Advanced Studies

Advanced Studies Financial AId


Established in 2009 by His Highness The Aga Khan, the fellowship supports GSD students in the Doctor of Design Studies or Doctor of Philosophy programs whose area of study is Islamic art and architecture.

Established in 2010 by Lawrence H. Curtis (MAUD ’83) and Marla Curtis, the fellowship provides financial aid for GSD students in the Doctor of Design Studies or Doctor of Philosophy programs whose area of study is related to urban planning.

Established in 2014 by Elizabeth Kay Schodek in memory of her husband, Professor Daniel L. Schodek, the fellowship provides financial aid for incoming GSD students to the Doctor of Design program whose area of study is technology.

Established in 2021 by Kongjian Yu (DDes ’95), the fellowship provides financial aid for doctoral-level GSD students studying landscape architecture, with a preference for students who have studied at Peking University and/or are from countries, regions, or climates that are underrepresented in the GSD’s doctoral programs, including but not limited to the regions of Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and Africa.