watercolor drawing of a red bridge over a blue river

Firth of Forth, Scotland. By Graham Murtha (B.Arch '25), recipient of the 2022 Gindroz Prize for Summer Travel and Study in Europe for the proposal “Studies of stone architecture in Ireland, Scotland and England.”

Carnegie Mellon Architecture’s annual awards program provides over $100,000 to support travel, projects, internships and research for undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and alumni, and recognizes student work in public interest design, design and representation, sustainability and professional promise.

We appreciate the generous support of our donors for making these awards available and the juries for their work evaluating the applicants.

Student Awards

Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers awards for undergraduate, master's and PhD students in the fall and spring semesters of each academic year.

Fall Awards


Project & Internship Support

Research Award

Sustainable Design Award

Travel Awards


Spring Awards


Design & Representation Awards

Professional Promise Award

Public Interest Design Awards

Real Estate Award

Sustainability Award

Travel Award

Graduation Awards

Carnegie Mellon Architecture recognizes the outstanding achievement of graduating students through its annual Graduation Awards program. The winners are announced during the annual Diploma Ceremony.

Faculty Awards

Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers awards for faculty in the fall semester of each academic year.

Fall Awards


Research Awards

Alumni Award

Carnegie Mellon Architecture offers a spring alumni award on a biannual schedule.

Travel Award

External Awards & Scholarships

The following awards and scholarships are available from organizations outside the school.

  • AIA Pennsylvania Emerging Professionals ARE Grant: This award provides a grant to students graduating with a degree in architecture to cover the cost of testing for three (3) divisions of the Architect Registration Examination® (ARE®). Applications are due in August of each year.
  • John Belle Travel Fellowship: This $10,000 annual award helps expand students’ understanding of the public realm in existing cities through travel and research and how the knowledge gained might be applied to contemporary urban needs and design challenges. Applications are due in February of each year.
  • John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture: This annual competition is open to students attending an accredited architecture program in Pennsylvania. The fellowship provides a $10,000 traveling award for a young architect to study architecture abroad. The competition registration and brief are issued in January of each year.

Archived Awards

The following awards were previously available from Carnegie Mellon Architecture.