Rotch Traveling Scholarship Competition

Sponsor: MIT

Type: Open, two-stage design competition that results in one person, deemed the Rotch Scholar, traveling the world for eight months studying architecture. In the first stage of the selection process, a weekend-long preliminary design competition is held. Finalists from this competition go on to compete in the second stage, a 10-day competition culminating in a design presentation to a distinguished jury in Boston.

Award: $35,000 travel grant

Eligibillity

Rotch Travelling Scholarship candidates must be U.S. citizens under 35 years old on January 1 of the competition year, and must have:

– A professional degree (BArch/MArch) from an accredited U.S. school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in a Massachusetts architecture firm as of January 1 of the competition year.

-or-

A professional degree (BArch/MArch) from an accredited Massachusetts school of architecture and one year of full-time professional experience in any architecture firm as of January 1 of the competition year.


Timetable

1/13/12: Applications due

1/20/12: Qualified applicants notified

1/27/12: Start of preliminary competition

1/30/12: Finish of preliminary competition

2/17/12: Finalists notified

3/2/12: Start of final competition

3/12/12: Finish of final competition

3/22/12: Jury for final competition at BSA