Research & Creative Newsletter | School of Architecture | University of Miami

OPEN COMPETITIONS 

Denver Single-Stair Housing Challenge International Architecture Ideas Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 12/12/24

Peja Culture Pavilion International Architecture Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 12/11/24 

Mass Timber Student Design Competition | CTBUH
Registration Deadline: 12/15/24
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The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Annual International Architecture Competition | Arch Comp
Registration Deadline: 01/16/25

The Home of Shadows International Architecture Competition | Buildner
Registration Deadline: 01/29/25

GRANTS / CALL FOR PAPERS 

Spencer Foundation Large Research Grants on Education Program 
The purpose of this program is to support education research projects that will contribute to the improvement of education.
Award Ceiling: $500,000
Deadline: January 14, 2025 

Teiger Foundation Annual Grant
The purpose of this program is to support US based, curator-led initiatives in contemporary visual art. This program supports group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, participatory and community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, live and virtual performance in the context of the visual arts, and as-yet-unknown curatorial forms involving contemporary visual art and artists. 
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Deadline: January 28, 2025

The School for Advanced Research (SAR) Native American Artist Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to advance the work of established and emerging Native American artists. These fellowships provide time for artists to explore new avenues of creativity, grapple with new ideas to further advance their work, and strengthen existing talents.
Award Ceiling: N/A
Deadline: January 15, 2025

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships
The purpose of this program is to support individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional humanistic research, rigorous analysis, and clear writing. Fellowships provide recipients with time to conduct research or produce books, monographs, peer-reviewed articles, e-books, digital materials, translations with annotations or a critical apparatus, or critical editions resulting from previous research. 
Award Ceiling: $60,000
Deadline: April 09, 2025

23rd Annual South Florida Tri-University Conference | Hemispheric Dialogues: Advancing Research in the Americas
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts for papers or posters that engage with issues of interest to the Americas, including the Caribbean, and their diasporas. Projects on a local level will receive the same consideration as those on an international, or continental scale.
Deadline: December 13, 2025

EVENTS

The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds (MOM) | ACC institution
The ACC Meeting of the Minds is an annual conference that celebrates undergraduate research and provides an opportunity to share innovative work. Each year, five outstanding undergraduate researchers (accompanied by a faculty/staff member) from each ACC university gather at a host university to present their research, learn from peers, and network among conference attendees. Date: January 20, 2025

Teaching Awards
The Office of the Provost invites you to nominate eligible faculty to be recognized for a prestigious Provost’s Teaching Award. 
Nominations Due: December 6, 2024

U-SoA 2025 Career Forum
January 30, 2025, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Lakeside Village Pavilion

Happy Holidays FROM THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE!

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication with us, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu 

OPEN COMPETITIONS

Soundscapes! | NonA
Deadline: 12/01

Rethink Mumbai Flooding: Open Competition Thinking Hand NGO
Deadline: 11/30

Norman Foster Foundation / Kharkiv Freedom Square Revival
Deadline: 11/5

MICROHOME| Buildner
Deadline: Ongoing until 2025

Morocco Oasis retreat| Buildner|
Deadline: 11/14

The Runway at YZD Design Competition
Deadline: 11/22

CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PAPERS

Healthy and Affordable Zero-Emission Buildings: A Challenge for the Near Future | MPDI
Providing a floor for researchers, practicioners, and policymakers to present their latest finsings related to healthy and affordable zero-emission buildings and the near-future challenges facing cities and the construction industry. 
Deadline: February 25, 2025

Urban Climate Island Permanent Architecture
The aim of this call is to create a permanent urban climate island, which will be located around the lake in the Felipe VI Park on the terracing that forms a hexagonal square.
Deadline: November 29, 2024

Designing as Mother
The upcoming issue of The Site Magazine is interested in explorations that pertain to design for, or as experienced by youth, and/or through the lens of "mother".
Deadline: November 25, 2024

RESEARCH PRIZE

GDPC Research Grants on Urban Climate Resilience
The Global Disaster Preparedness Center offers grants for research projects focused on urban climate resilience in low- and middle-income countries. The research should contribute to policy, planning, and community action.

Open Access Funding | UM Libraries 
This guide provides information on open access publishing support provided by the University of Miami Libraries. The Libraries have established publishing agreements (some are pilot programs) which provide researchers with qualifying articles the possibility of APC funding.

2024 The Robert L. Wesley | SOM Foundation
The Robert L. Wesley Award is open to BIPOC students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States.
Deadline: November 11, 2024

EVENTS

AI Teaching Exchange
11/17 | 1:30-3:30 pm | The AI Teaching Exchange is a casual forum series for faculty of all experience levels and across departments to connect and exchange innovatice ideas on how to leverage AI tools to enhance teaching and learning here at the U.

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curricuum 
Faculty Members are invited to join an online peer networking group to cover 10 key skills that support academic success, productivity, and well being. The videos are available to you at: https://www.ncfdd.org/webinars/24weeklymeet

(Remember to activate your free account at https://www.ncfdd.org/join under "Activate Your Institutional Membership Account", selecting University of Miami)

National Center for Faculty Revelopment and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum 
Sessions Remaining:

• 11/08 3pm-5pm - Healthy Conflict
• 11/15 3pm-5pm - Stress & Rejection Strategies
• 11/22 3pm-5pm - Conclusion & Reflection

Promotion and Advancement Information Session
November 18, 2024

ACROSS THE COMMUNITY & UM CAMPUSES

Food Pantry
The Canes Community Food Pantry is now open! Any student is welcome to pass by. The Canes Food Pantry works with various food banks and is funded by Canes alumni donations.

Teaching with AI
Seizing Opportunities and Navigating Challenges is an asynchronous self-paced course designed to equip faculty with essential knowledge and practical tools for integrating generative AI into educational settings.

U Student Start Up
USTAAR will select up to 20 student teams that will receive up to $10,000, mentorship and support to bring their ideas to real world.

USTAAR Ignitiing Innovation, Fostering Entrepreneurship

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu.

OPEN COMPETITIONS

Unbuilt Award 2024 | Buildners
Deadline: 10/30

Re-Draw 07 : The Line Competition | NonA
Deadline: 10/31

Living Ruins Competition | Competitions Archi
Deadline: 11/22

Soundscapes! | NonA
Deadline: 12/01

Rethink Mumbai Flooding: Open Competition Thinking Hand NGO
Deadline: 12/30

Tiny House Competition 2024 | Volume Zero Competitions
Deadline: 10/12

CALL FOR PROPOSALS/PAPERS

Architecture of Assembly| Designaddvance Call for Submission
Designaddvance 2024 invites you to reinvent multi-storeyed housing through the lens of Industrialized Construction (IC) and Prefabricated Components
Deadline: 10/07

Brick Education Prize | ACSA | Call for Proposal
The Brick in Architecture Education Prize features the most innovative and sustainable ways to design with clay brick
Deadline: 10/16

Conflict: Resolution | ACSA| Call for Papers/Posters
The Halifax, 2025 Teachers Conference focuses on rethinking the designer’s role, imagining new interdisciplinary interactions, and clarifying the social, political, and technological motivations for architectural pedagogy.
Deadline: 10/16

RESEARCH PRIZE

Advancing Toward a Water Secure Future SOM Foundation
Addressing the complex relationship between water, people, and the built environment, creating a sustainable, equitable, and water-secure future will require innovative and multidisciplinary ideas that shape long-term policies, define comprehensive plans, and identify immediate actions.
Deadline: 11/11

2024 The Robert L. Wesley | SOM Foundation
The Robert L. Wesley Award is open to BIPOC students enrolled in an accredited architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, urban design, or engineering undergraduate program in the United States.
Deadline: 11/11

Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty | ACSA
ACSA will offer eight conference travel grants to member school faculty who face obstacles to inclusion in architectural education. The grants will support qualified faculty seeking to attend the ACSA Administrators Conference, November 14-16, 2024, in Denver, or the 113th Annual Meeting, March 20-22, 2025, in New Orleans.
Deadline: 10/9

Publications Award for U
UM/OVPRS is providing a one-time relief funding opportunity as part of the Project Forward initiative, to support faculty in making their research accessible to a broader audience by funding publications.
Deadline: 10/31, 5 pm

EVENTS

Master of Architecture - Zoom Virtual Info Session
10/04 | 4 - 5 pm

U-SoA Town Hall
10/04 | 4 pm | Lakeside Village Pavillion

U-SoA Tecnoglass Lecture - Phu Hoang/ MODU Architecture
10/09 | 5:30 to 8 pm | Reception in Murphy at 5:30 pm & Lecture in Glasgow at 6:30 pm

Lunch with Laura
Lunch with Laura is a monthly discussion session with Laura Kozma, Associate Vice President for Research Administration.
10/17 | 12 to 1 pm

Evaluating the Grant Lifecycle: Faculty and Administrator Feedback Sessions:

• Contract Negotiation, Award Acceptance, and Account Setup
  10/02 | 4:30 to 5:30 pm (Zoom link)
• Award Management
  10/11 | 4 to 5 pm (Zoom link)
  10/15 | 9 to 10 am (Zoom link)
• Award Closeout
  10/16 | 4:30 to 5:30 pm (Zoom link)

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum
Faculty Members are invited to join an online peer networking group to cover 10 key skills that support academic success, productivity, and well being.

The videos are available to you at: https://www.ncfdd.org/webinars/24weeklymeet
(Remember to activate your free account at: https://www.ncfdd.org/join under Activate Your Institutional Membership Account, selecting University of Miami)

National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Core Curriculum
Sessions Remaining:

• 10/04 | 3 to 5 pm - Academic Time Management
• 10/11 | 3 to 5 pm - Overcoming Resistance
• 10/18 | 3 to 5 pm - The Art of Saying No
• 10/25 | 3 to 5 pm - Mentorship & Networking
• 11/01 | 3 to 5 pm - Academic Perfectionism
• 11/08 | 3 to 5 pm - Healthy Conflict
• 11/15 | 3 to 5 pm - Stress & Rejection Strategies
• 11/22 | 3 to 5 pm - Conclusion & Reflection

ACROSS THE COMMUNITY & UM CAMPUSES

Food Pantry
The Canes Community Food Pantry is now open! Any student is welcome to pass by. The Canes Food Pantry works with various food banks and is funded by Canes alumni donations.

World Food Day
World Food Day is an international event promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Calendar of events:

• 10/18 | 5 to 6 pm - Food Garden 101
• 10/19 | 10 am to 12 pm - Tour of the Agro Eco Park

U Student Start Up
USTAAR will select up to 20 student teams that will receive up to $10,000, mentorship and support to bring their ideas to real world.

Fall 2024 Commencement
Last day to apply for Graduation is 10/11/24

To send an article, paper, or share an award or publication, kindly email us at: kxe273@miami.edu.