LPA, Inc. has established a scholarship program to champion the design professions among students from underrepresented demographics. We believe diversity and inclusion are essential to innovation, belonging, and representation. To that end, we aim to foster a culture where students feel that anything is possible regardless of their starting point. We want to grow, support, and mentor the recipients to attain their professional degree and advance the diversity of architecture and engineering disciplines that serve our communities and contribute to the built environment. We are looking for students who have an interest in pursuing careers that shape the built environment where people live, work, learn, and play.
The program is administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships, and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Scholarship Brief Details:
- Host Country: California, Texas
- Level of Study: Bachelor
- Institution(s): Current Academic Year
- Coverage: Full funded
- Eligibility: California, Texas
- Time Period: Full-time
- Program Duration: Four-Year University
- Deadline: May 21, 2025 03:00 PM CDT
Scholarship Requirements
an up-to-date, comprehensive grade transcript. Grade reports are not accepted. The student’s name must appear on transcripts.
- Name of school Grades
- Each course’s credit hours and the term in which it was taken are listed.
Please take note that you will need to upload an official copy of your SAT or ACT test results separately if they are not on your high school transcript. Those scores are not necessary if you are uploading a transcript from college.
The deadline for submitting one online recommendation form on your behalf is May 26, 2025, at 3:00 PM Central Time.
Without the electronic submission of all necessary materials, your application is incomplete.
Scholarship Benefits and Awards
The kid will get a $5,000 scholarship if they are chosen as a recipient. A maximum of five (5) prizes will be given out. According to satisfactory academic performance, maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, continuing enrollment at an NAAB, LAAB, ABET, CIDA, and NASAD institution, and pursuing an eligible major, awards are renewable for a maximum of three years or until a bachelor’s degree or for four years or until a Bachelor of Architecture (BARCH) degree* is earned, either of which comes first.
Upon sponsor evaluation, awards for legitimate five-year undergraduate programs may be extended for a fourth year.
One of the following questions must be answered by renewal students:
- What makes you want to use built environment design to combat climate change?
- How might you intentionally alter lives?
Responses to student essays will be forwarded to the sponsor.
Only undergraduate studies are eligible for awards.
Sponsors may also provide mentorship opportunities to recipients.
Notification
Notification will be sent to all candidates in July.
Scholarship payments
Scholarship America handles LPA, Inc.’s scholarship payouts. Early August is when payment is made.
Selection of Recipients
- Academic history
- Leadership qualities and involvement in school and community activities
- Experience in the workplace
- A list of goals and objectives for education and employment
- Unusual familial or personal situations
- A suggestion from the internet.
- Need for money will be taken into account. Recipients have to prove their necessity.
LPA, Inc. will choose the winners once Scholarship America chooses the finalists. Not every program candidate will be chosen to receive funding. Every applicant acknowledges that the decision is final.
Terms and condition of scholarship selection criteria
- Be seniors in high school in Texas and California.
- Have been admitted to a four- or five-year college or university for the full academic year as a full-time undergraduate student at a recognized NAAB, LAAB, ABET, CIDA, or NASAD institution.
- Be pursuing a degree in one of the following fields related to the building and design industry: building science, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture/design, architectural engineering, structural engineering, or a similar field.
- Be a student who has conquered major obstacles in their academic career and/or be a member of a historically neglected or underappreciated group in the construction and design sector.
- Possess the legal right to work in the US.