Scholarships at Carnegie Mellon University

Ten-thousand-dollar merit scholarship for fourth- and fifth-year Bachelor of Architecture students at Carnegie Mellon whose studio work embodies DLR Group design tenets, especially Environmental Stewardship and Integration and Innovation plus one additional firm tenet. Applicants need a cumulative QPA of three point nine or higher and submit a two-hundred-word statement, resume, and five-page landscape portfolio. One award is offered each fall cycle with applications due October thirty-first. Recipients need not qualify for financial aid; the award is separate from the financial aid package.

Travel prize for Carnegie Mellon Architecture and BXA Architecture undergraduates and first-year master's students to study traditional architecture, urbanism, and related culture in Europe over the summer. Applicants submit a detailed itinerary, line-item budget, and portfolio of hand drawings; proposals up to ten thousand dollars are funded. Eligible undergraduates are in years two through four of a four-year program or years three through four of the five-year B.Arch, with minimum three point zero QPA. Fall applications are due October thirty-first. Recipients present work on the first day of fall classes after returning.

Professional promise scholarship for fourth-year Carnegie Mellon B.Arch students interested in architectural practice after graduation. Established in memory of architect Stewart L. Brown and juried by AIA Pittsburgh chapter leadership. Applicants submit a two-hundred-word professional practice statement, anonymous resume, and anonymous eleven-by-seventeen portfolio up to twenty-five pages. Up to four finalists interview; spring twenty twenty-six awards are four thousand dollars first place and three thousand dollars for up to two runners-up. Applications open during announced spring cycles through SlideRoom.

Conference and event travel fund for Carnegie Mellon Architecture undergraduate, master's, and Ph.D. students pursuing public interest design. Established in memory of alumnus Alwin Cassens Jr. by his family. Applicants submit a one-page proposal explaining conference or event objectives and a one-page budget and schedule; collective proposals are accepted. Fall twenty twenty-five awards two three-thousand-dollar grants. Selection weighs impact on the applicant's future public interest design work. Applications are submitted through the school's awards portal when cycles open each fall.

Public interest design award for Carnegie Mellon Architecture master's and Ph.D. students demonstrating exceptional attention to detail or dedication to community impact through their work. Applicants submit a two-hundred-fifty-word narrative and twenty-slide Pecha Kucha PDF; finalists present live before a jury. Spring twenty twenty-six awards include three thousand dollars first place and up to three two-thousand-dollar runner-up prizes. Finalists must attend the Anderson Award Pecha Kucha presentation event. Applications open during announced spring cycles through the School of Architecture awards portal.

Twenty-seven-hundred-fifty-dollar award for one Carnegie Mellon junior Communications Design student who demonstrated outside-the-box thinking on a design problem during the academic year. Named for 1968 CMU graphic design alumnus Edward Szylinski, the award recognizes courage to propose unexpected or unconventional solutions even when they do not fully succeed. Communications Design faculty nominate juniors; anonymous faculty voting selects the winner announced at the spring Design Awards program. No separate student application beyond faculty nomination of eligible juniors.

Annual seven-hundred-fifty-dollar scholarship honoring former School of Design head Lee Goldman for senior design students in each track who challenge conventions through original investigation pushing cultural, social, or ecological boundaries. Faculty nominate seniors based on deep topic investigation and bold outcomes; anonymous faculty voting selects one winner per Communications, Products, and Environments track. Awards are announced at the spring Design Week ceremony. No separate student application is required beyond faculty nomination of eligible full-time Carnegie Mellon design seniors.