The Carter Manny Award supports dissertation research and writing by outstanding scholars whose projects emphasize on fields of inquiry supported by the Graham Foundation as architecture; architectural history, theory, criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts and other related fields.
Since, the Carter Manny Award’s establishment in 1996, over $550,000 has been awarded in recognition of outstanding doctoral students whose work represents some of the most innovative and advanced scholarship on architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The award is intended to assist students enrolled in graduate programs in architecture, art history, and other programs in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences.
The Graham Foundation offers two Carter Manny Awards including a research award for a student at the research stage of the doctoral dissertation and a writing award for a student at the writing stage of the doctoral dissertation. The research award is acknowledged with $15,000 and the writing award is acknowledged with $20,000.
The Foundation offers this prestigious annual award in honor of Carter H. Manny and his long and distinguished service to the Graham Foundation. Carter H. Manny has served the foundation since its inception in 1956, first as a Trustee, then as the Director from 1971, and since his retirement in 1993, as Director Emeritus.
How to Apply?
Applicants for the Carter Manny Award undergo a very competitive selection and review process. Students must be nominated by their department to apply for the Carter Manny Award. Submitted applications are thoroughly reviewed by a diverse panel of recognized scholars in the fields of inquiry represented by the award.
The review panel for the 2011 Carter Manny Award panel included Christy Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of Art, University of Toronto; Jesús Escobar, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Northwestern University; Sean Keller, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology and Graham Foundation Board of Trustees; Paula Lupkin, architecture historian; and Jonathan Massey, Chair, Undergraduate Programs and Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Syracuse University.
The panel’s recommendations are presented to the foundation’s Board of Trustees for consideration. Upon award, recipients are asked to sign an Award Agreement that outlines the conditions of the award, such as reporting.
Grant period: The research award and the writing award are considered one-year grants that begin approximately September 1, 2012. Award recipients are expected to submit a Final Report at the end of their one-year award period and a copy of the dissertation upon its completion.
The Graham Foundation’s application is a two-stage process and is open submission. The review is a very competitive process as we receive many more applications than we are able to fund. Funding decisions at all stages of the review are based on:
Priority of the proposed project as related to our mission and interestsThe project’s fulfillment of our criteria for evaluation Availability of Graham Foundation fundsStage One/Inquiry Form: Eligible candidates interested in applying for a grant from the Graham Foundation must first submit an Inquiry Form. The Inquiry Form becomes available on our website with each grant cycle and must be submitted online.
Stage Two/Proposal Form: After Inquiry Forms are reviewed, applicants whose projects best match our priorities and interests are invited to submit a Proposal Form and supplementary materials. Applicants who are not invited to submit a Proposal Form are sent a decline letter at this stage. An invitation to submit a Proposal Form does not guarantee eventual funding. Please note that we cannot accept proposals other than those invited.
Award Decision: Funding recommendations are presented to the Board of Trustees for consideration. If a grant is awarded to you, you will be asked to sign a Grant Agreement that outlines the conditions of the award, such as annual reporting.
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