WAF Dream Spaces: Diversity + Architecture Scholarship

To provide UWM architecture student scholarship support with the goal of increasing the presence of individuals from under-represented population groups in the architect profession in Wisconsin. Additional information may be found on the Dream Spaces: Diversity + Architecture Scholarship webpage.

Eligibility Requirements – Students must:

• Be a resident of Wisconsin for tuition purposes.
• Be admitted to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) and declared a new bachelor’s or master’s degree architecture student.

Note: Financial need may be considered, but is not required.

This scholarship is renewable based on maintaining full-time status and academic performance. (A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher is required every semester.) 

Financial and academic support is offered for up to:

• Eight semesters for an incoming freshman.
• Six semesters for an incoming transfer student into the BSAS degree program.
• Four (or six) semesters for an incoming graduate student (depending upon enrollment in the 2 or 3-year program).

The scholarship recipient will be assigned a dedicated mentor and be provided additional tutoring and mentoring to support successful academic outcomes. In addition, the scholar will have a professional mentor through the Wisconsin Architects Foundation (WAF).