Image by Ian Miley
2022 Rotch runner-up
To apply
Candidates must be U.S. citizens who have obtained a professional degree (BArch/MArch) from an accredited school within the last 10 years.
Candidates must have one year of full-time professional experience in a Massachusetts architecture firm as of January 1 of the competition year — or — an accredited degree from a Massachusetts school of architecture as of January 1 of the competition year.
Note: The Rotch Traveling Scholarship reserves the right to not award a winner in any year where the jury or the Rotch Committee deems inadequate merit in submissions.
The 2026 Application Deadline
The 2026 application deadline is Wednesday, 4 February 2026, at 12 noon.
The Rotch Travelling Scholarship is an annual two-stage design competition that results in one winner, deemed the Rotch Scholar, who can travel the world for a minimum of three months studying architecture — and we pick up the tab. The first stage design competition is a 72-hour, weekend-long preliminary design competition (running from Friday noon until Monday noon). Finalists from this competition go on to compete in the second stage, a 10-day competition (running from Friday noon, through the next business week, and ends the following Monday noon), and culminating in a design presentation to a distinguished jury.