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Thank you to everyone who contributed to support the av¸£ÀûÉç #Giving Tuesday campaign to establish the av¸£ÀûÉç IDEAS Research Fellowship. With your support, we raised $5,695, meeting the challenge offered by an av¸£ÀûÉç board member to match all gifts dollar-to-dollar up to $5,000.

With this $10,695 av¸£ÀûÉç will offer research fellowships aimed at increasing the representation of emerging scholars and graduate students of color in architectural history and expand research in topics such as race, gender, social and economic justice, inclusion, disability, and climate change, as they may intersect with the study of built environments, interiors, landscapes, and urbanism.

The av¸£ÀûÉç IDEAS Research Fellowships will grant recipients $1,000 each to assist with travel and accommodations to conduct research (when travel is possible), and fees and associated costs of research activities.

The av¸£ÀûÉç IDEAS Research Fellowships further the goal of av¸£ÀûÉç’s recently formed IDEAS Initiative (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accountability and Sustainability), to examine its status quo and implement activities for meaningful and sustainable change in all areas including membership, programs, publications, fellowships, awards, opportunities, advocacy, outreach, and every aspect of av¸£ÀûÉç’s work. The Fellowships are an extension of the work being done by av¸£ÀûÉç’s new Affiliate Groups—particularly the av¸£ÀûÉç Minority Scholars Affiliate Group, the av¸£ÀûÉç Race and Architectural History Affiliate Group, and the av¸£ÀûÉç Asian American & Diasporic Architectural History Affiliate Group—to encourage and promote the untapped potential of young scholars of color.

av¸£ÀûÉç will further support Fellowship recipients’ research by providing opportunities to publish their work in av¸£ÀûÉç resources such as av¸£ÀûÉç Archipedia, the av¸£ÀûÉçARA image archive, av¸£ÀûÉç Commons, the av¸£ÀûÉç Blog, and Jav¸£ÀûÉç Field Notes and Findings. av¸£ÀûÉç is committed to sustaining the IDEAS Research Fellowships on a permanent basis with annual funding to support the fellowship.

The av¸£ÀûÉç IDEAS Research Fellowship application guidelines and selection process will follow the process and timelines of other av¸£ÀûÉç fellowships. The first fellowships will be awarded in spring 2021.