Fellowships, Prizes & Travel Programs
Over the years, numerous donors have established endowed awards and traveling fellowships at Harvard University and at the Graduate School of Design. GSD Fellowships, Prizes, Travel Programs (Complete List)
Of them, the following prizes are administered by the Department of Landscape Architecture of the Graduate School of Design.
Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship in Landscape Architecture
Established in 1914 by a gift to honor Harvard alumnus Charles Eliot, this traveling fellowship may be awarded annually on recommendation by the faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture to a GSD graduate who has received the Master in Landscape Architecture degree within three years of the date of the award. It is the highest honor the department can bestow on its graduates.
Prizes and awards presented annually to enrolled students include:
American Society of Landscape Architects Awards
On nomination by the faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture, the ASLA awards a Certificate of Honor and a Certificate of Merit to students enrolled in the Master in Landscape Architecture program who have "demonstrated a high degree of academic scholarship and of accomplishment in skills related to the art and technology of landscape architecture."
Norman T. Newton Prize
In 1992, Mrs. Norman T. Newton created a fund in memory of her late husband, Norman T. Newton, professor emeritus of the GSD, for an annual prize to be awarded to a graduating landscape architecture student whose work best exemplifies achievement in design expression as realized in any medium.
Janet Darling Webel Prizes
In 1967, Richard K. Webel established funds for prizes to be awarded to returning students of landscape architecture who demonstrate special achievement in design. These prizes are made in memory of landscape architect Janet Darling Webel.
Jacob Weidenman Prize
This prize may be awarded annually to the landscape architecture student who has shown outstanding ability and talent in design. It was established by a bequest from the daughter of Jacob Weidenman, who devoted himself between 1829 and 1893 to the study and practice of landscape architecture.
Penny White Student Projects Fund
This grant program was established by her family in 1976 to "help carry forward Penny's ideal of a culture which emphasizes a close relationship between people and nature in a cohesive living environment." Several grants are offered, up to three times annually, for submitted projects.