2025 LPA Diversity in Design Scholarship Program

LPA, Inc. has established a scholarship program to champion the design professions among students from underrepresented demographics. We believe diversity and inclusion are essential to innovation, belonging, and representation. To that end, we aim to foster a culture where students feel that anything is possible regardless of their starting point. We want to grow, support, and mentor the recipients to attain their professional degree and advance the diversity of architecture and engineering disciplines that serve our communities and contribute to the built environment. We are looking for students who have an interest in pursuing careers that shape the built environment where people live, work, learn, and play.

The program is administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships, and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineMay 21, 2025
• Value$5,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorScholarship America
• Course to studyStructural Engineering , Architectural Engineering , Building Science , Interior Architecture/Design , Landscape Architecture

Benefits

If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $5,000 award. Up to five (5) awards will be granted. Awards are renewable up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree or for four years or until a Bachelor of Architecture (BARCH) degree* is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and continued enrollment at a NAAB, LAAB, ABET, CIDA and NASAD institution and pursing an eligible major.

Requirements

Applicants to the LPA Diversity in Design Scholarship Program must:

• Be high school seniors in states California and Texas.
• Have been accepted in a full-time undergraduate study at an accredited NAAB, LAAB, ABET, CIDA, NASAD, four or five-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year.
• Be pursuing a degree in one of the following majors associated with the building and design industry: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture/Design, Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Building Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related degree
• Be a student who has overcome significant challenges in their academic pursuit and/or belong to a group historically underrecognized or marginalized within the building and design industry.
• Be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Interview Dates and Process

Finalists are selected on the basis of:

• Academic record
• Demonstrated leadership and participation in school and community activities
• Work experience
•  A statement of educational and career goals and objectives
• Unusual personal or family circumstances
• An online recommendation.

Application Deadline

May 21, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Scholarship America on start.scholarsapply.org to apply

For more details, visit Scholarship America webpage