2021 Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship

Registration Deadline: May 28, 2021; Submission Deadline: May 28, 2021 "As a student, I won a prize that allowed me to spend a summer travelling through Europe and to study first-hand buildings and cities that I knew only from the pages of books. It was a revelation – liberating and exhilarating in so many ways.Today, it is the privilege of the Norman Foster Foundation to support the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship, which I hope will have a lasting legacy – offering the chance for discovery and the inspiration for exciting new work – for generations to come." Lord FosterThe RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship offers £7,000 to a student of architecture who demonstrates the potential for outstanding achievement and original thinking on issues that relate to the sustainable survival of cities and towns.In 2021, in response to the global restrictions on travel put in place to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, applications will be accepted for national research proposals as well as international research proposals. Therefore, students may submit a proposal for research on a topic in their home country or at (an) international location(s).Both national and international research proposals should relate to the sustainable survival of our cities and towns and fall under one of the following themes:Learning from the past to inform the futureThe future of societyDensity of settlementsUse of resourcesQuality of urban lifeTransportThe deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday, 28 May 2021. More details here.Read the full post on Bustler