Architects' Travel Award * [F5465]

An asterisk (*) indicates that this scholarship is governed by conditions. See also general conditions.

1. The Architects' Travel Award consists of a certificate and $2500, provided annually by the Australian Institute of Architects (WA Chapter) and the Architects' Board of Western Australia, to be used by the awardee to undertake travel and postgraduate study outside Western Australia.

2. The prize is awarded each year by the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and the Education Committee of the Australian Institute of Architects (WA Chapter) and the Architects' Board of Western Australia, to the student who has completed the course for the degree of Master of Architecture (by Coursework), has maintained a consistently high level of academic performance throughout the course and is, in the judgement of the Faculty, most likely to benefit by experience outside Western Australia.

3. The Council of Disciplines of the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts must, not later than 20 March of the year following that in which the Master of Architecture (by Coursework) is completed, provide the Education Committee with its nomination for endorsement: the Education Committee must forward its recommendation to the Faculty, which will make the final decision.

4.(1) Administration of the award, in terms of the conditions set out in (2), is the responsibility of the Chapter Council of the Australian Institute of Architects (WA Chapter).

(2) The awardee must undertake in writing to comply with the conditions of this award, which are as follows:

(a) the funds are to be used for travel outside Western Australia approved by the Education Committee;

(b) before departure the awardee must submit to the Education Committee for approval proposals for travel and study;

(c) the awardee must commence the approved travel before the end of the calendar year following that in which the Master of Architecture (by Coursework) was completed, except in exceptional circumstances the Chapter Council approves otherwise;

(d) the awardee must remain outside Western Australia for at least three months;

(e) during his/her absence the awardee must forward to the Chapter Council brief written reports annually, or within three months if away less than 12 months, giving particulars of his/her progress; and

(f) the travel grant will be withheld until such time as the awardee's travel arrangements have been made and have been approved by the Chapter Council.

5. If the awardee is unable to comply with the conditions in 4(2), the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts will award the prize to another nominee of the Council of Disciplines of the Faculty whose nomination has been endorsed by the Education Committee.