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FOUNDATION for HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH (FHER) FELLOWSHIPS

• Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning & Design 
• The George J. Mann, AIA Travel Prize

ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS | AIA/AAH

**See below for more details on each scholarship, fellowships and awards.

Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning & Design  | Sponsored by Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) | Applications Due April 23, 2021

This fellowship has been established by three leaders in healthcare planning through the Foundation for Health Environments Research -Legacy fund. Goals of this fellowship include to encourage research into healthcare programming and planning as well as into the general practice of healthcare architecture. 

Research based outcome focused on Programming, Planning and the Practice of Designing

Applicants: Doctoral Students and Young Faculty

Health Facilities Fellowship award(s) range from $2,000 – $9,000

Goals:
• To encourage research related to the programming and planning healthcare facilities
• To attract talented young architects and students to this field
• To advance the knowledge of planning and design for healthcare environments
• To better understand the dynamics of the team environment and what makes successful project delivery teams

Please see the booklet below for application details. Applications Due April 23, 2021

Tuttle & GMZ Fellowship Application – PDF

The George J. Mann, AIA Travel Prize | Sponsored by Ron Skaggs, FAIA, FACHA and Sondra Skaggs | Applications Due February 15, 2021| Recipient prize amount is $4,000.

This travel prize has been established in honor of George J. Mann, AIA, Ronald L. Skaggs, FAIA Endowed professor in health facilities design at Texas A&M, to support travel expenses for students pursuing a healthcare architecture education. Recipients will be announced at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Health Update PDC Conference – Spring 2021.

Applications Due  February 15, 2021

George J. Mann Travel Prize Application – PDF

For questions about Foundation for Health Environments Research – Fellowships, please contact:

Foundation for Health Environments Research – Fellowship Chair, Tatiana Guimaraes at tatiana.guimaraes@perkinswill.com

ADDITIONAL FELLOWSHIPS & Scholarships | AIA/AAH

Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design | Applications Due April 23, 20201
The Tuttle Fellowship supports graduate students and emerging professionals seeking licensure, increasing their awareness of the needs and nature of healthcare facilities, attracting talented young architects and students to the field and advancing the knowledge of planning and design for healthcare environments. Awards are typically from $2,000 – $10,000.

Goals:
• To increase architecture and healthcare students’ awareness of the special needs and nature of healthcare facilities
• To attract talented young architects and students to this field
• To advance the knowledge of planning and design for healthcare environments
• To establish relevant research material for the profession of healthcare architecture

See the PDF below for the application form and more details.

Applications Due April 23, 2021

Past Arthur Tuttle Fellowship Award Recipients

Healthcare Design’s Best Under 40 (U40) | To open February 2021

The U40 List is an award to celebrate individuals making a significant contribution to the advancement of health facilities design. Each year up to two individuals will be selected to have their names added to the distinguished U40 List. The U40 List recipients will receive a travel stipend to attend the Summer Leadership Summit in Chicago in July.

Applicants should be individuals making a significant impact on healthcare design who will be under 40 years of age on April, 2021 and have worked on healthcare related projects for at least the past five years. For more information, please download the PDF below.

2020 U40 List: Marybeth Dietz, AIA

2019 U40 List: Colleen Newland, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP and Parini Mehta, AIA, LEED AP
2018 U40 List: Diana Anderson, MD, M.Arch, LEED AP and Akshay Sangolli, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C
2017 U40 List: Jhiah Chang, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC and Hao Duong, AIA, LEED AP
2016 U40 List: Joaquim Meira, Intl. Assoc. AIA and Tammy Thompson, AIA
2015 U40 List: Brandy Olsen and Erin Peavey, AIA, EDAC, LEED AP BD+C

2020 U40 Application

SLS Next Generation Scholarship |  To open in March 2021.

The Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) and the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA) will sponsor four emerging professionals seeking licensure to attend the Summer Leadership Summit (SLS). The SLS is an annual gathering in Chicago of approximately 175 leaders in healthcare design from the U.S. and around the world. Attendees convene for two days of presentations and panel discussions that address the future of healthcare from the government, healthcare organization and design community perspectives.

Each selected recipient will receive up to a $1,000 reimbursement to cover air travel, hotel room costs, and incidentals. Registration for the summit and tour fees will be complimentary. Scholarship candidates electronically submit application materials. See below for more details.

2021 SLS Next Generation Scholar Application

Herman Miller Healthcare Scholarship | To open April 2021

Herman Miller Healthcare sponsors up to eight emerging professionals seeking licensure to attend the Healthcare Design Expo and Conference, the fall conference of the Center for Health Design/AIA Academy of Architecture for Health. Each selected recipient will receive reimbursement to cover registration fees, air travel, and hotel room costs.

Please see the PDF below for all application requirements.

Herman Miller Scholarship 2021