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Funding schemes

As part of the RIBA’s investment in supporting Architecture students and academics, we are now calling for applications to a number of scholarships

RIBA Education Fund – to support students in financial hardship at Parts 1 and 2 all year round.

RIBA Part 2 Scholarships – a new funding scheme to support students enrolled in, or about to start Part 2 in 2012/13.

RIBA Walter Parker Bursaries – to support graduates undertaking stage 1 and stage 2 professional experience

RIBA Aedas Stephen Williams Scholarship – one scholarship worth £5,000 to support one student for a year as part of an academic Masters course or Part 2 in the UK or abroad

RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship – a £6,000 scholarship to fund international research on topics and in locations of the student's choosing. Each school with RIBA-validated courses can submit one application only.

Watch this space for news of the RIBA Research Trust Awards for independent research related to architecture and LKE Ozolins Studentship for PhD funding. Details to be announced in March.

President’s Medals

We will launch the call for entries for the 2012 awards in a couple of months. Meanwhile, after being displayed for two months in London, the 2011 exhibition is now in Newcastle (until 15 February). Other locations confirmed for 2012 include Leicester and Liverpool (in the UK), Dublin (Ireland), and Suzhou (near Shanghai, China). Plans for Australia, Brazil, Romania, Turkey, Mexico, and UAE are also underway. For more information, visit the President’s Medals website.

Awards for Research

We are now welcoming entries for the 2012 RIBA President's Awards for Research in the following four categories:

• Masters Thesis
• PhD Thesis
• University-located Research
• Professional Practice-located Research

Useful events

The RIBA CPD team are delivering a popular series of events on BIM and financial management for architects throughout the UK in 2012 with reduced rates for students. Those who attended have given us very positive feedback.

Tuesday Lates at the RIBA

As part of our Tuesday Lates initiative, when the RIBA HQ at 66 Portland Place is open every Tuesday evening until 10pm, from April onwards we will be organising a series of FREE evening talks by academics and architects who are undertaking research funded by the RIBA. Drop in and make the most of a visit to the RIBA.

Filmed lectures

If you missed a lecture at the RIBA, you can view them on our website. In addition to talks by speakers such as David Chipperfield, Norman Foster, Edouard François, Jan Gehl, Jaime Lerner, and Kevin McCloud, you can watch debates on architectural education, architecture and law, climate change, etc.

FREE student membership

The RIBA continues to offer FREE student membership to students of Architecture enrolled in courses validated by the RIBA at Parts 1 and 2. Joining is very easy and done online.

Associate membership – new benefits

The RIBA has developed a package of new benefits for Associate Members (post-Part 2) designed to assist with graduates’ first steps into the profession. Visit http://connect.architecture.com/ to find out more.

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