Amount: $10,000.

About:
The SOM Foundation created the Robert L. Wesley Award in 2020 to honor its first Black partner. Each year, the foundation awards $10,000 to three BIPOC undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States, in addition to a year-long mentorship program that connects the students with leading BIPOC practitioners and educators. Applicants must be enrolled in a four- or five-year undergraduate program but can be enrolled in any year of their undergraduate program. Applications open in September each year.

Eligible Grade Levels: College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Eligible Majors: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering

Residency Requirement: No residency requirement

Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement

Deadline: Applications open in September 2025.

Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.