Graduate Interior Design Scholarship
Direct application
Eligibility
About this scholarship
Graduate students actively enrolled in or scheduled to graduate from a master’s or higher interior design or related program may apply for the Graduate Interior Design Scholarship. If the graduate program is not interior design-specific, the applicant’s undergraduate degree must be in interior design.
One $2,500 award is available.
Applications are submitted through the program website and must include a cover letter (aspirations, goals, and how you would use the scholarship), a resume, and a portfolio of interior design projects only (architectural projects are not accepted; use the provided template). Provide contact information for a reference (employer, design professional, or professor); the sponsor contacts them with a survey. Top candidates may be invited to a 30-minute Zoom portfolio presentation. Incomplete submissions are not considered. Winners are contacted in October.
Essay question
What else to submit
- Cover letter addressing aspirations, goals, and scholarship use
- Resume
- Portfolio of interior design projects only using AUID's provided template
- Contact information for an employer, design professional, or professor reference
- Resume including work experience, honors/awards, extracurricular activities, organization memberships and positions held, degrees earned and pursuing, and any other pertinent information
- Portfolio of interior design projects only (architectural projects not accepted), submitted using AUID's provided Canva template with three pages: research abstract, best work with project scope detai
- Letter of recommendation: applicant provides contact information for a reference (employer, design professional, or professor); AUID contacts the reference directly via a virtual survey
- Online presentation: top candidate(s) invited to present via a 30-minute Zoom (15 minutes presenting, 15 minutes for discussion)
- Architectural projects are not accepted in the portfolio.
- Top candidates may be invited to a 30-minute Zoom portfolio presentation.
- Incomplete submissions are not considered.