We are pleased to announce the fourteenth annual RAMSA Fellowship, a $15,000 prize awarded by RAMSA | Robert A.M. Stern Architects to support travel and research.

The fellowship promotes investigations into how tradition can inform invention—a theme central to our firm’s work. It is given to individuals who demonstrate insight into the profession and its future, as well as the ability to conduct in-depth research. Recent recipients have traveled to China, Egypt, Italy, Malaysia, and Morocco, studying topics ranging from the construction of mudbrick houses in Aswan to the rehabilitation of tuna fisheries in Sicily.

Fellows travel during the summer and present their research to RAMSA staff the following spring. The fellowship also offers an optional residency program, providing an additional stipend for participants to spend two weeks in New York City—before or after their fellowship travel—working from RAMSA’s office to refine their research with the support of our staff and resources.

Students in the penultimate year of a graduate-level degree program in architecture or a related discipline at a NAAB-accredited school are eligible to apply, and there is no limit to the number of applicants from each school.

Submission information and application materials are available at ramsa.com/fellowship. Complete applications include a research proposal, a portfolio, and registration forms signed by a school dean or department chair to verify enrollment. Applications are due March 25, 2026, and the jury will announce the winner in May.

To learn more about the fellowship, please read a roundtable discussion with the jury on RAMSA Storyboard—“A Discussion About Travel, Research, and the RAMSA Fellowship.”