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The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2024 Structural Engineering Fellowship. The $20,000 fellowship will be awarded to a graduating student based in the United States who specializes in structural engineering to conduct independent travel and research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities.” The Structural Engineering Fellowship was created in 1998 to support research that has the potential to influence the practice and teaching of how structures can positively impact our built environment.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 SOM Foundation Robert L. Wesley Award. Three fellows, Lauren Jian (University of Southern California, School of Architecture), Noelle Robinson (North Carolina State University, College of Design), and Emmelea Schatz (University of Kansas, School of Architecture & Design) will each receive a $10,000 award in addition to a yearlong mentorship program that connects the students with leading BIPOC practitioners and educators. In addition to the three fellows, the jury decided to expand the number of fellows to include two $5,000 unrestricted awards to Antonia Pacheco (Texas Tech University, Huckabee College of Architecture) and William Pyle (Texas Tech University, Huckabee College of Architecture).

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2023 European Research Prize. A team from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) will receive a €20,000 prize to conduct original research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities.” The European Research Prize was created in 2021 to cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Research Prize. Two teams—one from the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati, and one from the University of Texas at San Antonio—will each receive a $40,000 prize to conduct original research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities.” The Research Prize was created in 2018 to cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.

The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the SOM Foundation are thrilled to announce the creation of a new, fully funded summer residency program based in Los Angeles. Applications for the inaugural residency will be accepted through March 8, 2024.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 Robert L. Wesley Award. The award supports BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering programs in the United States. This 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 award is named in honor of Robert L. Wesley, the first Black partner at SOM.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 Research Prize. Two $40,000 prizes will be awarded to faculty-led interdisciplinary teams based in the United States to conduct original research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities.” The Research Prize was created in 2018 to cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.

The SOM Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of the 2023 European Research Prize. The €20,000 prize will be awarded to a faculty-led interdisciplinary team based in Europe to conduct original research that contributes to this year’s topic, “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities.” The European Research Prize was created in 2021 to cultivate new ideas and meaningful research that addresses the critical issues of our time.