Before I decided to leave school, I was compiling a list of available Interior Design scholarships. Just because I can’t take advantage of this list doesn’t mean you can’t, right?

Upcoming Interior Design Scholarships:

IFDA Scholarships
All applications must be postmarked by March 31, 2008. Results will be announced by July 31, 2008.

Charles D. Mayo Student Scholarship
Award: $1,000
Eligibility: Full time student having completed four design courses in a post secondary Interior Design or closely related program.

EF Part Time Student Scholarship
Award: not listed
Eligibility: Part time student having completed four design courses in a post secondary design Interior Design or related program and are currently enrolled in a minimum of two courses at an accredited school, college or university.

IFDA Student Member Scholarship
Award: $2,000
Eligibility: Full-time student having completed four design courses in a post secondary design program at an accredited school of design.

Vercille Voss Scholarship
Award: $1,500
Eligibility: Full time graduate student must have completed four design courses in a post secondary interior design or related program at an accredited school, college or university.

Ruth Clark Scholarship
Award: $1,500
Eligibility: Full-time student having completed four courses in a post secondary design program at an accredited school of design.

Marketing Internship Scholarship
Award: $1,500
Eligibility: An individual who is pursuing the marketing aspect of the design/home furnishings industry, such as a) currently enrolled full-time college student, b) a professional changing career fields or someone entering or reentering the job market.


ASID Scholarships
All applications must be postmarked by April 30, 2008.

Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship
Award: $2,000
Eligibility: Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship is open to students who are enrolled in or have applied for admission to a graduate-level interior design program at a degree-granting institution. Applicants must have been practicing designers for a period of at least five years prior to returning to graduate school level.

Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award
Award: $1,000

Joel Polsky Prize
Award: $1,000

Yale R. Burge Competition
Award: One Award of $750 and up to Five Certificates of Excellence
Eligibility: Open to all students in their final year of undergraduate study enrolled in at least a three-year program of interior design.

Irene Winifred Eno Grant
Award: $1,000
Eligibility: Open to students, educators, interior design practitioners, institutions or other interior design related group engaged in the creation of an educational program(s) or an interior design research project dedicated to health, safety and welfare.

Dora Brahms Award
Award: $3,000
Eligibility: Open biennially to educational institutions on behalf of their students in historic preservation and/or restoration studies, to encourage and support the advancement of professional activities in historic preservation and/or restoration.


IIDA Scholarships

Lloy Hack Memorial Fund
The program invites an IIDA Student Member to submit an essay about his/her experience in a day-long environment, being mentored by an interior design firm.
Award: $1,000 each for the winning student and the mentoring design firm.
Eligibility: Entrants must participate in IIDA'sStudent Mentoring Week 2008, Februrary 4-8.

Remember, many scholarships get no entries; your odds of winning are infinitely better if you actually enter.