WAF Dream Spaces Architecture Scholarship

This scholarship is for both undergraduate and graduate students entering UWM who are Wisconsin residents for tuition purposes. The recipient must be newly enrolled as a full-time student in a program leading to a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Architecture.

The following selection preferences will be considered:

  1. Student who has encountered significant barriers to achieving higher education (e.g., experience in the foster care system, responsible for providing financial support or primary care for other household members). If no qualified student meets this preference, then:
  2. Alternative preference: First-generation college student (neither parent received a baccalaureate degree).
  3. Financial need may be considered

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). 

Donor
Wisconsin Architects Foundation
Award
100% of Tuition (renewable)
Anticipated Total

Anticipated total amount over the full term of this award.

$40,800.00

Schools, Colleges, Departments, and Areas
Architecture Department, College of Arts & Architecture, Graduate Student Scholarships, New Freshman Scholarships, School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Transfer Student Scholarships, UWM Foundation Scholarships
Deadline
02/01/2027
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please provide the name and email address of an individual who can provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf. This could be a teacher/professor, principal, coach, pastor, employer, etc.
  2. Please provide 3-5 samples of your creative work (e.g., art projects, drawings, writing samples, architecture coursework). These need not be architecture specific.
  3. How do you see your future role in the field of architecture?
  4. Discuss why you think diversity is important in the field of architecture.