Wheelwright Prize for Architectural Research with Funding up to $100.000

Harvard GSD is accepting entries for The 2022 Wheelwright fellowship, that is dedicated to advancing original architectural research that shows potential to make a significant impact on architectural discourse. We seek individual applicants who are accomplished but emerging, who are resourceful and risk-taking, and who can make the most of this extraordinary opportunity to advance a research project that will have a significant impact on his or her own professional development, and on the discipline of architecture as a whole.

The winner of the Wheelwright Prize will receive:

• $100,000 prize to support the proposed r      esearch project
• Invitation to lecture at Harvard GSD
• Possibility to publish research in a Harvard GSD publication

1. The Wheelwright Prize is open to early-career architects based anywhere in the world.
2. Applicant must have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture degree program in the past 15 years. (For the 2022 cycle: Graduates prior to January 2007 are ineligible.) Holders of multiple degrees may apply, provided they received their professional degrees between January 2007 and January 2022. Applicants need not be registered or licensed.
3. Applicants may not have received the Arthur Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship previously.
4. Winners of the Wheelwright Prize may not hold other fellowships concurrently.
5. The Wheelwright Prize is available to individual entrants only; teams or firms will not be considered.
6. Current Harvard GSD faculty, instructors, and staff are not eligible.
7. For winners based in the United States, some amount of research must be undertaken outside the country.
8. The Wheelwright Prize is intended for independent study and may not be applied to university tuition. However, the grant may be applied to fees for workshops and conferences.
9. Applicants will be asked to submit the following. (Materials must be in English.)

• Current CV.
• Portfolio (maximum of 10 images).
• The portfolio may be supplemented by published articles or research papers written by applicant.
• A written description of proposed research project (maximum 6,000 characters).
• List of three professional references (full name, affiliation, contact information, and relationship to the applicant). Letters are not required at this time.

About Wheelwright Prize:

Established in 1935 in memory of Arthur W. Wheelwright, Class of 1887, the Wheelwright Prize was originally entitled the Arthur W. Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship. Over the following decades, the fellowship afforded extraordinary experiences for generations of Harvard GSD alumni.

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