Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship

Eligibility

Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship, with an application deadline in February, offers one award in the amount of $5000.

Description

The purpose of the Steven G. King Play Environments Scholarship is to recognize a student who has high potential in the design of play environments. This student must show an interest in the value of integrating playgrounds into parks, schools, and other play environments and understand the significant social and educational value of play. Key qualities in the student receiving the scholarship are creativity, openness to innovation, and a demonstrated interest in park and playground planning. Eligible applicants are landscape architecture students with a demonstrated interest and aptitude in the design of play environments. They must be master's students or undergraduates in their final two years of study and enrolled in an LAAB- or LAAC-accredited program at a university in the U.S. or Canada. Two letters of recommendation are required and a maximum of three work samples may be submitted. Letters of recommendation should be from current professors familiar with the applicant's demonstrated interest in park and playground planning, creativity, and openness to innovation. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact the Landscape Architecture Foundation for more information.