Graduating students in all programs are eligible. This award is given to a graduating student for an outstanding essay, paper, or thesis on the history or theory of the built environment written for a class during their time enrolled at GSAPP. The writing submission must meet the following criteria:
- 3,000 to 6,500 words (including excerpts from theses)
- demonstrate independent and critical thinking
- exemplify excellence of writing in the student’s discipline
- must have been written for a class in which a paper was the main assignment
- must include the faculty’s grade and comments
- only one paper may be submitted by a nominated student
The deadline for faculty nominations is Thursday, April 17, 2025.
After this nomination deadline, nominated students will be directly contacted by the Awards Team to submit their nominated writing pieces; this deadline for submitting nominated writing pieces is Thursday, April 24, 2025 by 11:59 PM EDT.