Greetings on this beautiful (in Knoxville, TN) Thursday, February 25, 2021. I hope you all are staying healthy and getting your vaccines, if it is your time. It continues to be a busy time at AIA Higher Education. A couple of highlights from us and then a list of opportunities follow below.
Call for Research - 2021 AIA ACSA Intersections Research ConferenceThis fall our second research conference with ACSA will be held online,
Sept. 29-Oct 1. The theme focuses on climate and communities. A
call for research abstracts is open and the deadline is
May 5, 2021 for submission. There
will be five tracks focused on resilient communities. Respondents should identify one of these five tracks, that most relates to their research. Across all five tracks, we invite all submissions to address one or more of the principles from the AIA Framework for Design Excellence. Submit your research for consideration or mark your calendar and plan to attend.In case you were NOT one of the 1,000+ who attended our highly successful July 2020 webinars -
2020 Intersections Symposium for Climate Action --you can now attend online:
Designing Across Scales AND
Achieving Climate Action through Practice, Academia, & Policy - two 90 min. sessions, moderated by
Phoebe Crisman, AIA, UVA, and
Kyle Konis, AIA, USC, are now available for HSW credit, On-Demand at AIAU.org. Check them out at the links above. $40 non-member or $25/member. Also available on
AIAU.org are sessions from the 2020
Intersections Research Conference, held last fall with ACSA. More great content - check out the link above OR search for
Carbon +.
Henry Adams Medal Program -
More than 100 schools in the US and Canada recognized their top 2020 graduates with the Henry Adams medal. See a complete list of the 140 awardees here. and share your congratulations! The 2021 Henry Adams Medal submission site is moving to the Architects Foundation and should be up soon for submissions.
The following is a list of upcoming grant opportunities, resources, webinars, and miscellaneous. Hope it is helpful. Stay well!
Grants
The Historic Preservation Education Foundation's Spring 2021 Call for Proposals for its Partners in Training program is now open and will be accepted until May 1, 2021. HPEF awards individual grants ranging from $5,000–$20,000, representing a maximum of 50 percent of the total project cost. Click here for information. HPEF will consider the range of training proposals that it has in the past, from adobe patching to window repair, it is especially interested in receiving proposals that involve remote learning and that address urgent challenges such as conserving modern materials and expanding representation of historically marginalized communities in preservation practice.
Graham Foundation - The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.
UPCOMING DEADLINES:
National Endowment for the Arts - Office of Research & Analysis announces:
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Research Grants in the Arts funds research studies that investigate the value and/or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the US arts ecology or as they interact with each other and/or with other domains of American life. Matching/cost share grants of $10,000 to $100,000 will be awarded.
- NEA Research Labs funds transdisciplinary research teams grounded in the social and behavioral sciences, yielding empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. Matching/cost share cooperative agreements of up to $150,000 will be awarded.
The upcoming deadline for both programs is March 29, 2021.
Mayors' Institute on City Design
A Program Solicitation is open to select an organization to administer the Mayors' Institute on City Design
(MICD), a program of the National Endowment for the Arts. The MICD brings US mayors together with design professionals in workshops to assist mayors with urban design challenges, to promote design excellence, and to enhance the livability of communities across the country. Deadline is March 24, 2021, but it is recommended to submit by March 14, 2021
. Visit this PDF for Complete Program Solicitation. Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), U.S. organizations; units of state or local government; or federally recognized tribal communities or tribes may apply.
Competitions & Challenges
ACSA offers numerous student competitions, including AIA COTE and the upcoming Steel Competition.
Visit their website for complete details.
DOE's Solar Decathlon Design and Build Challenges will be virtual this year on April 15-18, 2021. Learn more here: AIA is a sponsor for this event.
No Waste Challenge - What Design Can Do - Check out the No Waste Challenge in a partnership with the IKEA Foundation for a global design competition focuses on addressing the impact of waste on climate change. Submit bold solutions to reduce waste and rethink our entire production and consumption cycle. Deadline is April 1, 2021. announces their
EDWARD ALLEN STUDENT AWARD - Submissions open Feb. 15, 2021 for
students–who, over their academic career–have demonstrated commitment, passion, curiosity, and excellence in the integration of building technology and architectural design. Check out other student and faculty awards on the BTES website.
Miscellaneous
Climate & Net Zero
The University of Oregon Institute for Health in the Built Environment and NetZED lab are conducting a brief survey (-10 minutes) to determine the current attitudes regarding the atmospheric carbon impact from building structural materials (i.e., wood, steel, concrete). UO hopes to identify the shared and divergent carbon narratives across a diversity of built environment stakeholders and reconcile differences using scientific data or identify research gaps through a series of workshops with scientific and industry experts. Special emphasis will be given to biogenic carbon accounting, including forestry practice and material lifecycle pathways. The information collected from this survey will be used to develop a needs assessment paper, provide the basis for convening a workshop with subsequent work sessions and contribute to new educational materials developed for architectural students, practitioners, and their clients. Link for SURVEY Call for Candidates - TAD Editorial Board
The Technology Architecture + Design Editorial Board is looking for candidates for its highly collaborative group that involves all of its members in various aspects of the peer review and publication process. TAD continues to advance research and scholarship in the discipline at the intersection of technology and design. The deadline for submissions is April 4, 2021. Check out the complete call for candidates on the TAD website.
Resources at ORNL - BTRIC
Check out the numerous resources available on building technology research and innovation at the Oak Ridge National Lab Building Technologies Research & Integration Center. Tools, webinars, and more.
Design Resilient Buildings is another DOE resource site.
Architecture Grads
Check out USGBC - They have posted 6 new positions for LEED Technical Development team and interest in hiring individuals educated in and/or practicing Architecture - all can be remote.
Deep Dive
KA Connect offers webinars with detailed note-taking. that is helpful in these "Zoom-overload" times. Recent deep dive into JEDI - check them out.
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Dr. Nissa Dahlin-Brown, Assoc. AIA
Director, Higher Education
The American Institute of Architects
Washington, DC
nissadahlinbrown@aia.org------------------------------