The RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship 2011

Background and Aims

The RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship was established in 2006

following a donation by Lord Foster.

In November 2006, Lord Foster wrote:

“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 my privilege to fund 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.”

In 2011 one travelling scholarship of £6,000 will be awarded to one student

chosen from over 100 schools of architecture worldwide with RIBA-validated
courses.

The scholarship will fund international research on a topic and at locations of the
student’s choosing. The topic of the research should however, relate to the
survival of our cities and towns and fall under one of the following themes:
• learning from the past to inform the future
• the future of society
• density of settlements
• sustainability
• use of resources
• quality of urban life
• transport

Upon the completion of the travel the student will present their research in a
report (graphic, photographic or written), which will subsequently be displayed
during the RIBA President’s Medals Student Award exhibition at the RIBA in
London in December 2011.

Eligibility

Eligible students:
• must be enrolled in a school of Architecture with RIBA-validated degree
programmes AND
• must have successfully completed at least the first year of a Part 1 degree.
A list of schools of architecture with RIBA validation is available in the
Appendix. Each school can submit one application produced by one student.
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 Selection criteria & process

Criteria
The awarded student must demonstrate the potential for outstanding
achievement and original thinking on issues relating to the survival and the future
of our cities and towns.

Submissions will be judged by the panel consisting of:

• Lord Foster
• The President of the RIBA
• Two members of Foster + Partners
• One judge invited by Lord Foster
• One judge invited by the President of the RIBA

How to apply

Each school with RIBA-validated degree courses is invited to submit one

application for the scholarship from one of its students detailing their proposed
use of the scholarship. Each school chooses its own method of selecting its
student but the completed application form must be signed by the Head of
School (please see section D of the application form.)

A complete submission includes:

- one A1 ‘poster’ presented as a pdf file detailing the proposal (topic, objective,
locations) and
- one application form signed by the student AND the Head of School.
Submissions containing an application form which is not signed by the Head of
School will NOT be accepted.

Information on how to submit the poster and the application form can be
obtained by e-mailing: scholarship@fosterandpartners.com.
N.B. Copies of all submissions will be archived in the RIBA British Architectural
Library.

Important dates

Deadline for submitting complete applications is 1 March 2011.

The successful applicant will be announced in April/May 2011.
It is recommended that travelling be carried out between June and October
2011.

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Application Form

Please ensure that:

the application form is signed by the Head of School (see section D of this form)

the description of the project is typed and inserted into section B of this form.

Internal Reference No: NF 11 ― Date received:

A. Personal Details
Title Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms etc:

Full name:

Correspondence Address:

Email: Tel No:

School of Architecture: Year of study:

B. Description of project
This section is for you to provide a summary of your project in no more than 200 words.
Please state the title of your proposed travel project, the period in which you would travel,
where you intend to travel and the aims. The text must by typed and inserted into section B.

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 C. Anticipated costs of project
Category Amount Description
Travel £

Accommodation £

Equipment £

Administrative £
costs

Other expenses £

TOTAL £

If the total cost of the project amounts to more than £6,000, please state here how you
intend to finance expenses exceeding the Scholarship provision:

D. Declaration
Student applicant:
The information provided is, to the best of my knowledge, correct in every respect.

Full name Signature

Date

Head of School:
This application is fully supported by the School of Architecture and is our sole application.

Full name Signature

Date
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Appendix – schools of architecture with courses validated by the RIBA or with
candidate courses for RIBA validation
Argentina
University of Belgrano
University of Mendoza
University of Palermo
Australia
Curtin University of Technology
Deakin University
Queensland University of Technology
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
University of Adelaide
University of Canberra
University of Melbourne
University of New South Wales
University of Newcastle
University of Queensland
University of South Australia
University of Sydney
University of Tasmania
University of Technology, New South Wales
University of Western Australia
Bulgaria
University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia
Chile
Central University Santiago
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago
University of Chile, Santiago
University of La Serena
University of Talca
University of the Bio Bio
University of Valparaiso
China
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong
Colombia
Catholic University of Colombia, Bogota
National University of Colombia, Medellin
Pontifical University of Bolivariana
Pontificial University of Javeriana
University of Piloto
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 Egypt
Arab Academy of Science & Technology - Alexandria
Arab Academy of Science & Technology - Cairo

Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi

India
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Technology & Environmental Studies
Rizvi College of Architecture, Mumbai

Ireland
University College Dublin
Sligo Institute of Technology

Jamaica
University of Technology, Kingston

Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi
University of Nairobi

Malaysia
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
University Teknologi (MARA) (UiTM)

New Zealand
University of Auckland
UNITEC Institute of Technology
Victoria University of Wellington

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Peru
Universidad Nacional de Piura (UNP)
Universidad Nacional de Ingeneria (UNI) Lima

Poland
Cracow University of Technology

Romania
"Ion Mincu" Institute of Architecture and Urbanism, Bucharest
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South Africa
Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town
Johannesburg University of Technology
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth
University of Cape Town
Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
University of Pretoria
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
University of the Witwatersrand
South Korea
The Korean National University of the Arts, Seoul
Sri Lanka
University of Moratuwa
City School of Architecture, Colombo
United Kingdom
Architectural Association
Arts University College at Bournemouth
Bartlett School of Architecture - UCL
Birmingham City University
Cardiff University
De Montfort University
Glasgow School of Art
Kingston University
Leeds Metropolitan University
Liverpool John Moores University
London Metropolitan University
London South Bank University
Northumbria University
Nottingham Trent University
Oxford Brookes University
Royal College of Art
Sheffield Hallam University
Queen's University of Belfast
Robert Gordon University
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Edinburgh College of Art
University of Liverpool
University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University
University of Sheffield
University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury School of Architecture
University of Bath
University of Brighton
University of Cambridge
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 University of Dundee
University of East London
University of Greenwich
University of Huddersfield
University of Kent
University of Lincoln
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
University of Nottingham
University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth
University of Strathclyde
Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London
University of the West of England
University of Ulster
University of Westminster

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