Opportunities in Architecture

Through the generous support of our donors and diligent work of our board of directors, the Architecture Foundation of Georgia grants a number of scholarships to architecture students of all levels of study and post study. In addition, the Innovation Grant supports organizations and personal projects in pursuing the goals of architecture awareness. Please review our scholarship and grant opportunities for one that may suit and support your architecture focused efforts.

Questions? Contact Tangela Monroe at tmonroe@aiaga.org

Scholarships Available

Architecture Foundation Scholarship

This scholarship program was previously named the Dorothy Spence Memorial Scholarship in recognition of the longtime Executive Director of AIA Georgia and eloquent advocate of architecture in Georgia. The program assists students during one of their final two years of professional architecture studies in the state of Georgia.

Award Range: $750 – $2,500

John D. Mulford Scholarship

This scholarship program honors the late John D. Mulford III. John D. Mulford, III was a graduate of Southern Polytechnic State University with a Bachelors degree in Architectural Engineering Technology. The program assists students during one of their final three years of professional architecture studies at his alma mater, Southern Polytechnic State University.

Award Range: $1,000 – $2,000

Earthshare Fellowship Fund

Marci B. Reed, former Executive Director of the Architecture Foundation of GA and Robert E. Reed, III, her husband an a graduate of the Georgia Tech Architecture Program endowed the Foundation to support graduate students in architecture at Georgia Tech focusing their studies on sustainable design and construction practices.

Sarah Cowart Leadership Fund

This scholarship program endowed by Savannah architect, Gerry Cowart, honors the late Sarah Hall Cowart and helps to remove the financial burden of students attending Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) who want to attend the national AIA Student leadership conferences but do not have the means to do so on their own.

College of Fellows Scholarship

This new scholarship program is initiated and in partnership with the Georgia College of Fellows.

Award Range: N/A

“One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time it is like life starting all over again. “
― Renzo Piano

“Architecture is inhabited sculpture“
― Constantin Brancusi

“Whatever good things we build, end up building us”
– Jim Rohn

About us

The Architects Foundation leads philanthropic efforts that lay the foundation of architecture’s future, by attracting, inspiring and investing in new and diverse generations of architects who will create inclusive spaces and places of tomorrow.