The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has opened applications for the 2023 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship.
The scholarship seeks to reward one outstanding architecture student and fund their travel to research the sustainable survival of cities.
Applications are open to students who are enrolled in, or have successfully completed, the first year of a professional qualification in architecture in one of the higher education institutions invited to participate.
A £7,000 grant will be awarded to the winner, who will be selected by a panel of judges including Lord Foster and RIBA President Simon Allford.
Lord Foster said: “As a student, I won a prize that allowed me to spend a summer travelling through Europe and to study first hand buildings and cities that I knew only from the pages of books. It was a revelation – liberating and exhilarating in so many ways. Today it is my privilege to fund the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship.
“The scholarship is an annual travel grant of £7,000, which will be awarded to an architecture student from the UK or abroad who demonstrates the potential for outstanding achievement and original thinking on issues that relate to the sustainable survival of our cities and towns. This should be presented to the judging panel as a report and might address themes such as: learning from the past to inform the future, the future of society, the density of settlements, sustainability, the use of resources, the quality of urban life, and transport.
“It is my hope that this initiative will have a lasting legacy (offering the chance for discovery and the inspiration for exciting new work) for generations to come.”
RIBA President Simon Allford added: “Now in its 17th year, the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship continues to support exceptionally talented students with the opportunity to explore, capture and share the potential of vital models of sustainable development. I’d like to express my gratitude to Lord Foster and the Norman Foster Foundation for partnering with RIBA and providing emerging architects with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reflect on how we think and what we do.”
The deadline for submissions is 3pm (BST) Friday 30 June 2023. For more information visit the RIBA website here.
