RFQs and Opportunities

Dates: June 4-6, 2026
Type: Event
LA CES Approved?: Yes
Location: Detroit, Michigan

Description: The Landscape Architecture Foundation’s (LAF) Future Now: Taking Action for People + Planet by Design summit will bring together the landscape architecture community to inspire innovative ideas and empower individual and collective action. Building on what was started 10 years ago with the release of the New Landscape Declaration, and happening at a time when our values for the planet and people are needed most, this convening affirms the power of leadership, collaboration, and action to drive meaningful change.

When: June 4-6
Where: Detroit Masonic Temple | Detroit, MI

Over the course of two days encompassing 30 lightning talks, keynote speakers, workshops, and panels, summit participants can earn up to 14.75 PDH (LA CES/HSW). An optional third day will include field sessions throughout Detroit. On the first evening, LAF will host a 60th Anniversary Party to celebrate six decades since its founding in 1966.

More than a convening, this is a call to action—an invitation to join LAF as a collective voice committed to continuing the work of shaping a future that designs for climate, biodiversity, equity, and inclusion. Make plans to join us to recenter, celebrate, and find ways to get things done!

Bundled and student pricing is available. The Advance Rate ends April 30.

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Deadline: June 8, 2026
Type: Competition / Award

Description:
The National Design Awards is a Cooper Hewitt initiative launched in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council. The Awards and its associated public programs seek to increase national awareness of the impact of design in our everyday life.

Please use the online form to nominate exceptional candidates who have made meaningful contributions to the world through design for the 2027 National Design Awards.

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Deadline: June 12, 2026
Type: RFP / RFQ
Location: Fair Oaks, California

Description: Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District seeks proposals from qualified consultants to prepare a comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan, including community engagement, needs assessment, priorities, and implementation strategies to guide future parks, facilities, and programming decisions.

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Call for Papers Abstract Deadline: June 19, 2026
Indigenous SEED Awards Deadline: July 1, 2026
Conference: October 8-10, 2026
Location: Portland, Oregon

Description: 
Structures for Inclusion Conference 2026
Theme: Indigenous Public Interest Design: Cultural Knowledge and Practices

Join us this October for three days of presentations, dialogue, and knowledge-sharing focused on Indigenous wisdom, design practices, and the built environment.

Call for Papers
Abstract Deadline: June 19, 2026
Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit abstracts for 20-minute presentations on Indigenous Public Interest Design. Submissions require a title, a 250-word abstract, and four keywords. Selected presenters will be notified in July, with full papers due September 10.

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Indigenous SEED Awards: Call for Entries
Deadline: July 1, 2026
The Indigenous SEED Awards recognize outstanding projects that exemplify excellence in Indigenous Public Interest Design. Five award recipients will be selected by a jury of Indigenous leaders, receive a $1,500 honorarium, and present their work at SFI 2026.

Apply for the SEED Awards

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Start date for services: October 1, 2026
Type: RFPs / RFQs
Location: Billings, Montana

Description: Yellowstone Country Club, a private 501(c)(7) club in Billings, Montana, invites qualified golf course architects to submit proposals for ongoing advisory services and long-term master planning. The Club features an 18-hole course originally designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., with a recent renovation phase completed in 2025, set along the Yellowstone River corridor.

YCC seeks a strategic architectural partner to enhance playability, sustainability, and overall member experience while preserving the course’s character and regional landscape. Key focus areas include tree and canopy management, native area conversion, irrigation efficiency, and cohesive long-term design direction.

The selected firm will provide ongoing course evaluation, develop a comprehensive tree and native landscape plan, and lead the creation of a phased master plan addressing course features, practice facilities, and circulation. The architect will also serve as a liaison to club leadership, ensuring a consistent architectural vision.

Proposers should demonstrate experience with private club projects, sustainable design, and familiarity with Mountain West or similar climates. Deliverables include evaluation reports, master plans, phasing strategies, and ongoing advisory support.

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Deadline: July 1, 2026
Type: Competition / Award
Location: United States

Description: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) presents the Future Courts Student Design Competition, a national challenge that encourages undergraduate and graduate students to bring fresh, innovative thinking to the design of future tennis venues.

Tennis is more than a game; it is one of the world’s great cultural sporting landscapes. With over 100 million players globally and a surging community of 27.3 million in the United States, the classic court archetype is ready for a decisive evolution. We invite students to retool the DNA of the tennis court by prioritizing design expression, sustainability, and innovation. This is your chance to reimagine how people move, play, and gather. Whether responding to shifting climatic conditions or expressing unique cultural traditions, we challenge you to dream without constraints. If you can dream it, you can design it. The deadline to submit an entry to the competition is July 1, 2026.

Eligibility: Contestants must be an undergraduate or graduate student enrolled for the Spring 2026 semester.

Team Size: Submissions can be made by individuals or teams, with a maximum of four (4) members per team.

Prizes:
1st Place: $7,500
2nd Place: $5,000
3rd Place: $2,500

Bonus: The three (3) winning teams will also receive 2026 US Open Grounds Passes for each team member to the US Open in New York City during the first week of the tournament.

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Dates: July 7 and July 14, 2026
Type: Event
LA CES Approved?: No
Location: Online

Description: The NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program has launched a new online training series: Species Distribution Modeling with Google Earth Engine. We invite you to participate in this no-cost training (more info below) and help us spread the word!

This course begins by introducing key SDM concepts for participants working in ecology, conservation, or wildlife biology. The course then provides a basic introduction to Google Earth Engine (GEE) and JavaScript coding, before moving on to spatial data manipulation and example workflows for species distribution mapping in GEE.

Participants need no prior experience working with GEE, but we assume participants have a basic understanding of GIS data and concepts, such as rasters (including stacks or multi-band images), vectors, projections, and spatial resolution.

Course Dates: July 7 & 14, 2026
Time: Session A: 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. EDT (UTC-4); Session B: 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT (UTC-4)
Register Today: https://go.nasa.gov/4v6asbj

Note: Those who attend both parts live and complete the required homework by the deadline will receive a certificate of completion for the training.

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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.