Research & Creative Newsletter | School of Architecture | University of Miami

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Tiny Library 2025 | Volume Zero

Early Registration: May 15

Reimagining Community Spaces | Discover Arch

Deadline: June 15

eVolvo Skyscraper Competition | eVolvo

Early Registration: July 15

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS

Graduation Projects Award 2025 | Tamayouz Award

Tamayouz Award for Excellence in architecture graduation projects is open to architecture, urban and landscape design students worldwide to submit their graduation projects.

Standard Registration Period: May 1- July 31

Submission Deadline: September 1

Walter A. Hunt, Jr. Scholarships 

To promote and encourage the study of architecture by New York City public high school students through a scholarship to supplement tuition and related costs during their freshman year at an NAAB-accredited school of architecture in the U.S.

Award: $10,000

Deadline: May 12

Call for Nominations: 2025 ACSA Nominees to the NAAB Board of Directors

The ACSA Board of Directors invites applications for service on the NAAB Board of Directors. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) is comprised of fourteen members: three nominated by ACSA, three nominated by AIA, three nominated by NCARB, two nominated by AIAS, two public members nominated by ACSA, AIA, NCARB, or AIAS, and a past president

Deadline: May 21,2025

2025 Intersections Research Conference: AI Design Practices | ACSA

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Design Practices conference invites faculty, practitioners, and advanced students to explore, propose, or challenge new and existing practices and paradigms in using AI technologies.

Deadline: May 28,2025

Call for Papers | Technology / Architecture + Design

The upcoming issue of TECHNOLOGY | ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN invites contributions in design, computing, informatics, human-computer interaction, ecology, systems thinking, history, and computational social science that advance the disciplines of architecture and urbanism through the following questions.

Deadline: June 15,2025
 

OPPORTUNITIES

Join the ESG Honor Society

ESG Honor Society is an honor society that seeks to educate our campus about environmental issues. One of our core beliefs is that environmental science is truly interdisciplinary and touches all departments on campus. In order to create a diverse and interdisciplinary community, we are looking for  students interested in sustainability and environmental advocacy.

In order to be classified as an active member, students must:

• Have a 3.5 GPA issued by UM
• Have an interest in environmentalism and sustainability, education, and advocacy

Apply here  

UM TEACHING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES 

Federal Transition Updates and other Resources

Corporate and Foundation Opportunities Database

Grant Boilerplates & Templates

Grant & Research Writing Support

Researcher Resources: Ibis Research Pre-Award System and Research Management System

Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETAL)

Provost Research Awards

SoA RESEARCH RESOURCES

SoA Faculty Research & Creative Work Bibliography

SoA Student Research & Scholarship

EVENTS

Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual International Conference

The Society of Architectural Historians invites you to experience Atlanta at its 78th Annual International Conference. Exchange knowledge, share ideas, build relationships, and network with hundreds of architectural and art historians, architects, preservationists, curators, and other professionals from around the world.

Date: April 30- May 4

Location: Atlanta, GA

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)  # 

Requesting all faculty to share their ORCID #. Please share with kxe273@miami.edu 

Spring Commencement Schedule

Graduate Degree Ceremonies

Thursday, May 8 @ 3:00pm

Undergraduate Degree Ceremonies 

Friday, May 9 @ 5:30pm 

AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2025

Location: Boston, Massachusetts

Dates: June 4- 7 2025

ACSA/EAAE Teachers Conference

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date: June 12-14 2025

ASLA Florida 2025 Annual Conference & Expo

Location:  Sawgrass Marriot, Point Vedra Beach, FL

Date: July 15-17 2025

AIA Florida 2025 Convention & Trade Show

Location: JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, Tampa, FL

Date: July 30 - Aug 2 2025

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Portugal Vez River Spa

Early Registration: April 2

Tiny Library 2025 | Volume Zero

 Early Registration: May 15

Drawing of the Year | Archisource

Deadline: April 20

Art Installation Design for Pavilions of the Central Asian Countries | Chetwoods

Deadline: April 25

Reimagining Community Spaces | Discover Arch

Deadline: June 15

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS

Small Lots, Big Impacts | UCLA

The design competition of the Small Lots, Big Impacts initiative gives designers, architects, and students the opportunity to propose how small vacant lots across Los Angeles should be converted into compelling, community-oriented, resilient housing developments that make better use of land that typically sits empty or accommodates just one housing unit. Expanding homeownership need not equate with further privatization, but can instead present an opportunity to build up inclusive communities.

Registration: April 7, 2025

International Conference on Territoriality and Temporality in Architecture | CICA

How do buildings establish and engage with territories? How do temporalities manifest themselves in buildings? How do architects deal with multiple temporalities and territorialities? How do buildings live and die?

Abstract Deadline: April 9,2025

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships 

The purpose of this program is to support individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients with time to conduct research or produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 

Award Ceiling: $60,000

Deadline: April 09, 2025

Robert James Eidlitz Travel Fellowship

The Department of Architecture in AAP holds an annual competition for the Robert James Eidlitz Travel Fellowships. Established by Sadie Boulton Eidlitz in 1938, these awards are intended to assist recipients in supplementing their professional education through travel study.

Deadline: April 12

Graduation Projects Award 2025 | Tamayouz Award

Tamayouz Award for Excellence in architecture graduation projects is open to architecture, urban and landscape design students worldwide to submit their graduation projects.

Standard Registration Period: May 1- July 31

Submission Deadline: September 1

OPPORTUNITIES

Join the ESG Honor Society

ESG Honor Society is an honor society that seeks to educate our campus about environmental issues. One of our core beliefs is that environmental science is truly interdisciplinary and touches all departments on campus. In order to create a diverse and interdisciplinary community, we are looking for  students interested in sustainability and environmental advocacy.

In order to be classified as an active member, students must:

• Have a 3.5 GPA issued by UM
• Have an interest in environmentalism and sustainability, education, and advocacy

Apply here  

UM TEACHING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES 

Federal Transition Updates and other Resources

Corporate and Foundation Opportunities Database

Grant Boilerplates & Templates

Grant & Research Writing Support

Researcher Resources: Ibis Research Pre-Award System and Research Management System

Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETAL)

SoA RESEARCH RESOURCES

SoA Faculty Research & Creative Work Bibliography

SoA Student Research & Scholarship

EVENTS

U-SoA Tecnoglass Lecture Series

• Dean el-Khoury, Rocco Ceo, Chris Meyer, Shawna Meyer, and Lily Wong - Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00pm

Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Change Conference

The Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation at the University of Maryland, and the Department of Architecture at Howard University  invite researchers, designers, educators, and students to submit their proposals and participate and attend the ARCC annual conference on the theme “EMERGING CHALLENGES: technological, environmental, social.”

Date: April 2-5 2025 

Location: College Park, MD & Washington DC

Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference

This year's Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference theme “Equitable Urban Futures” strives to make smart cities more equitable and inclusive through organizational and financial models, considering: Frameworks for Collaborative Innovation & Shaping Socially Equitable Smart Cities

Date: April 3 | 9am-6pm

Location: Lakeside Expo Center, University of Miami

Office Hours for UM Research Faculty with Dr. Maria Alcaide

Please come join for 30 min. open session to discuss any questions or impacts on research due to the everchanging federal landscape. This session is for UM Faculty ONLY.

Dates: April 3, 8, 15, 18, 22 & 29

University of Miami Centennial Celebration

The University of Miami is turning 100, and we’re celebrating in style. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime Centennial Celebration featuring a Canes Carnival, exciting Centennial Block Party, and a spectacular concert and fireworks show at Lakeside Patio–free and open to the community!

Date: April 8 @ 5pm - 9pm 

Centennial Lecture by Larry Kearns: Eye Opening Stories 1980-2025

Larry Kearns, FAIA, is a Miami native who, along with three brothers, graduated from the University of Miami. Larry arrived at the University in 1980, later graduating Magna Cum Laude from the School of Architecture in 1985.

Date: April 9 | 5:30pm - 8pm

Reception: 5:30pm in Murphy

Lecture: 6:30pm Glasgow Hall

Earth Day Fair

Learn about the great work that students, faculty, staff, vendors, and community partners are doing to make this Planet and this University a better, greener place!

Date: April 22 @ 10:30am - 2pm

Spring Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo

Smart cities have evolved from a futuristic vision into a tangible reality, creating fundamental impact for people and the planet. From pilot projects that showcase innovative technologies to enduring infrastructure investments, smart city solutions align with urban challenges.This spring, we will delve into the critical aspects, strategies, and collaborative approaches required to foster sustainable transformations within city communities.

Date: April 14-16 

Location: San Antonio, TX

U-SoA Black and White Ball

Date: April 25, 2025

Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual International Conference

The Society of Architectural Historians invites you to experience Atlanta at its 78th Annual International Conference. Exchange knowledge, share ideas, build relationships, and network with hundreds of architectural and art historians, architects, preservationists, curators, and other professionals from around the world.

Date: April 30- May 4

Location: Atlanta, GA

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)  # 

Requesting all faculty to share their ORCID #. Please share with kxe273@miami.edu 

Spring Commencement Schedule

Graduate Degree Ceremonies

Thursday, May 8 @ 3:00pm

Undergraduate Degree Ceremonies 

Friday, May 9 @ 5:30pm 

Thesis Exhibition: Oil Future/Past by Catalina Cabral-Framinan

April 11- 13 @ Korach Gallery

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Metals in Construction - Desirable Urban Living: Design for Affordability

Registration Deadline: March 13

Antepavilion | Antepavilion

Registration Deadline: March 14

Museum of Emotions/ Edition #6

Registration Deadline: March 27

Portugal Vez River Spa

Early Registration: April 2

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS

2025 Best of Practice Awards | The Architect’s Newspaper

The award seeks out the best projects and Best of Products commends the objects and finishes used to build them, Best of Practice celebrates the companies that create our built environment, from architects to developers, fabricators, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, lighting designers, and others.

Early Bird Deadline: February 28,2025

Submission Deadline: March 28,2025

Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Change Conference

ARCC 2025 invites paper and poster submissions that address the emerging challenges defining architectural research now. We are interested in research addressing the grand challenges at a range of scales, from macro to micro. We seek research at the global, regional, national, and local levels. We are interested in investigations at dual scales, such as impacts on the individual within the environment, the building within the city, the city within the region, etc.

Submission Deadline: March 14,2025

Reinterpreting Tradition: Contemporary Insights Towards Buttoned Houses’ Technique

This international competition aims to integrate the cultural heritage of Antalya's traditional construction technique, Buttoned Houses (Düğmeli Evler), with contemporary architectural practices.

Award: 3000€

Deadline: March 14, 2025

Inclusive Urbanism

From the challenges of gender-neutral public toilets to the unintended consequences of wheelchair-accessible housing, this edition critically examines how inclusivity in architecture and urbanism can succeed –or fall short. Submit your visionary project, sharp analyses, or bold reflections to help reimagine cities for all.

Deadline: March 31, 2025

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships 

The purpose of this program is to support individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients with time to conduct research or produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 

Award Ceiling: $60,000

Deadline: April 09, 2025

OPPORTUNITIES

Join the ESG Honor Society

ESG Honor Society is an honor society that seeks to educate our campus about environmental issues. One of our core beliefs is that environmental science is truly interdisciplinary and touches all departments on campus. In order to create a diverse and interdisciplinary community, we are looking for  students interested in sustainability and environmental advocacy.

In order to be classified as an active member, students must:

• Have a 3.5 GPA issued by UM
• Have an interest in environmentalism and sustainability, education, and advocacy

Apply here

Graduate Annual Awards

Each spring semester the Graduate School hosts the Annual Awards Ceremony to showcase the important contributions and achievements made during the academic year by our graduate students and faculty in support of graduate education and the teaching, research, and service missions of our institution. Graduate Student Association, the Butler Center's Graduate Award for Excellence, which recognizes a student who has excelled in the areas of leadership, service, and academics. This award is presented at the Butler Center's annual Celebration of Involvement.

Application for Nominations Deadline: March 21,2025

UM TEACHING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES 

Federal Transition Updates and other Resources

Corporate and Foundation Opportunities Database

Grant Boilerplates & Templates

Grant & Research Writing Support

Researcher Resources: Ibis Research Pre-Award System and Research Management System

Platform for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETAL)

SoA RESEARCH RESOURCES

SoA Faculty Research & Creative Work Bibliography

SoA Student Research & Scholarship

EVENTS

U-SoA Tecnoglass Lecture Series

• Marc Tsurumaki - Wednesday, Mar 19, 5:30 - 8:00pm
• Dean el-Khoury, Rocco Ceo, Chris Meyer, Shawna Meyer, and Lily Wong - Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00pm

Research Resources Expo

Showcasing the research shared resources and core facilities across all the campuses of the University of Miami | March 18

• Miller School, Schoninger Research Quadrangle, 1035 NW 15th St - 10:00am - 5:00pm
• Coral Gables, Lakeside Village, 1280 Standford Dr - 10:00am - 5:00am 
• Rosenstiel, SLAB, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway - 1:00pm - 6:00pm

Resilience 365 Conference: Catalytic Conversations or the next 100 years
The UM Climate Resilience Institute, in partnership with Miami Dade County, will host a two-day conference to bring together communities and thought leaders to catalyze action related to driving tech innovation, financing resilience infrastructure, and fostering healthy communities. The conference is part of the inaugural Miami Climate Week hosted by Miami Climate 365 with activations and events intended to spark conversation and grow community networks around resilience.

Date: March 24-25 | 9am- 5pm

Location: Lakeside Expo Center, University of Miami

Architecture, Urbanism and Climate Change Conference

The Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC), the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation at the University of Maryland, and the Department of Architecture at Howard University  invite researchers, designers, educators, and students to submit their proposals and participate and attend the ARCC annual conference on the theme “EMERGING CHALLENGES: technological, environmental, social.”

Date: April 2-5 2025 

Location: College Park, MD & Washington DC

Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference

This year's Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference theme “Equitable Urban Futures” strives to make smart cities more equitable and inclusive through organizational and financial models, considering: Frameworks for Collaborative Innovation & Shaping Socially Equitable Smart Cities

Date: April 3 | 9am-6pm

Location: Lakeside Expo Center, University of Miami

Centennial Lecture by Larry Kearns: Eye Opening Stories 1980-2025

Larry Kearns, FAIA, is a Miami native who, along with three brothers, graduated from the University of Miami. Larry arrived at the University in 1980, later graduating Magna Cum Laude from the School of Architecture in 1985.

Date: April 9 | 5:30pm - 8pm

Reception: 5:30pm in Murphy

Lecture: 6:30pm Glasgow Hall

Spring Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo

Smart cities have evolved from a futuristic vision into a tangible reality, creating fundamental impact for people and the planet. From pilot projects that showcase innovative technologies to enduring infrastructure investments, smart city solutions align with urban challenges.This spring, we will delve into the critical aspects, strategies, and collaborative approaches required to foster sustainable transformations within city communities.

Date: April 14-16 

Location: San Antonio, TX

U-SoA Black and White Ball

Date: April 25, 2025

Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Annual International Conference

The Society of Architectural Historians invites you to experience Atlanta at its 78th Annual International Conference. Exchange knowledge, share ideas, build relationships, and network with hundreds of architectural and art historians, architects, preservationists, curators, and other professionals from around the world.

Date: April 30- May 4

Location: Atlanta, GA

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)  # 

Requesting all faculty to share their ORCID #. Please share with kxe273@miami.edu 

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Microhome | Competitions Archi
Registration Deadline: February 13, 2025

International Architecture Competition To Spark Climate Action | Design
Registration Deadline: March 3, 2025

Antepavilion | Antepavilion
Registration Deadline: March 14, 2025

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS & SUBMISSIONS

Public Awards for U (Cycle 2)
The OVPRS is providing a one-time relief funding opportunity as part of the Project Forward initiative, to  support faculty in making their research accessible to a broader audience by funding publications. Since  funding is limited, only publications with an impact factor of at least 4 will be funded this cycle.  
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025, 5:00 pm

Publications Award for U
The OVPRS is providing a one-time relief funding opportunity as part of the Project Forward initiative, to support faculty in making their research accessible to a broader audience by funding publications. Since funding is limited, only publications with an impact factor of at least 4 will be funded this cycle. 
Application Deadline: February 10, 2025 

2025-2026 University of Miami Fellowship in Arts & Humanities
The UM Fellowship in the Arts & Humanities was established to support faculty in the Arts and Humanities, with the goal of elevating both individual faculty careers and UM’s scholarly reputation. The UM Fellowship in the Arts & Humanities is intended to provide support for the startup of new projects as well as for the advancement of existing projects.
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025

Urban Studies: The Urbanization of Conflict and Conflict Urbanization”
Focus: Armed conflict, urbanization of conflict, and conflict-driven urbanization.
The Urbanisation of Conflict and Conflict Urbanisation aims to develop new theoretical and empirically grounded insights into how conflict is being shaped by the urban and, in turn, how the urban is being transformed by war. 
Application Deadline: February 28, 2025

2025 Best of Practice Awards | The Architect’s Newspaper
The award seeks out the best projects and Best of Products commends the objects and finishes used to build them, Best of Practice celebrates the companies that create our built environment, from architects to developers, fabricators, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, lighting designers, and others.
Early Bird Deadline: February 28, 2025
Submission Deadline: March 28, 2025

Reinterpreting Tradition: Contemporary Insights Towards Buttoned Houses’ Technique
This international competition aims to integrate the cultural heritage of Antalya's traditional construction technique, Buttoned Houses (Düğmeli Evler), with contemporary architectural practices.
Award: 3000€
Deadline: March 14, 2025

Inclusive Urbanism
From the challenges of gender-neutral public toilets to the unintended consequences of wheelchair-accessible housing, this edition critically examines how inclusivity in architecture and urbanism can succeed –or fall short. Submit your visionary project, sharp analyses, or bold reflections to help reimagine cities for all.
Deadline: March 31, 2025

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships 
The purpose of this program is to support individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients with time to conduct research or produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 
Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline: April 09, 2025

OPPORTUNITIES

ACSA Summer Communications Intern | Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture | Washington DC
Summer Intern to work remotely on social media and communications projects.
Application Deadline: February 7, 2025

Call for Applicants : Journal of Architectural Education
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) seeks a dynamic executive editor for the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), the leading scholarly publication about architectural education.
Application Deadline: February 26, 2025

City/Cité Summer Academy in Architecture and Urban Studies
An immersive six-week program in Paris for students in architecture and urban planning. This program, initiated in 2023 by Villa Albertine, the French Institute for culture and education  generously funded by Saint-Gobain, offers a unique opportunity for students to engage with the French architectural and urban landscape while gaining hands-on professional experience.
Program Dates: June 23 - August 1, 2025
Application Deadline: March 3, 2025

ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean Vision Awards
The Project of the Year Award recognizes outstanding achievements in real estate development or redevelopment in the Southeast Florida and Caribbean region that represent the highest standards of achievement in the industry and highlight innovation, transformational change, unique solutions, and above all responsibility in land use and development.
Nominations Due: March 7, 2025, 5:00 pm

EVENTS

Virtual NAAB Presentation
Date/Time: February 5, 2025, 12:00 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)

U-SoA Tecnoglass Lecture Series

• Sebastian Adamo | Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 pm
• Sara Zewde | Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 pm
• Frédéric Chartier & Pascale Dalix | Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 pm
• Marc Tsurumaki | Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 pm
• Dean el-Khoury, Rocco Ceo, Chris Meyer, Shawna Meyer, and Lily Wong | Wednesday, April 2,  2025, 5:30 - 8:00 pm

U-SoA Spring Salon Series 2025
Exploring Resilience through Public and Private Pathways: A Unified Approach to Adaptation
City of Miami Beach Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan Community Meeting
Date/Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Location: Miami Beach Botanical Garden, Banyan Room, 
Address: 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Click here for Directions & Parking

Research Resources Expo
Showcasing the research shared resources and core facilities across all the campuses of the University of Miami

• Miller School, Schoninger Research Quadrangle, 1035 NW 15th Street - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Coral Gables, Lakeside Village, 1280 Standford Drive - 10:00 am - 5:00 am 
• Rosenstiel, SLAB, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway - 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Denver Single-Stair Housing Challenge International Architecture Ideas Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 12/12/24

Peja Culture Pavilion International Architecture Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 12/11/24 

Mass Timber Student Design Competition | CTBUH
Registration Deadline: 12/15/24
>> Student Design Comp Branding - Poster Final

The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Annual International Architecture Competition | Arch Comp
Registration Deadline: 01/16/25

The Home of Shadows International Architecture Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 01/29/25

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS 

Spencer Foundation Large Research Grants on Education Program 
The purpose of this program is to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education.
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: January 14, 2025 

Teiger Foundation Annual Grant
The purpose of this program is to support US based, curator-led initiatives in contemporary visual art. This program supports group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, participatory and community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, live and virtual performance in the context of the visual arts, and as-yet-unknown curatorial forms involving contemporary visual art and artists. 
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Deadline: January 28, 2025

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) Native American Artist Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to advance the work of established and emerging Native American artists. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen existing talents.
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: January 15, 2025

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to support individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients with time to conduct research or produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 
Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline: April 09, 2025

23rd Annual South Florida Tri-University Conference | Hemispheric Dialogues: Advancing Research in the Americas
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for papers or posters that engage with issues of interest to the Americas, including the Caribbean, and their diasporas. Projects on a local level will receive the same consideration as those on an international, or continental scale.
Deadline: December 13, 2025

EVENTS

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (MOM) | ACC institution
The ACC Meeting of the Minds is an annual conference that celebrates undergraduate research and provides an opportunity to share innovative work. Each year, five outstanding undergraduate researchers (accompanied by a faculty/staff member) from each ACC university gather at a host university to present their research, learn from peers, and network among conference attendees. Date: January 20, 2025

Teaching Awards
The Office of the Provost invites you to nominate eligible faculty to be recognized for a prestigious Provost’s Teaching Award. 
Nominations Due: December 6, 2024

U-SoA 2025 Career Forum
January 30, 2025, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Lakeside Village Pavilion

Happy Holidays FROM THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE!

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS

Soundscapes! | NonA
Deadline: 12/01

Rethink Mumbai Flooding: Open Competition Thinking Hand NGO
Deadline: 11/30

Norman Foster Foundation / Kharkiv Freedom Square Revival
Deadline: 11/5

MICROHOME| Buildner
Deadline: Ongoing until 2025

Morocco Oasis retreat| Buildner|
Deadline: 11/14

The Runway at YZD Design Competition
Deadline: 11/22

CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PAPERS

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future | MPDI
Providing a floor for researchers, practicioners, and policymakers to present their latest finsings related to healthy and affordable zero-emission buildings and the near-future challenges facing cities and the construction industry. 
Deadline: February 25, 2025

Urban Climate Island Permanent Architecture
The aim of this call is to create a permanent urban climate island, which will be located around the lake in the Felipe VI Park on the terracing that forms a hexagonal square.
Deadline: November 29, 2024

Designing as Mother
The upcoming issue of The Site Magazine is interested in explorations that pertain to design for, or as experienced by youth, and/or through the lens of "mother".
Deadline: November 25, 2024

RESEARCH PRIZE

GDPC Research Grants on Urban Climate Resilience
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center offers grants for research projects focused on urban climate resilience in low- and middle-income countries. The research should contribute to policy, planning, and community action.

Open Access Funding | UM Libraries 
This guide provides information on open access publishing support provided by the University of Miami Libraries. The Libraries have established publishing agreements (some are pilot programs) which provide researchers with qualifying articles the possibility of APC funding.

2024 The Robert L. Wesley | SOM Foundation
The Robert L. Wesley Award is open to BIPOC students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States.
Deadline: November 11, 2024

EVENTS

AI Teaching Exchange
11/17 | 1:30-3:30 pm | The AI Teaching Exchange is a casual forum series for faculty of all experience levels and across departments to connect and exchange innovatice ideas on how to leverage AI tools to enhance teaching and learning here at the U.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curricuum 
Faculty Members are invited to join an online peer networking group to cover 10 key skills that support academic success, productivity, and well being. The videos are available to you at: https://www.ncfdd.org/webinars/24weeklymeet

(Remember to activate your free account at https://www.ncfdd.org/join under "Activate Your Institutional Membership Account", selecting University of Miami)

National Center for Faculty Revelopment and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum 
Sessions Remaining:

• 11/08 3pm-5pm - Healthy Conflict
• 11/15 3pm-5pm - Stress & Rejection Strategies
• 11/22 3pm-5pm - Conclusion & Reflection

Promotion and Advancement Information Session
November 18, 2024

ACROSS THE COMMUNITY & UM CAMPUSES

Food Pantry
The Canes Community Food Pantry is now open! Any student is welcome to pass by. The Canes Food Pantry works with various food banks and is funded by Canes alumni donations.

Teaching with AI
Seizing Opportunities and Navigating Challenges is an asynchronous self-paced course designed to equip faculty with essential knowledge and practical tools for integrating generative AI into educational settings.

U Student Start Up
USTAAR will select up to 20 student teams that will receive up to $10,000, mentorship and support to bring their ideas to real world.

USTAAR Ignitiing Innovation, Fostering Entrepreneurship

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu.

OPEN COMPETITIONS

Unbuilt Award 2024 | Buildners
Deadline: 10/30

Re-Draw 07 : The Line Competition | NonA
Deadline: 10/31

Living Ruins Competition | Competitions Archi
Deadline: 11/22

Soundscapes! | NonA
Deadline: 12/01

Rethink Mumbai Flooding: Open Competition Thinking Hand NGO
Deadline: 12/30

Tiny House Competition 2024 | Volume Zero Competitions
Deadline: 10/12

CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PAPERS

Architecture of Assembly| Designaddvance Call for Submission
Designaddvance 2024 invites you to reinvent multi-storeyed housing through the lens of Industrialized Construction (IC) and Prefabricated Components
Deadline: 10/07

Brick Education Prize | ACSA | Call for Proposal
The Brick in Architecture Education Prize features the most innovative and sustainable ways to design with clay brick
Deadline: 10/16

Conflict: Resolution | ACSA| Call for Papers/Posters
The Halifax, 2025 Teachers Conference focuses on rethinking the designer’s role, imagining new interdisciplinary interactions, and clarifying the social, political, and technological motivations for architectural pedagogy.
Deadline: 10/16

RESEARCH PRIZE

Advancing Toward a Water Secure Future SOM Foundation
Addressing the complex relationship between water, people, and the built environment, creating a sustainable, equitable, and water-secure future will require innovative and multidisciplinary ideas that shape long-term policies, define comprehensive plans, and identify immediate actions.
Deadline: 11/11

2024 The Robert L. Wesley | SOM Foundation
The Robert L. Wesley Award is open to BIPOC students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States.
Deadline: 11/11

Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty | ACSA
ACSA will offer eight conference travel grants to member school faculty who face obstacles to inclusion in architectural education. The grants will support qualified faculty seeking to attend the ACSA Administrators Conference, November 14-16, 2024, in Denver, or the 113th Annual Meeting, March 20-22, 2025, in New Orleans.
Deadline: 10/9

Publications Award for U
UM/OVPRS is providing a one-time relief funding opportunity as part of the Project Forward initiative, to support faculty in making their research accessible to a broader audience by funding publications.
Deadline: 10/31, 5 pm

EVENTS

Master of Architecture - Zoom Virtual Info Session
10/04 | 4 - 5 pm

U-SoA Town Hall
10/04 | 4 pm | Lakeside Village Pavillion

U-SoA Tecnoglass Lecture - Phu Hoang/ MODU Architecture
10/09 | 5:30 to 8 pm | Reception in Murphy at 5:30 pm & Lecture in Glasgow at 6:30 pm

Lunch with Laura
Lunch with Laura is a monthly discussion session with Laura Kozma, Associate Vice President for Research Administration.
10/17 | 12 to 1 pm

Evaluating the Grant Lifecycle: Faculty and Administrator Feedback Sessions:

• Contract Negotiation, Award Acceptance, and Account Setup
  10/02 | 4:30 to 5:30 pm (Zoom link)
• Award Management
  10/11 | 4 to 5 pm (Zoom link)
  10/15 | 9 to 10 am (Zoom link)
• Award Closeout
  10/16 | 4:30 to 5:30 pm (Zoom link)

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum
Faculty Members are invited to join an online peer networking group to cover 10 key skills that support academic success, productivity, and well being.

The videos are available to you at: https://www.ncfdd.org/webinars/24weeklymeet
(Remember to activate your free account at: https://www.ncfdd.org/join under Activate Your Institutional Membership Account, selecting University of Miami)

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum
Sessions Remaining:

• 10/04 | 3 to 5 pm - Academic Time Management
• 10/11 | 3 to 5 pm - Overcoming Resistance
• 10/18 | 3 to 5 pm - The Art of Saying No
• 10/25 | 3 to 5 pm - Mentorship & Networking
• 11/01 | 3 to 5 pm - Academic Perfectionism
• 11/08 | 3 to 5 pm - Healthy Conflict
• 11/15 | 3 to 5 pm - Stress & Rejection Strategies
• 11/22 | 3 to 5 pm - Conclusion & Reflection

ACROSS THE COMMUNITY & UM CAMPUSES

Food Pantry
The Canes Community Food Pantry is now open! Any student is welcome to pass by. The Canes Food Pantry works with various food banks and is funded by Canes alumni donations.

World Food Day
World Food Day is an international event promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Calendar of events:

• 10/18 | 5 to 6 pm - Food Garden 101
• 10/19 | 10 am to 12 pm - Tour of the Agro Eco Park

U Student Start Up
USTAAR will select up to 20 student teams that will receive up to $10,000, mentorship and support to bring their ideas to real world.

Fall 2024 Commencement
Last day to apply for Graduation is 10/11/24

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu.