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IDECF Graduate Scholar Award

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 18, 2023 MIDNIGHT (PST)

PURPOSE

The purpose of this scholarship is to provide registration and travel funding to the IDEC Annual Conference for interior design graduate students who desire to become interior design educators. The 2024 Foundation Graduate Scholars will be mentored by esteemed leaders in interior design education.

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Amount

Each scholarship will be $1000 for graduate scholars who are attending the Annual IDEC Conference in 2024. Up to five scholarship recipients will be selected and informed by Friday November 17, 2023.

Eligibility

Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate program emphasizing interior design. Full-time educators are not eligible.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

This is a blind-review process. Please do not include any identifying information in your response to the question.

Application: Online application form.

Transcript: A current unofficial transcript of graduate coursework only.

Response: Your response to the question, “What has drawn you to the interior design education profession?” (250-word maximum; must be word processed).

If any of the requested information is not included, the application shall be rejected without review. Any inclusions other than those requested shall be eliminated from the application.

Criteria

Commitment to teaching interior design as demonstrated by the response to the question and the quality of the response to the question.

WINNER OBLIGATIONS

I understand that I will be required to:

  • Participate in two (2) leadership video conferences prior to the Conference;
  • Attend and participate in all IDEC Conference activities; and
  • Submit the Post-Conference Report form and a photographic portrait, to be received no later than one month after the IDEC Conference.

QUESTIONS?

Contact the IDEC Grants & Awards Chair with any questions:

Isabella Trinidade
Rochester Institute of Technology
ixtfaa@rit.edu

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