2024-05-06T17:52:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150262298/the-beyer-blinder-belle-foundation-provides-a-30k-grant-to-support-howard-university-architecture-students Katherine Guimapang 2021-05-04T19:15:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/56/56c14b1456ab185f59acade006e7fc28.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The&nbsp;<a href="http://beyerblinderbellefoundation.org/#about" target="_blank">Beyer Blinder Belle Foundation</a>&nbsp;is a non-profit organization that has provided fellowships, grants, and other funding opportunities to support young architects entering the profession, graduate research, and "socially-conscious design and planning that directly benefits communities." Launched in 2017, the Foundation is tied to the New York-based architecture firm&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/beyerblinderbelle" target="_blank">Beyer Blinder Belle</a>. In April, the Foundation announced its first annual scholarship program dedicated to Howard University's Department of Architecture students.</p> <p>The Foundation awarded a $30,000 grant to&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/6675982/howard-university" target="_blank">Howard University</a>&nbsp;in order to support the academic pursuits and professional development of its architecture students. According to the Foundation, the funding provided is intended to "increase professional mobility, the program also includes a paid summer internship at Beyer Blinder Belle for one scholarship recipient."</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9efb7a2172d543f47e2a10999b0bbb2e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9e/9efb7a2172d543f47e2a10999b0bbb2e.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>(L-R) 2021 Scholarship recipients Dean Bailey, Khadija Callender, and Jemima Pierre. Image courtesy ...</figcaption></figure>