The Congress for the New Urbanism DC Chapter (CNU DC) is pleased to announce it will award two scholarships to attend the annual CNU Congress. The Congress will take place June 1-4, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin.
CNU DC provides the scholarships to local students and recent graduates. Each scholarship will award the sum of $545.00 (which is equal to the cost of Congress registration for nonmember recent graduates).
Eligibility
Those eligible for scholarship application will be graduate-level students of architecture, planning, transportation, health, public policy/government, real estate and finance, law, or business/ economics; or recent graduates (within the last five years) from those same fields who are now working in DC, Maryland, or Virginia.
Essay
Interested candidates will submit an 1-2 page essay (500-1,000 words) on a topic determined by the CNU DC board of directors and the scholarship committee. For 2011, the topic is the following: New urbanism can provide a wide variety of benefits; some examples include more walking, less pollution, and community revitalization. When several factors like these work in combination, they create synergies. In other words, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. From your own research and experience, what new urbanism synergies are most important for our region (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and why? Propose one change that would help bring about those synergies.
Eligible candidates must submit their essay to CNU DC no later than 9:00 p.m., Friday, April 15, 2011. Submittals, questions, and comments should be sent via email to the CNU DC secretary, Laurence Aurbach. Winning candidates will be notified by Friday, April 22, 2011.
Additional details
Prior to the Madison Congress, scholarship recipients must provide their contact information (email address, phone number, and local mailing or business address). Student candidates must provide documentation of current enrollment. Recent graduates must provide documentation of enrollment within the past five years.
The recipient will be required to attend the CNU DC chapter meeting during the Congress, and briefly meet with the CNU DC board of directors.
CNU DC will pay the cost of Congress registration directly to the Congress for the New Urbanism on behalf of each scholarship recipient. If the cost of registration is less than the scholarship, the remaining amount will be paid to the recipient following the Congress. Previous scholarship winners are ineligible to receive a second scholarship.
Congress for the New Urbanism DC Chapter
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