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Sandy Hirshen Prize

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS
AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS + FELLOWSHIPS

The Sandy Hirshen Prize is offered annually to an architecture graduate student whose interests and activities are linked to socially responsible architecture. Recipients to be chosen by architecture thesis faculty. Prize amount awarded to 1-2 recipients.

Application Deadline

Nominative only

Award Quantity/Amount

$1000

Eligibility

Full–time (i.e. enrolled at least one full semester during the current year) CED Architecture graduate student.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Please submit the following materials as a single PDF upload using the Online Registration and Eligibility Form by the deadline:

  1. Statement of Purpose (1-page maximum) that makes the case of one’s direction being linked to a socially responsible architecture.
  2. Portfolio of supporting materials (10 pages maximum). Applicants might include letters of recommendation, and a portfolio of recent academic and extracurricular projects that reflect the purpose of the prize (e.g., a Habitat for Humanity project).
  3. Unofficial transcript. A screenshot or PDF-print from CalCentral is sufficient.

Please note: Federal financial aid regulations require that all awards received by a student cannot exceed their financial aid need as determined by a congressional formula. It is possible, therefore, that the cash award for a Prize could reduce some component of a needy student’s package of financial aid awards. In these cases, the Financial Aid Office attempts first to reduce loan or work aid; fellowships, grants or scholarships are only reduced as a last resort. Regardless of your financial aid situation, the IRS views fellowships, grants or scholarships that are not directly applied to tuition or other educational expenses as taxable income.

FUND BACKGROUND

Throughout his 30-year career as a design professional and educator, the late Professor Emeritus of Architecture Sanford Hirshen was an advocate for socially responsible architecture. His practice, Hirshen Trumbo & Associates, completed numerous projects that reflect this philosophy. Best known for his early work in migrant community housing, and his later efforts in community design, Hirshen’s architectural projects included public housing, child development and education facilities, parks and playgrounds, health facilities, product design, architectural research, and international projects around the world. He was a fellow of both the AIA and the Royal Canadian Institute of Architects.

Professor Emeritus Hirshen established the Hirshen Prize upon his retirement from CED to recognize CED students and their achievements in practicing socially responsible architecture.

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