Thursday, January 19, 2012

Scholarship Deadlines Approaching Fast

The deadlines for the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s (LAF) scholarships are rapidly approaching. Nearly $70,000 in awards are available, so please help spread the word and remind qualified candidates.

Application Deadline: Feb 1
This $4,000 award is given annually to a graduate student to support projects that further garden history and design and/or examine the future of gardens and their unique place in our environment.

Application Deadline: Feb 15
LAF offers 8 different awards ranging from $2,000-$5,000. Eligible candidates are undergraduate or graduate students enrolled at colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Additional requirements vary by scholarship.

Nomination Deadline: Feb 15, Submission Deadline: Mar 15

LAF's Olmsted Scholars Program and $25,000 prize is the premier national award and recognition program for landscape architecture students. Each university with a LAAB or CSLAAC-accreditedlandscape architecture program may nominate one exceptional student to be the school's University Olmsted Scholar and compete for the national award. Eligible students are graduate students or undergraduates currently in their fourth or fifth year.

 

For more information, visit: http://www.lafoundation.org/scholarship/.