Other Scholarships
Other scholarship opportunities:
- LARCH Department Other Scholarships (not offered through the Department)
- CAED Scholarship Page
- Cal Poly Financial Aid Office - Cal Poly Scholarships
ASLA Scholarships
The American Society of Landscape Architecture publishes a listing of scholarships and fellowships for landscape architecture students, including both undergraduate and graduate opportunities.
To see this listing, go to ASLA's LA Students web page.
Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society
Sigma Lambda Alpha (SLA) Honor Society in Landscape Architecture recognizes and encourages scholarship in all aspects of education. SLA has created a travel grant program to support and enhance students' education. The purpose of the grant is to supplement the student's ability to travel to professional or educational meetings, travel to natural and built environments for independent research, or to offset the costs of field trips and study abroad where there is a proven research benefit demonstrated. Please contact SLA Advisor Miran Day for additional information and questions at miday@calpoly.edu.
Landscape Architecture Foundation Scholarships
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF), with its partners, in its scholarship program, partners with sponsors and organizations seeking to improve the environment through student support. According to the LAF, the financial support resulting from these partnerships includes multiple scholarship categories rewarding superior student performance or assisting those with unmet financial need.
For information, go to the Landscape Architecture Foundation's scholarships web page.
RRM Scholarship
This scholarship was given to one student with financial needs, 3.0 GPA, junior, senior with one year remaining, design excellence and professional promise. Eligibility for this scholarship will be available through your portal using the online application process.
National Garden Clubs Scholarship Program
The National Garden Clubs (NGC) offers approximately 35 college scholarships annually, each in the amount of $3,500. One-year scholarships are available to juniors, seniors, and graduate students pursuing a Master's Degree. Sophomores may make application for their junior year.
For more information, and to download the application guidelines, instructions, and forms, click here.
CT ASLA Chapter Karen Ann Shopis-Fox Memorial Scholarship
The Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects has announced the availability of the Karen Ann Shopis-Fox Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is funded in part with proceeds from the Chapter's annual golf outing, and is awarded to encourage awareness and education in the field of landscape architecture.
Scholarship applicants must be legal residents of the State of Connecticut and enrolled in an accredited landscape architecture or environmental education program at the college or university level.
AASHE Student Sustainability Leadership Awards
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education offers Student Sustainability Leadership Awards. These awards honor students and/or student teams from AASHE member institutions, including Cal Poly, who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in promoting campus sustainability.
For more information, go to the AASHE student awards web page.
Asian American Architects and Engineers Foundation Scholarships
Each year, the Asian American Architects and Engineers Foundation (AAa/e) offers scholarships to students pursuing careers in architecture (including landscape architecture), engineering, or construction. The Foundation is a branch of the Asian American Architects/Engineers Association of Southern California. The purpose of the scholarships is to provide encouragement and financial incentive for the students to excel in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, and construction. Please check updated information for deadline to apply and the application process.
Garden Club of America
Since 1928 when the Rome Prize Fellowship in Landscape Architecture was established, the Garden Club of America (GCA) has funded more than 1,200 scholars. Today the GCA offers 27 merit-based scholarships, fellowships and awards in the areas of horticulture and its related disciplines, botany, including medicinal and tropical, native bird habitat, conservation and ecological restoration, desert studies, landscape architecture, urban forestry, garden history and design, coastal wetlands, and pollinator research. To learn more, click here.
