Background and Objectives

The Student Award is designed to promote exceptional projects undertaken by students worldwide. The Student Award is addressed to a student or student-group with outstanding results (undergraduate-bachelor, graduate-master) in a related field to urban and regional planning.

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:

Dr. Hope Magidimisha-Chipung (magidimishah@ukzn.ac.za)

Dr. Guido Cimadomo (cimadomo@uma.es)

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.

Who is eligible?

Under or post graduate Students with a proof (university card).

Prize

  • Recognition at the ISOCARP 60th Congress in Siena at the Awards Special Session.
  • Certificate.
  • ISOCARP Medal.
  • Waiving form the registration for a single representative of the winners.
  • One year Membership at ISOCARP for a single representative of the winners.

Registration fee

€ 25 for each application

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 2024 online application by click on the button below
  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 2024 Candidature.

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

Deadline for submission

August 15, 2024