Call for applications: Wortham Fellows 2026–28

The Rice School of Architecture invites applications and nominations for two Wortham Fellows. The Wortham Fellowship was established more than thirty years ago to give promising and outstanding candidates the opportunity to teach and conduct research. This two-year teaching fellowship is specifically targeted at individuals who are beginning or advancing a career of teaching, scholarship, and practice. The school is interested in highly motivated candidates with a clearly defined design and research agenda and who will contribute to the collective conversation of the faculty and the advancement of the field of architecture more broadly.

With a teaching load of three courses per year, fellows can hone their research in the context of the school’s tightly knit academic community. The school welcomes and promotes the productive interrelationship of design practice and scholarship and provides a rich intellectual environment and resources, including new space for exhibitions, fabrication, and faculty research with the recent addition of Cannady Hall.  As the fourth largest and one of the most dynamic cities in the United States, Houston reflects the most pressing challenges worldwide and is an exciting laboratory for new forms of urban thought and design agency. The Rice School of Architecture draws upon this unique context and Houston's immense arts, culture, and industry, offering opportunities for both local and global engagement.

Candidates should hold, at a minimum, a Master of Architecture degree or its equivalent. Degree requirements must be fulfilled by July 1 of the year employment commences. Applications should include a letter of interest; curriculum vitae; proposed research agenda; portfolio of professional, scholarly, or creative work (20MB max.); samples of course syllabi (if applicable); and, contact information for three references (they will be approached if candidacy is advanced to the next stage of the search process). The deadline for applications is December 30, 2025. 

Rice University is an Equal Opportunity Employer with commitment to diversity at all levels, and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.