CityStudioSTL Fellowships

The CityStudioSTL Fellowship provides funded opportunities for architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design students to work with a local firm to address socially engaged challenges in St. Louis. Participating students will complete a 12-week civic or pro bono project in the St. Louis region at a host firm. Summer 2025 host firms include Arbolope Studio, Christner Architects, Mackey Mitchell Architects, PGAV Planners, Trivers, and Counterpublic.

Applications are due Feb. 28, 2025.

• Feb 28, 2025: Applications close
• Mar 21, 2025: Applicants notified of status
• May 25, 2025: First Stipend Payment
• May 27, 2025: Fellowships begin. Dates may vary and are established between the firm and fellow.
• Jul 15, 2025: Second Stipend Payment
• Aug 15, 2025: Fellowships end. Dates may vary and are established between the firm and fellow.

Eligibility

Current Sam Fox School architecture, landscape architecture, or urban design undergraduate and graduate students or recent graduates (December 2024 or May 2025) are eligible to apply. Foreign nationals requiring H-1B or employment-based visa sponsorship are ineligible to apply.

The fellow must be located in the US for the duration of the fellowship and must confirm location requirements with the firm. All applicants must be in good standing with the University. Applicants must be pursuing a master’s degree for the graduate fellowship or a bachelor’s degree for the undergraduate fellowship.

Applicant Expectations

Interview applicants will be expected to:

• Coordinate and schedule an interview with the firm
• Respond in a timely manner to communications to and from the firm
• Disclose other possible conflicting summer opportunities

Fellow Expectations

Fellowship recipients will be expected to:

• Complete a 12-week civic or social change project in St. Louis at the host firm, working actively with firm staff to complete assigned project(s).
• Work an average of 40 hours per week in the host firm office.
• Participate in host firm social and professional development activities.
• Attend at most 3 lunches/meetings with Office for Socially Engaged Practice representatives during the summer to discuss experiences and opportunities.
• Share Fellowship experiences with other students in fall 2024 and spring 2025.
• Provide feedback on the Fellowship program.

Payment Information

The CityStudioSTL Graduate Fellow will receive two $4,450 stipends for the completion of their project work, totaling $8,900. The CityStudioSTL Undergraduate Fellow will receive two $3,150 stipends for the completion of their project work, totaling $6,300.

The first stipend will be available in May, and the second will be available in early July, pending successful participation in the program to that point. To receive these payments, the recipient may need to submit materials to the Sam Fox School Business Office.

Payments provided for the purpose of assisting the recipient in the pursuit of study or research may be treated for tax purposes as a grant. If the recipient is a US citizen or considered a resident alien for US tax purposes, then the transaction is taxable and reportable in the US and will be reported on a stipend letter.

If the recipient is to a nonresident alien for tax purposes for activities in the US, then the transaction is subject to withholding and is reported on Form 1042-S. The withholding amount for taxable payments to nonresident aliens is 30% by statute; however, taxable grants provided to nonresident aliens in J or F visa statuses are afforded the reduced rate of 14%.

Applicant Information

Candidates will be evaluated based on their capacity to participate in a professional context, relevant skills to the projects proposed, interest in socially engaged work, and engagement with St. Louis. Top applicants will be interviewed by the sponsoring firm, which will select the fellow.

Application Materials Candidates should apply at the link below and include the following materials as a PDF: + Resume

• Contact Information for three academic or professional references
• Cover letter (cover letters to be addressed to firm contact.)
• Portfolio (link to an downloadable online portfolio is acceptable)

Firm Contacts

• Arbolope: Irene Compadre
• Christner: Ryan Kopp
• H3 Studio: John Hoal
• MMA: Christina Brown and Tom Peterson
• PGAV: Susie Bowich
• Trivers: Ashley Hoolihan

CityStudioSTL Fellowships are part of the Sam Fox School’s CityStudioSTL program, which is generously supported by Gina and Bill Wischmeyer (BA69/MArch71).