Scholarships
If you wish to remember the AIA St. Louis Chapter Scholarship Fund in your will, please call the Chapter Office to discuss planned giving options.
AIA St. Louis Scholarship Fund offers several programs for scholarships, listed below.
Please call the Chapter office at 314-621-3484 with questions you might have regarding your availability for application. Please note that scholarship funding is available only for third year and above, and post graduate study, at an accredited school of architecture.
AIA St. Louis Scholarship trustees are:
Robert Winters, AIA (OWH, Inc.) Chair
John Berendzen, AIA (Fox Architects) Trustee
Grace Corbin, AIA (Christner, Inc.) Secretary
David Polzin, AIA (Cannon Design) Trustee
Rex Becker, FAIA Trustee Emeritus
The Ranft Scholarship
Named in honor of AIA St. Louis architect, Ralph Ranft, for students in fifth year of study
or graduate studies. Maximum awards are: Washington University $12,000; Drury College,
$6,500; University of Kansas, $6,500; Kansas State University, $6,500.00. Candidates must
be nominated by faculty member. Application deadline is February 15th of each year. Please
submit five (5) copies: application (see below), essay on career goals, three letters of
recommendation and current/complete transcript.
The Kassabaum Scholarship
Named in honor of AIA St. Louis architect, George E. Kassabaum, funded only for graduates of
Washington University. Deadline and application identical to Ranft process. Maximum awards
is $1,500.00.
The Wischmeyer Scholarship
Named in honor of AIA St. Louis architect, Kenneth E. Wischmeyer, funded for fourth and fifth
year students at the University of Kansas, Kansas State University and Drury College, on a
rotating basis. Deadline and application process identical to Ranft process. Maximum award
is $3,000.00.
The St. Louis Chapter Award
Offered to third, fourth and fifth year of undergraduate or graduate studies. Offered to St.
Louis metropolitan residents attending any accredited school of architecture. Deadline for
application is June 1st of each year, for the following school year; interviews in July.
Please submit five copies: application (see below), three letters of recommendation, and
complete/current transcript.
The Masonry Institute, Bricklayers Local No. 1 of MO & the Mason Contractors Association
Scholarship
Offered by the above cited organizations with cooperation of AIA St. Louis Scholarship Fund.
Requirements are the same as those for the St. Louis Chapter Award, with the exception that
eligibility is limited to students in the following Missouri counties: Lincoln, Crawford,
Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. Louis, St. Louis City and Warren.
Requirements: Five copies of the following must be submitted:
- AIA St. Louis scholarship application (see below)
- One (1) letter of recommendation
- Complete and current transcripts
Additional: Applicants are required to bring examples of their work to the interview and be prepared to discuss their work. Expensive reproduction techniques are not required.