Background and Objectives

The ISOCARP Student Award, established in 2016, is dedicated to the future generation of planners, those who will be in charge of taking care of our urban environment. The award is bestowed to a student or a group of students from two levels (Undergraduate-Bachelor or Graduate-Master) with outstanding results in urban and regional planning or related field.

Eligible entries

The submissions may include the following:

  • Design projects
  • Studio projects
  • Essays
  • Bachelor theses
  • Master theses

Evaluation criteria

  • Content
  • Methodological approach
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Alliance between the project idea and results
  • Clarity

Jury

The jury consists of the following members:

  1. Rolf Schuett
  2. Dr. Sabina Dimitriu
  3. Dr. Ana Peric
  4. Mahak Agrawal
  5. Prof. Ali A. Alraouf (A&P Program Director)

Substance of the Award

The Award is bestowed in two categories: Winner and Special Mention. The Award winners are announced during the official ceremony at the ISOCARP annual World Planning Congress.

The Winner gets one year of free membership to ISOCARP (in case of a group, one person gets it), free entrance to the Congress, official ISOCARP award certification and its dissemination through the ISOCARP website, social media and newsletter.

The Special Mention gets a free entrance to the Congress, official ISOCARP award certification and its dissemination through the ISOCARP website, social media and newsletter.

Registration fee


€ 25 for each application Pay the registration fee

Submission material

Each candidature (individual or group) should submit 3 pdf files as follows:

  • Portfolio with graphical representations necessary to illustrate the work (max. 4 A3 pages)
  • Description of the submitted project (no more than 5,000 characters including spaces)
  • Curriculum Vitae

Please, name the files accordingly: NAME_Portfolio / NAME_Description / NAME_CV

Application procedure

  1. Submit the ISOCARP Student Award 2023 online application
  2. Pay the registration form
  3. After completing the online application form, please, send your application/s to A Ali Alraouf, ISOCARP Board member (alialraouf@isocarp.org) and, ISOCARP HQ (awards@isocarp.org). Kindly specify the email subject: SA 2023 Candidature.

Remark: The application is not eligible if the registration fee has not been paid.

NEW Deadline for submission

July, 31st 2023