These divisions of the American Planning Association sponsor a variety of competitions, scholarships, fellowships, and grants for students enrolled in degree programs in planning or a closely related field.
Economic Development Division Graduate Scholarship
Master's level students from PAB-accredited planning departments across the U.S. may apply. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded on the basis of a letter of recommendation from a full-time faculty member and an original paper or work having to do with a substantive and relevant topic related to economic development and planning. We prefer an article length or shorter paper submitted (not a thesis, although a shorter paper developed from the thesis is acceptable) of 2,000 to 2,500 words.
ENRE Student Fellowship Program
The fellowship provides financial support for a second year graduate student excelling in graduate level studies in planning related to natural resources, energy or the environment.
Research Grant Program
The leadership of the APA Housing & Community Development Division will provide a $1,000 one-time research grant to an undergraduate or graduate student in the amount of $1,000 for materials and activities directly related to their research in connection with a Masters Thesis or other student project. Funding high-quality research projects to inform planners about new or innovative housing and community development methods, practices, or programs will increase the visibility of housing and community development and planners throughout the country.
International Division Grants Program
The International Division annually awards three US$500 grants to undergraduate or graduate students pursuing a study abroad program, doing research, or participating in an international internship program approved by their School or Department. Our program is relatively flexible recognizing the varied needs that many students have for assistance, and works to support the diverse activities and financial needs of our student members.
Daniel J. Curtin, Jr., Fellowship Program
The Daniel J. Curtin, Jr. Fellowship Program foster increased interest in the study of land use planning and its interrelationship with the law at the advanced undergraduate, graduate, and law school levels. It promotes increased participation in the planning profession, and ultimately, greater service to communities across the nation. The 10-month fellowship is open to third and fourth year undergraduate students, first and second year master's degree students and first and second year law students. The fellows' responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, assisting the Planning and Law Division (PLD) with preparing and conducting its annual membership survey, assisting the editor of the PLD Newsletter and preparing articles for publication, serving as a Continuing Legal Education liaison between the APA and various states for the provision of CLE credits to its members, and assisting with the solicitation and review of session proposals submitted by PLD members for the annual National APA Conference.
Smith-Babcock-Williams Writing Competition
The Planning & Law Division of the American Planning Association conducts an annual student writing competition. It honors the memory of three leading figures in American city planning law — R. Marlin Smith, Richard Babcock, and Norman Williams — and is open law students and planning students, writing on a question of significance in planning, planning law, land use law, local government law or environmental law.
For eligibility, rules, and award information
The Robert A. Catlin/David W. Long Memorial Scholarship
Named after committed planners and long-standing members of the Planning and the Black Community Division, The Robert A. Catlin/David W. Long Memorial Scholarship was created to foster increased interest among Black students in the field of urban planning. The scholarship will be awarded to one student on a competitive basis to cover costs associated with the pursuit of graduate studies.
STaR Funded Internship Program
STaR has allocated up to $6,000.00 to provide partial funding of internships for students entering their second year of graduate learning at institutions of higher learning accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB).
Student Paper Competition
The Transportation Planning Division (TPD) Student Paper Competition promotes student interest in studying contemporary transportation planning issues and policies. It recognizes and rewards outstanding student papers completed for courses in PAB-accredited masters and undergraduate planning programs.
Urban Design and Preservation Fellowship
This fellowship is designed to foster interest in the study of urban design and preservation as well as the interrelationship between these two areas of planning.
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