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Research & Creative Newsletter | Highlights & Opportunities

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:


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.

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.

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