu 08

2020

Temi Osanyintolu

Somf 2020 robert l wesley award daniella slowik 04

2020

Daniella Slowik

Somf 2020 robert l wesley award kenya steward 01

2020

Kenya Steward

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