2025-2026 Scholarship, Fellowship, and Grant Recipients

The Architecture and Design Foundation is excited to announce the recipients of its scholarships, fellowships, and grants for the 2025 – 2026 academic year. Now in its 41st year, the Architecture and Design Foundation awards a variety of academic scholarships, fellowships, and grants. These programs offer financial assistance for tuition, travel, and research projects, benefiting high school and college architecture students, as well as emerging and underrepresented professionals, and aim to make careers in architecture more accessible.

These recipients are:

  • Alba Tomas Martinez, AIA Northeast Texas Architecture and Design Scholarship
  • Kyle Dickens, Bill Millsap Fellowship: The Art of Landscape Architecture
  • Jennifer Rodriguez, CityLab High School Scholarship
  • Jerry Burgan, Abraham Moreno Garcia, & Jesus Martinez Ramirez, Dallas ISD Workforce Development Scholarship
  • Arianna Ramirez, Diversity In Architecture Scholarship
  • Mia Sagarnaga, DSGN Scholarship Towards an Equitable Architecture
  • Jermaine Jones, DSGN Scholarship Towards an Equitable Future
  • Anuja Pai, Assoc. AIA, Emerging Professionals: Path to Licensure Scholarship
  • Princess Blanton, HKS Equitable Design Scholarship
  • Alan Avila, Latinos In Architecture Scholarship
  • Kaitlyn Dacpano & Victor Almaraz, OMNIPLAN / Hamilton & Harrell Scholarship
  • Brandon Silva, Skyline Architecture Cluster Scholarship
  • Caleb Mancillas, Mary Kolb Berglund Traveling Fellowship
  • Victoria Wong, McDermott Traveling Fellowship
  • Charlie Padilla Merlo, Pat Yates Spillman Scholarship
  • Sebastian Morales, Peter Goldstein Founder’s Scholarship
  • Caroline Griffis, Virginia Savage McAlester Preservation Fellowship
  • Amanda Adler, AIA & Margarita Aguirre, Assoc. AIA, Women in Architecture Professional Development Fund

A breakfast event at the AD EX will be held on Friday, May 9th to celebrate these recipients. The Architecture and Design Foundation is proud to support these individuals. Applications for the 2026 – 2027 Architecture and Design Foundation scholarships, fellowships, and grants will open in October of 2025.

Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants

The Architecture and Design Foundation awards a variety of scholarships and travel/research fellowships to support high school and college architecture students, as well as emerging professionals and women in architecture.
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For more information about Architecture and Design Foundation Scholarships, Fellowships, & Grants, visit this webpage or contact us at info@dallasadex.org!
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