The RIBA WCCA Travel Award has been offered annually since 2008 by The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects| in cooperation with the RIBA. The award is made in memory of Stuart Murphy, the Chief Planning Officer of the City of London, and past Master of the WCCA.

The Award provides an international travel grant of up to £2,000 to a student or a group of students enrolled in a RIBA-validated Part 2 course in a School of Architecture in the greater London area. Winners are requested to produce a report, which will be produced after the trip for the RIBA and WCCA.

Applications for 2012 are now open - see below:

Winners for 2011

Two winners have been chosen for the RIBA WCCA student travel award from a very high standard of applications and will receive £1000 each towards their respective projects:

• Danny Fenster from the University of Greenwich - London vs China: urban development in London and Chongqing.
• Naveen Anandakumar from London Metropolitan University - Sri Lanka: art workshops with schools around the topic of local regeneration.

Hear Danny and Naveen present their research at the RIBA on 31 January 2012|.

Previous winners

2010

The Award of £2,000 was made to Linda Hagberg from the Bartlett who travelled to Caracas, Venezuela to conduct research on the capital's 'Barrios' in Caracas, Venezuela.  

2009

The winner of the 2009 RIBA WCCA Travel Award was Katherine Ashley (University of Westminster), who received funding for her research trip to Sri Lanka.

Applications and more information

Applications for the 2012 award are now open and the deadline is 5pm on Thursday 5 April 2012. For further information about the Award email tom.symonds| @riba.org|

Please also see the WCCA blog| for further infomation about the award and WCCA activity.