RIBA LKE Ozolins Studentships
About the Studentship
The RIBA LKE Ozolins Studentship is awarded to an individual who wishes to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in the field of Architecture.
The studentship is funded by the LKE Ozolins Fund, created from a bequest to RIBA from Mrs Hoda Ozolins in memory of her late husband, Latvian architect, and lecturer Laimons Knud Eugen Ozolins, which also finances an annual lecture. Watch previous LKE Ozolins lectures online: the 2024 'Many More Parts Than M!' and 2023 'Food For Thought'.
Eligibility
Applicants must be pursuing, or have been offered a place to pursue, a PhD degree in a UK higher education institution that offers undergraduate professional qualifications in architecture validated by the RIBA (RIBA Part 1, 2, or 3). In this instance, the delivery of research training is more important than the subject to be studied, so the applicant should show why they want to pursue this topic and its long-term beneficial impact to architecture and to society.
In case of two equally good candidates, preference will be given to RIBA Members.
The studentship will be worth £19,237 for a student registered on a course outside London and £21,237 for a student registered on a course in London for each year of the duration of study, subject to satisfactory completion of each year to a maximum of three years. Please note that the studentship does not provide a separate award to cover course fees.
Applying
The 2024 application cycle is now closed. The next application cycle will open in 2027.
For more information on the criteria and application process, please read the guidance notes (PDF) for the 2024 application cycle.
Latest recipient
Carmel Keren (PhD at Central Saint Martins, UAL)
Staging Tottenham: investigating the power of performance in transforming marginalised experiences in public space
Previous recipients
2016
Judit Ferencz (PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL),
The Graphic Novel as an Interdisciplinary Conservation Method in Architectural Heritage
Abstract of thesis (PDF)
2013
Helen Stratford (PhD at the University of Sheffield),
Performative Architectures
2011
Ross Exo Adams (PhD at the London Consortium),
To Fill the Earth: Circulation and Urbanization
2008
Henrik Schoenfeldt (PhD at the University of Cambridge),
Transformation of the Horticultural Glasshouse Prototype for Human Habitation
2007
Anne Katrin Hultzsch (PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL),
An Archaeology of Perception: Verbal Descriptions of Architecture in Travel Writings
Kim Trogal (PhD at the University of Sheffield),
Caring for Space: Ethical Agencies in Contemporary Spatial Practice
2005
Doreen Bernath (PhD at the Architectural Association),
China and Pictorial Introjection
2004
Gwyn Lloyd-Jones (PhD at the University of Westminster),
Frank Lloyd Wright Beyond America
2001
Ines Geisler (PhD at the Architectural Association),
The Disappearance of the Everyday: Postscript and Prospect of the Cultural Transformation of East Germany since 1989
2000
Christine Wall (PhD at the University of Cambridge),
Industrialisation and Skill: The Social Context for Innovation in Post-War British Architecture
Contact
If you have questions about the RIBA LKE Ozolins Studentship, please contact us at research.funding@riba.org.
Please note, this email address is monitored Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00 (BST).
