The Howarth-Wright Graduate Fellowship provides students in the Master of Architecture (MARC) program, after their second year, the opportunity to travel to and study Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and sites over a minimum four-month period. Applicants must demonstrate high academic achievement, interest in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, and research skills in architectural history. Recipients will publicly present the results of their work at the Faculty following the completion of the project, as well as be expected to pursue publication of their research.

This graduate fellowship was created in 2000 through the generosity of former Dean and Professor Emeritus Thomas Howarth to enable a graduate student in Architecture to complete a research project while conducting independent study at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona and at other buildings designed by Wright. Begun by Wright in 1938, Taliesin West is the home of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and was, for many years, the location of the School of Architecture founded by Wright as the Taliesin Fellowship. The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives are housed jointly by the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. 

The approximate value of this award is $20,000. The amount may be divided between one to two students dependent on the applications received.

This is an in-course (not graduating) award. Recipients must be registered in/returning to their Daniels degree program in the following academic year.

Application: Travel proposals must clearly demonstrate interest in Frank Lloyd Wright and research skills in architectural history. Applicants must demonstrate high academic achievement. 

2023–2024  Thomas Reilly Walker
2019–2020  Adam Krajewski
2018–2019  Samantha Eby / Simon Rabyniuk / Christian Huizenga
2017-2018  Lauren Pamela Marshall
2014–2015  Daniel Louis Faibisoff / Brie Smith
2012–2013  Dave Freedman
2010–2011  Matthew Vincent Spremulli
2008–2009  Jesse Colin Jackson / Luke Alexander Stern
2007–2008  Jan Tomasz Kroman
2005–2006  Jimenez Yen Chi Lai / Jan Tomasz Kroman
2003–2004  Joy Charbonneau
2002–2003  Patrick George Kniss

All students travelling on University-sanctioned activity must complete all safety-abroad pre-departure requirements including checking travel advisories, completing safety-abroad online workshops, securing travel health insurance, and completing the safety-abroad registry. More information on the safety pre-departure requirements for University activity abroad is available on the Safety Abroad website.