Scholarship

Olmsted Scholars Program

“The ideas, projects, and commitments are so powerful. These young designers are opening up the dialogue on current issues that this generation and the landscape architecture profession will need to address.”

— Susan Szenasy, Hon. ASLA
2010 Olmsted Scholars Program Juror

2013 Olmsted Scholars Timeline

Nov 15, 2012
Call for Nominations announced

Feb 15, 2013
Deadline for Nominations from faculty

Mar 15, 2013
Deadline for Full Submissions from faculty/nominees

April 2013
Jury selects National Olmsted Scholars and Finalists

May 2013
2013 Olmsted Scholars announced

Nov 15, 2013
Olmsted Scholar ceremony at LAF Annual Benefit in Boston, MA

LAF’s Olmsted Scholars Program recognizes and supports students with exceptional leadership potential who are using ideas, influence, communication, service, and leadership to advance sustainable design and foster human and societal benefits.

Named for Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture, the Olmsted Scholars Program with its $25,000 prize and new $15,000 undergraduate award is the premier national award program for landscape architecture students. Now in its sixth year, the program recognizes one outstanding student from each accredited landscape architecture program in the U.S. and Canada, along with the jury-selected graduate and undergraduate national award winner and finalists. Students are both honored for past achievements and recognized for their future potential to influence the landscape architecture profession.

These future leaders of the profession join a growing community of 250 past and present Olmsted Scholars. The prestige and publicity associated with the award serve to promote the significance of the landscape architecture profession and help attract inspired and motivated leaders.

Learn more about the Olmsted Scholar Nomination and Selection Process.

See the 2013 Olmsted Scholars.