Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is accepting entries for its annual international research and travel fellowship worth $100,000 (Deadline: 9 February)The Wheelwright Prize is open to all graduates around the world awarded a degree from a professionally accredited architecture program within the past 15 years. No links to Harvard or GSD are required.Submissions should include a portfolio of previous relevant work and a two-year research proposal that will involve travel outside of the applicants home country.Applications are encouraged to consider the various formats through which architectural research and practice can be expressed, including but not limited to built work, curatorial practice and written output.According to the brief: The annual Wheelwright Prize is dedicated to fostering expansive, intensive design research that shows potential to make a significant impact on architectural discourse. The prize is open to emerging architects practicing anywhere in the world.The winning architect is expected to dedicate roughly two years of concentrated research related to their proposal, and to present a lecture on their findings at the conclusion of that research.Throughout the research process, Wheelwright Prize jury members and other GSD faculty are committed to providing regular guidance and peer feedback, in support of the projects overall growth and development.Founded in 1874, GSD is a specialist graduate school teaching architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, real estate, design engineering and design studies. Its 13,000 alumni include Charles Jencks, Jeanne Gang and Ayla Karacebey.GSD completed a makeover of Richard Rogers Grade II*-listed Wimbledon house in south London six years ago. Known as 22 Parkside, the building now serves as the residence and research base for international students under the Richard Rogers Fellowship as well as a venue for GSD.The Wheelwright Prize set up as a travelling fellowship in 1935 in honour of Arthur W Wheelwright was relaunched in its current form 11 years ago. The prize is now open to architecture graduates around the world but was originally only open to GSD alumni with previous recipients including IM Pei and Paul Rudolph.Last years winner was RCA senior lecturer Thandi Loewenson for her proposalBlack Papers: Beyond the Politics of Land, Towards African Policies of Earth and Air using aerial surveying techniques to explore dynamic social and spatial relations in contemporary Africa.The winner of the 2023 prize was awarded to AA graduate, architect and filmmaker to Jingju (Cyan) Cheng whose proposal Tracing Sand: Phantom Territories, Bodies Adrift focused on the economic, cultural, and ecological impacts of sand mining and land reclamation.Judges for the 2025 prize will be announced in January. Submissions will be judged on the originality of the proposal, quality of design work, previous scholarly achievements, ability to fulfill the proposal and potential for the proposed project to make important and direct contributions to architectural discourse.How to applyDeadline: 9 February 2025Competition funding source: Not suppliedProject funding source: Not suppliedOwner of site(s): Not suppliedContact details: info@wheelwrightprize.orgVisit the competition website for more information