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RFQs and Opportunities
Explore current RFQs, calls, and professional opportunities from ASLA and partner organizations, supporting practice growth, visibility, and engagement throughout the year.
Current Opportunities
2027 National Design Awards Call for Nominations
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.
Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District Updated Master Plan
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.
Indigenous Structures for Inclusion Conference 2026
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.
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.
Yellowstone Country Club - Golf Course Architect on Retained Services (Multiyear)
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.
The USTA Future Courts Student Design Competition
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.
NASA Training: Species Distribution Modeling with Google Earth Engine
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.
Cultivating Connected Communities Prize Challenge
Deadline: August 26, 2026
Type: Competition / Award
Location: Nationwide
Description: What if a community garden could be truly for everyone?
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is launching Phase 1 of the Cultivating Connected Communities Prize Challenge - a national competition supporting innovative, inclusive garden models that advance healthy eating, accessibility, and connection across all communities, including Tribal Nations. ACL specifically seeks to identify and support existing sustainable community garden projects interested in extending their outreach to people with all types of disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), people living with paralysis and other physical or cognitive disabilities, and older adults.
We'd love for you to get involved. Here's how:
🏆 Apply to Compete — Think your garden solution could be a model for others? Email us with the subject line "Intent to Apply" by July 15 to join the applicant list and follow the instructions in this link.
⚖️ Serve as a Judge — Want to help recognize accessible innovation on the ground? Email us with the subject line “Judge” by July 15 to express interest and we will follow up with you with the details and next steps.
💻 Join Our Informational Webinar — Stay tuned for details on our upcoming informational webinar to learn more about Phase 1 of this competition! We will walk through requirements for the Accessibility Change Plan, including how submissions will be reviewed.
Thank you for the work you do to build healthier, accessible, more connected communities - we hope to have you alongside us.
Graham Foundation Grants
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.
Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellowship for Innovation and Leadership
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.
Rome Prize Fellowships
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.
Landscape Architecture Foundation Deb Mitchell Research Grant
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.
USTA Tennis Venue Services Grant
Deadline: Rolling application; reviewed on an ongoing basis
Type: Grant
Location: Nationwide
Description: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) offers competitive grant funding to tennis facilities that are open to the public and meet certain requirements. Funding eligibility is based on many criteria, including the scope and complexity of the project, the number of tennis courts at the facility, and in the case of Category 3 projects, the successful completion of a technical review.
This outline describes the grant categories and project descriptions.
Lighter. Faster. Stronger. Stainless Steel Rooftop Aquatics
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:
- Explain why stainless steel aquatics offer a sustainable, long-term solution
- Define why prefabricated aquatics streamline the onsite construction process
- Describe the manufacturing steps that ensure a watertight stainless pool or spa
- 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.