Ann Arbor MI 48109-2069
United States
Fellowships in architecture 2027–29
Application due: November 17, 2026. Apply here.
The Architecture Program at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning seeks applicants for fellowships in architecture. Our program is committed to building architectural education upon a plurality of foundations, diverse epistemologies, experiences, histories, methodologies, and technical and conceptual capacities. We understand architecture as a cultural product that negotiates diverse voices and social, environmental, political, and aesthetic concerns, and we are committed to the free and open exchange of ideas to create a transformative environment in which we learn and work together.
The architecture fellowships at Taubman College are among the oldest and most recognized positions of their kind, offering early career opportunities for individuals seeking to make a significant and timely development of their work within an intellectually wide-ranging and dynamic academic setting. Each fellowship entails teaching related to the candidate's area of interest and in the core curriculum, resources for the development of work, possibilities to interface with scholars and researchers in the wider university context, and the opportunity to share the outcome of the fellowship with the college.
Fellows spend two years in residence, typically teaching three classes per year, in addition to pursuing their fellowship project. Public dissemination of fellowship work takes place in the winter of their first year. These fellowships are not intended to support dissertation completion, post-doctoral stays, or serve as a pipeline for tenure-track positions at the institution. While these are not post-doctoral fellowships (note the teaching demands and expectations of engagement in studio instruction), we welcome applications from recent doctoral graduates committed to design education. Candidates from a variety of backgrounds, training, and perspectives are encouraged to apply to these fellowships.
Two fellowships will be awarded, selected from the following three categories.
Research
Research focused on some aspects of the range of social, formal, environmental, political, and aesthetic concerns that form the framework of contemporary and historical perspectives regarding architecture and urban issues.
Design
Design efforts related to specific proposals, or general models, for architectural propositions addressing an area of interest to the fellow and of concern to the field at large.
Project
Projects centered on the development and realization of a significant physical production (explorations of building and environmental systems in fabrications, installations, and other formats of materialized exploration).
Fishman Fellowship 2027–29
Application due: November 8, 2026. Apply here.
The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan invites applications for the Fishman Fellowship, established by and named in honor of Professor Emeritus Robert Fishman. This fellowship is open to individuals who are in the process of completing or have recently completed a PhD, a professional degree in architecture or urban planning, a research-oriented post-professional master's degree, or a research-focused master's degree. Potential fields of study include architecture, urban design, urban planning, urban history, urban policy, urban affairs, racial and spatial justice, urban development, environmental planning, and urban strategy. The ideal candidate should be engaged in a significant interdisciplinary research project in urbanism, broadly defined, and should have a research focus that would benefit from a two-year fellowship among colleagues and students actively exploring the history, theory, and practice of urbanism.
The Fishman Fellowship provides an opportunity for early-career scholars and practitioners in urbanism to develop a project that could take the form of a publication, exhibition, or symposium. Fellows will spend two years in residence, during which they will engage in teaching responsibilities while pursuing their research project. The fellowship offers resources for project development, opportunities to collaborate with scholars and researchers across the broader university community, and a platform to present the fellowship outcomes at a public event hosted by the college.
The ideal candidate will be intellectually open to the various forms of urbanism taught at Taubman College and enthusiastic about the opportunity to teach students in architecture, urban design, urban technology, and/or planning.
