Established in 2006, the scholarship funds international research on topics and at locations of the student’s choosing. The research is then presented as either a graphic, photographic or written report.

Applicants will be chosen on the basis of proposals submitted for an area of research from amongst the following themes: learning from the past to inform the future; the future of society; the density of settlements; sustainability; the use of resources; the quality of urban life and transport.

Each school of architecture can nominate one student only. In order to be eligible, students must have successfully completed at least the first year of the Part 1 degree.

 

A full information sheet can be downloaded from here:

Along with the poster advertising the scholarship:

The application form for 2009 is now available for download here:

If you have any questions please email andrew.davies@inst.riba.org|

The deadline for entries for the RIBA Norman Foster Scholarship 2009 is Friday 6 February 2009.

 

 

Recipients of the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship

2008:

Faizan Jawed Siddiqi (Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai, India) - 'Role of Public Transport in Shaping Sustainable Humane Habitats: Case Studies Across Three Continents'

 

 

2007:

Ben Masterton-Smith (The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL) - 'Emerging East: Exploring and Experiencing the East Asian Communist City'