Awards and assistantships

Awarded to a newly-admitted BLA student ($1,000/year for 4 years, contingent on continuing enrollment in the BLA program).

Provides academic cost assistance to selected BLA students. Applicants/nominees must be in good standing and have a record of leadership in service organizations or projects and strong academic performance ($3,000).

Given in memory of BLA student Daniel J. Ryan (BLA 2002) to an undergraduate in LA 233 Foundation Design Studio who is nominated by peers based on exceptional ability in design and visual communications and for demonstrating willingness to help fellow students ($500).

Awarded to a BLA candidate in LA 335 Community and Open Space Studio who demonstrates excellence in design, sustained throughout the semester, with an emphasis on creative expression in civic improvement ($1,000).

Awarded to a BLA candidate in LA 437 Regional Design Studio who demonstrates excellence in leadership within the collaborative studio process throughout the semester as a whole ($1,000).

Supports the education of upper-level BLA candidates who share Bruce Borland’s interests, values, and passion for landscape architecture and golf. Applicants must have completed all Fall semester second-year core courses and be currently enrolled in, or have completed, all Spring semester second-year courses ($3,500).

Presented to the graduating BLA candidate considered by the faculty most likely to become a teacher ($1,000).

Awarded competitively to an incoming MLA student based on creative achievements (full tuition and partial fee waiver, plus stipend of $6,000, for one semester).

Awarded to an incoming MLA applicant with extraordinary creative achievements in the fine arts, this fellowship extends Prof. Cherie Kluesing’s legacy of creative integration of fine arts in landscape design. Applicants wishing to be considered must upload with their materials a separate statement of interest (approx. 500 words) explaining the relevance of their background and objectives to the intent of the fellowship (full tuition and partial fee waiver, plus academic year stipend of $10,000, for up to three consecutive years of study).

Awarded to an incoming MLA applicant, this recruiting fellowship honors the legacy of Prof. Robert B. Riley, who joined the Department of Landscape Architecture as Head in 1970, served in that capacity until 1985, and continued teaching, advising, and inspiring students and colleagues through retirement in 1996 and for many years thereafter as an emeritus faculty member. The fellowship includes a full tuition waiver, a partial fee waiver, and a stipend of $6,000 for each semester of the award term.

Awarded to Landscape Architecture students achieving academic excellence and participating in 1) club sports, 2) a university-sponsored music ensemble, or 3) interdisciplinary study through a double-major ($1,000).

Awarded annually to a student in LA 342 Site Engineering who exhibits excellence in the mastery of technical principles in landscape architecture ($500).

Benefits students with a strong interest in and passion for landscape design with an emphasis on plants in design. Awarded annually to a BLA or MLA student based on a planting design competition within a course context ($2,500).

The Alpert Prizes in the History of Landscape Architecture are awarded for the best research papers written in LA 314/LA 513 History of World Landscapes (up to $500 each). The Alpert Prize for Design is given as a “grand prize” to one of the finalists in the annual Sasaki Day Awards Competition ($1,000).

Provides a Ph.D. student with support for one full year of study, including tuition, partial fees, and a stipend of approximately $12,000.

Supports student travel and research for the study of historical and contemporary works of landscape architecture in the United States. Awarded based on the academic merit of the student and the intellectual merit of their proposal (up to $6,500).

Supports travel for independent study of contemporary and historical landscapes. Awarded based on the combined intellectual strength of a proposal and the academic merit of the student (up to $6,500).

Promotes excellence in landscape architecture through travel and study outside of the United States. Awards are made based on academic record, promise for leadership, and the quality of submitted proposals (up to $6,500).