Awards & Scholarships
The Bradshaw Gass Bolton Scholarship
Application forms for Awards and Scholarships
Introduction
The MSA awards continue to form a vital link between practitioners and architectural students in Manchester. The MSA Student Travel Awards have enabled students to travel to a wide range of destinations and experience architecture in context at first hand. This has allowed them to further their knowledge in their chosen area of study and the benefit of their experience has been passed on to fellow students and practitioners by way of written reports and informal illustrated talks at the annual MSA Events Week.
The Winstanley and MSA Scholarships have assisted both students and practitioners to engage in studies into fields of particular interest, which in many instances have involved research abroad.
The Bradshaw Gass Bolton Scholarship has provided substantial financial assistance to award winners wishing to engage in full-time courses at or associated with the combined Manchester School of Architecture (formerly the University and Polytechnic Schools). The award has enabled architects to study for further qualifications as well as assisting architectural students to complete or enhance their studies.
The Rossant Award for draughtsmanship, which was instituted in memory of the late Lorrie Rossant, a partner at BDP, is awarded annually to the best Second Year student from the Manchester School. The purpose of the award is to encourage and reward skill and versatility in draughtsmanship. This award is essentially for excellence in drawing technique though it is recognised that this can take many forms bearing in mind the increasingly diverse media and more adventurous means of expression available to us.
The MSA looks forward to an enthusiastic response from all quarters of the architectural profession. The funds are there to help you so first year or sixth yea, why not apply? Seniority is not an issue and you can apply more than once. Get in on your CV.
Scholarships and Awards Secretaries 2007-2008
Rhiannon Hodgeon, GA Studio Architects 0161 8353538
Glenn Ombler, Ombler Iwanowski Architects 0161 2366778
The MSA Student Travel Award is awarded, provided suitable candidates are forthcoming, to one or more students from the Manchester School of Architecture. The value of the award shall be at the discretion of the selection committee but can be up to £500. Successful candidates will be required to illustrate the results of their studies to the members of the Society by lecture presentation or exhibition during the MSA Events Week, or through the publication of an article in a professional journal. No student can win the award more than once.
All applicants should complete an application form and attach a copy of their CV
The MSA Scholarship is awarded biannually, provided suitable candidates are forthcoming, for research, travel, to subsidize the cost of publishing the results of research, to enable students to gain experience in suitable offices overseas, or for any other purpose which the Selection Committee may approve.
The Scholarship is usually in the region of £500. Candidates must be members or student members of the MSA. Applications should contain the following particulars:
- Age
- Architectural Education
- Academic Qualifications
- Practical Qualifications
- Written references from two persons regarding the candidate's fitness for the scholarship
- A brief outline of the applicants intentions regarding the use to which he/she hopes to put the scholarship
The Winstanley Scholarship is awarded under the same conditions as the MSA Scholarship except that candidates must be members of the MSA and have been born in Lancashire. The MSA are prepared to interpret the definition of Lancashire to include areas formerly within the county.
The application particulars must therefore include additionally, place of birth. The MSA and Winstanley Scholarship are awarded on alternate years but should no suitable candidate be forthcoming the Winstanley Scholarship the Society will consider entries for the MSA Scholarship.
Any queries for the 2008 award should be addressed to the Scholarship and Awards Secretaries:
Glenn Ombler, OI Architects
Rhiannon Hodgeon, GA Studio
2007 Rossant Awards Evening is scheduled for 11th December at BDP, 18.00.
In memory of the late Lorrie Rossant, who was partner in the firm, Building Design Partnership has provided an award, which will be offered each year and kept by the winner.
The Manchester Society of Architects has been charged with the sole responsibility for making the award, according to the following conditions;
1. All second year students at the Manchester School of Architecture will be eligible whether student members of the MSA or not.
2. The President of the MSA will appoint a three person first stage jury, consisting of two members of the MSA Council and a member of staff chosen by the Head of the School. The jury will select a short list of no more than six candidates based on the second year work displayed by the students at their June assessments.
3. The finalists will be asked to display six varied drawings from their portfolio for the final assessment, which will be arranged for early in the following semester at the offices of BDP.
4. The assessors for the final stage will be
a) The President of the Manchester Society of Architects
b) A member of Building design Partnership
c) A chairman of the Manchester Society of Architects Education Group
d) The Manchester Society of Architects Award Secretary
The Bradshaw Gass Bolton Scholarship
This scholarship has been established with a bequest from the trustees of the John Bradshaw Gass Charitable Trust to the Manchester Society of Architects to found a Scholarship in Architecture in order to give an opportunity to members, as well as student members, to make a full-time study of a subject of the applicant’s choice.
Regulations
1. The Scholarship shall be known as The Bradshaw Gass Bolton Scholarship and is open to the competition of corporate members and student members of the Manchester Society of Architects.
2. The Scholarship is only tenable at the Manchester School of Architecture. Successful candidates will be required to register as students of the School for a specific period on conditions to be agreed upon in each case by the Department of Architecture. Candidates are advised to obtain approval from the Department for their proposed course of study before submitting an application.
3. The Scholarship shall be awarded at the discretion of the selection committee for;
a) under-graduate studies in Architecture
b) post-graduate studies in Architecture
c) travel to other approved institutions in connection with under-graduate of post-graduate studies
4. The amount of the award shall be at the discretion of the Selection Committee and in the case of an award for a full-time post-graduate course may be the equivalent value to a full grant.
5. Applications should be in writing on the date specified from time to time by notification circulated in advance to the full membership of the Society. Candidates will be required to attend for interview and to produce a comprehensive statement of their intended course of study.
6. The Selection Committee reserves the right not to make an award if in their opinion there is no candidate of suitable merit and to vary the interval between and value of each award at their discretion.
7. The emoluments of the award shall be made in each case in such manner as shall be recommended by the Selection Committee.
8. The Scholarship shall be liable to forfeiture at any time if the holder should be guilty of misconduct or if they fail to furnish evidence of satisfactory progress. The Selection Committee will ask for a report from the holder’s tutor at the half way stage of the Scholarship.
9. The Selection Committee may at their discretion renew a Scholarship for a further period.
10. The Selection Committee shall consist of the following persons; a chairman, to be nominated by the President of the Manchester Society of Architects, three members of the Society, two representatives of the Manchester School and a representative of the trustees. The Committee can at their discretion co-opt other persons onto the Committee.
11. Successful candidates may be required by the Selection Committee to present the results of their study on completion to the Society in a manner and time to be agreed.
12. The closing date for applications is normally the end of January each year.