RFQs and Opportunities

Dates: 3/3/2026, 3/18/2026
Type: Event
Location: Zoom

Description:
Be Prepared - Be an Advocate  - Learn - Take Action

At a time when we see human rights being trampled upon, community care becomes a political act. Immigrant America is a living and dignified part of our community whose rights must be advocated for and protected. This year we started a collaboration between El Merequetengue (network of Latin American landscape architects and designers), Illinois, New York Upstate, and Northern California ASLA chapters, TERREMOTO, TOPOPHYLA Landscape Architecture, and CROW landscapes, to learn about rights of the immigrant community, build acknowledgment, share resources, and support each other in times of fear and uncertainty.

The collaboration quickly grew and flourished in the planning of a series of webinars called “Life in the time of ICE." We turned our emotions (anger, frustration, insecurity, and desire to be proactive) into action. These webinars are a collective work formed in solidarity between a union of affiliate groups, ASLA regional chapters, and landscape architecture firms all interested in knowing how to navigate the attacks on the immigrant community.

The intention of the webinar series is to offer the landscape architecture community key information, resources and opportunities to take action. The series includes four parts: 

1. Be prepared: General overview of what’s happening, your legal rights, trends, tactics, how to create a workplace or individual plan.
2. Be an advocate: Ways to build acknowledgment, do what you can do, and share experiences and resources.
3. Learn: Know your rights with a lawyer from ACLU.
4. Take Action: Apply what you have learned, put knowledge in practice (role play session), and share experiences of how we have put everything into practice. 

First webinar: hosted by New York Upstate ASLA Chapter on February 26 at 3:00 p.m. (ET) / noon (PST). You can register here. 

Second webinar: March 3

Third webinar: March 18

Fourth webinar: coming soon

We invite you to join us, learn more about how to support the immigrant community and continue the conversation.

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Deadline: 3/13/2026
Type: RFPs / RFQs
LA CES approved?: No
Location(s): Shaker Heights, OH

Description:
The City of Shaker Heights is seeking responses from qualified Consultants interested in providing planning services to complete Phase 2.

In 2024-2025, the City undertook Phase 1 of the Recreation Strategic Plan, which sets the stage for future recreation investments throughout the city, particularly focused on five key sites. The City of Shaker Heights is now seeking proposals from qualified consultants interested in providing recreation planning and implementation services to build upon Phase 1 and complete a second phase. The Recreation Strategic Plan Phase 2 Implementation Plan will include: funding & financing strategies, potential partnerships, possible programming, fit plans, recommended phasing, and community center planning.

Pre-Proposal Meeting: February 27, 9 AM via Zoom (optional)
Proposals Due: March 13, 2 PM

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Deadline: 3/15/2026

Description:
With generous support from the Mellon Foundation, NAMLA is proud to offer a grant designed to support landscape architects engaged in place-based history, heritage, and cultural work within underserved communities.

This initiative aims to expand minority representation in landscape architecture, support projects that advance cultural landscapes rooted in community history and identity, and strengthen underserved communities by funding work that prioritizes cultural and environmental equity.

Grant amount:
$10,000

Eligibility:
Open to landscape architecture students, professionals, educators, firms and nonprofits in the United States 

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Deadline: 4/1/2026
Type: Grant
Location: Remote or in person; visiting archives in person in Brookline, MA is optional

Description:
Charles E. Beveridge Research Grant Call for Entries

Application Deadline: April 1, 2026

Notification of Award: May 1, 2026

Research Summary: June 1, 2027

Grant(s) up to $3,000 will be awarded. 

This grant supports research utilizing the Olmsted Archives at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site; many of those materials and related source material at the Library of Congress are available online. All candidates should have a project that broadens our understanding of the Olmsted legacy at the national, state, regional or municipal level. Projects addressing any aspect of the Olmsted firms' work or their contributions to the pedagogy and professional practice of landscape architecture and planning may also be appropriate. A short report or presentation summarizing the research is also required. The awardee will be selected based on the proposal's originality and the extent to which the research utilizes resources in the Olmsted Archives and other repositories. Past recipients have explored diverse topics related to individual projects, thematic categories, international influences, and the development of landscape architecture in academia. Beveridge Research Grants are sponsored by Friends of Fairsted, the philanthropic partner of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. These grants honor Charles E. Beveridge, PhD, preeminent Olmsted scholar and series editor of the Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted. 

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Deadline: 4/10/2026
Type: Competition / Award

Description:
Best of Practice is an award that honors the firms and businesses that are thoughtfully shaping the built environment in North America.

What makes a firm worthy of recognition? AN’s jury of esteemed practitioners and educators will examine offices with an eye towards three criteria: design, culture, and social impact. Design considers the company’s portfolio and evaluates the level of quality present in projects. Culture considers the internal experience and operations that can best support their employees and create an office culture that prizes advancement, achievement, and diversity. Finally, social impact looks at how companies engage with its community to envision and enact a better world. 

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Deadline for Grants to Individuals: September 2026
Deadline for Grants to Organizations: 2/25/2026

Description:
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications.

This program supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry.  

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Deadline: September 15
Type: Fellowship

Description:
The LAF Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership was established to foster transformational leadership capacity and drive positive change beyond the traditional scope of landscape architecture practice.

The $25,000 fellowship is an opportunity for landscape architecture professionals to dedicate the equivalent of 3 months’ time over the course of one year to nurture emerging ideas and to think deeply. It is designed as a time to reflect, research, explore, create, test, and develop ideas into action.

LAF selects a six-member cohort of Fellows and recent LAF Olmsted Scholars for the LAF Fellowship through a competitive application process based on a proposed project. Selected Fellows receive a $25,000 financial award and participate in three 2.5-day residencies over the course of a year, as well as monthly conference calls. Their projects must demonstrate the potential to bring about impactful change to the environment and humanity and have the capacity to grow the leadership potential of landscape architects.

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Deadline: November
Type: Fellowship
Location: Rome, Italy

Description:
For over one hundred thirty years, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the Rome Prize is given to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence.

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Deadline: December
Type: Grant

Description:
The LAF Research Grant in Honor of Deb Mitchell supports research projects that are relevant and impactful for the professional practice of landscape architecture.

Each year, one $25,000 grant will be awarded to support a research project that can be completed in a 12- to 18-month period. The research must generate knowledge and insights relevant to the practice of design in order to increase landscape architecture’s capacity and impact.

The Principal Investigator must be trained as a landscape architect and currently engaged in the field of landscape architecture as a researcher, educator, professional practitioner, or in some other capacity. Preference is given to research teams that represent partnerships between professional practice and academic/research institutions.

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Date: 7/18/2024 - 7/31/2026
Type: Other
LA CES approved?: Yes
Location(s): US

Description:

Lunch and Learn Opportunity
Eligible for 1 AIA HSW, 1 GBCI, 1 LACES HSW PDH, 1 RCEP

The one-hour course will summarize the design, manufacturing, and installation process for welded stainless steel swimming pools, spas, and water features. It will further outline the benefits of specifying this pre-fabricated system for elevated and rooftop installations including enhanced sustainability, streamlined installation, and reduced liability with a watertight vessel.

Learning Objectives

By completing this course, the design professional will be able to:

1. Explain why stainless steel aquatics offer a sustainable, long-term solution
2. Define why prefabricated aquatics streamline the onsite construction process
3. Describe the manufacturing steps that ensure a watertight stainless pool or spa
4. List six benefits of using welded stainless steel vessels for swimming pools, spas, and water features, especially in elevated locations

Please contact Meg Taiclet at [email protected] to schedule a date.