Hart Howerton Fellowship
Internship & Travel/Research Opportunity
Hart Howerton Fellowship
Internship & Travel/Research Opportunity
Our 2026 call for applications is now closed
Travel & Research Fellowship
Named by Architectural Digest as “one of the Fellowship programs paving the way for the future of architecture,” the Hart Howerton Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design who will be entering their final year of study. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship, celebrating two decades of supporting future design leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue independent travel and research on a topic of their choice alongside a summer internship in Hart Howerton’s New York or San Francisco office.
The firm has two research initiatives. Students are required to select one, and their proposed topic and travel location should directly align with that initiative. Complete Environments: New and innovative thinking that spans the fields of planning, architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. Healthy Living: Comprehensive design for improved health outcomes in the places we create. Students with similar interests are encouraged to apply.
Background
In 2006, Hart Howerton began an educational initiative to fund a select number of Fellowship positions for students at design schools. For two decades, the Fellowship has offered annual summer internships in our New York and San Francisco offices, as well as funded travel for research on a topic the Fellow selects. Fellows graduate with the advantages of professional office experience, collaborative interdisciplinary design and worldwide travel and research. The Fellowship underscores Hart Howerton’s longstanding commitment to continuing educational opportunities, with the energy, enthusiasm and input of new designers who, in the process of learning, are laying a foundation for the next generation of design thinking.
Structure & Schedule
The annual call for applications opens in the fall and closes in January of the following year. Winners are announced in the spring and commence their internship, research and travel in the early summer. Hart Howerton defines an 8-week professional intern “assignment” as part of an existing firm project, followed by the Fellow’s self-defined, approved topic of travel and research. The 3-week travel/research period’s findings are prepared as a report presented by the Fellow to the firm and published by Hart Howerton.
For questions, please contact the fellowship committee at fellowship@harthowerton.com
Our 2026 call for applications is now closed
Travel & Research Fellowship
Named by Architectural Digest as “one of the Fellowship programs paving the way for the future of architecture,” the Hart Howerton Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design who will be entering their final year of study. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship, celebrating two decades of supporting future design leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue independent travel and research on a topic of their choice alongside a summer internship in Hart Howerton’s New York or San Francisco office.
The firm has two research initiatives. Students are required to select one, and their proposed topic and travel location should directly align with that initiative. Complete Environments: New and innovative thinking that spans the fields of planning, architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. Healthy Living: Comprehensive design for improved health outcomes in the places we create. Students with similar interests are encouraged to apply.
Our 2026 call for applications is now closed
Travel & Research Fellowship
Named by Architectural Digest as “one of the Fellowship programs paving the way for the future of architecture,” the Hart Howerton Fellowship is open to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design who will be entering their final year of study. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Fellowship, celebrating two decades of supporting future design leaders. Fellows have the opportunity to pursue independent travel and research on a topic of their choice alongside a summer internship in Hart Howerton’s New York or San Francisco office.
The firm has two research initiatives. Students are required to select one, and their proposed topic and travel location should directly align with that initiative. Complete Environments: New and innovative thinking that spans the fields of planning, architecture, landscape architecture and interior design. Healthy Living: Comprehensive design for improved health outcomes in the places we create. Students with similar interests are encouraged to apply.
Live
Receive roundtrip travel and a stipend to live in New York or San Francisco.
$3,000
Intern
Engage in an 8-week internship and work with mentors who will help guide your research.
$11,000
Travel
Journey to any destination in the world to research your area of study.
Paid
Research
Pursue your self-defined research topic over 3 weeks, and present your final report.
$6,000
Live
Receive roundtrip travel and a stipend to live in New York or San Francisco.
$3,000
Intern
Engage in an 8-week internship and work with mentors who will help guide your research.
$11,000
Travel
Journey to any destination in the world to research your area of study.
Paid
Research
Pursue your self-defined research topic over 3 weeks, and present your final report.
$6,000
Background
In 2006, Hart Howerton began an educational initiative to fund a select number of Fellowship positions for students at design schools. For two decades, the Fellowship has offered annual summer internships in our New York and San Francisco offices, as well as funded travel for research on a topic the Fellow selects. Fellows graduate with the advantages of professional office experience, collaborative interdisciplinary design and worldwide travel and research. The Fellowship underscores Hart Howerton’s longstanding commitment to continuing educational opportunities, with the energy, enthusiasm and input of new designers who, in the process of learning, are laying a foundation for the next generation of design thinking.
Structure & Schedule
The annual call for applications opens in the fall and closes in January of the following year. Winners are announced in the spring and commence their internship, research and travel in the early summer.
Hart Howerton defines an 8-week professional intern “assignment” as part of an existing firm project, followed by the Fellow’s self-defined, approved topic of travel and research. The 3-week travel/research period’s findings are prepared as a report presented by the Fellow to the firm and published by Hart Howerton.
For questions, please contact the fellowship committee at fellowship@harthowerton.com
Recent Fellows
Past Recipients
2022
ELIZABETH ANDERSON
University of Notre Dame
ZINA FRASER
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
NOAH SANNES
Yale University
MARIAM JACOB
Columbia University GSAPP
2021
KATELYN DIMOPOULOS
Georgia Institute of Technology
LAUREN DUSSEAU
University of Virginia
2020
SARAH ZAMLER
Columbia University
2019
ANDREW J. SEAGO
University of Notre Dame
JENNA FROWEIN
University of California, Berkeley
2018
BRANDON ZIRZOW
Syracuse University
EWA PODGORSKA
Rhode Island School of Design
2017
PORTIA MALIK
University of Pennsylvania
MOLLY TAYLOR
University of Oregon
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2016
LUCAS BOYD
Yale University
EKATERINA DOVJENKO
University of Toronto
2015
XIAO WU
Yale University
DAPHNE BINDER
Yale University
2014
DANIEL TOOLE
Harvard University
BAHA SADREDDIN
Harvard University
2013
TUE PHAM
University of Texas
BLAKE HUDELSON
California College of the Arts
2012
DAVID GLICK
Harvard University
2011
MICHELLE MILLER
Harvard University
2010
ALICE PHILLIPS
University of California, Berkeley
BRANDON HALL
Washington University
2009
MAGGIE HANSEN
University of Virginia
EMILY VOGLER
University of Pennsylvania
2008
STEPHEN BALUT
University of Texas
CHRISTINA GLASGOW
University of Cincinnati
REBECCA FUCHS
University of Pennsylvania
SARAH LU
Harvard University
ZAKERY SNIDER
Yale University
HEATHER WOODWORTH
University of Virginia
MARY NUNN
Pennsylvania State University
2007
MARLO DOWELL
University of Washington
MARK PHEMISTER
University of Virginia
MICHAEL MURPHY
Harvard University
CHRISTOFOROS ROMANOS
Massachusetts Institiute of Technology
WENDY FOK
Princeton University
FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ
Ball State University