The National Association of Minority Landscape Architects, NAMLA, has announced a submission call for its Summer 2025 Cultural Heritage Grant.
With funding from the Mellon Foundation, the $5k grant is designed to support landscape architects engaged in place-based history, heritage, and cultural work within underserved communities.
According to Steven Chavez, founder of NAMLA, “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.”
Submissions are due by July 30. For more on application details and eligibility keep reading or check out NAMLA’s website here.
NAMLA SUMMER 2025 CULTURAL HERITAGE GRANT
ELIGIBILITY: Open to BIPOC landscape architecture students, professionals, educators, firms and nonprofits in the United States
APPLICATION MATERIALS: Resume/CV or Business/Nonprofit profile
Project Proposal Statement – Including why this project is important to the community and its cultural heritage (1-2 pages)
Project Proposal. Project can be preserving or rehabilitating an existing cultural heritage site, or proposing a new cultural heritage site on a vacant lot or land (4-6 pages – includes images and text)
SELECTION CRITERIA:
Applicant’s Knowledge of the Community and Site (25%)
Applicant’s Effectiveness of Including the Community in the Project Design (25%)
Feasibility of Implementing the Project and Long-Term Maintenance Considerations if
Applicable (25%)
Novel Approaches to Creating New Types of Cultural Heritage Landscapes (25%)
JURORS:
Adriana Garcia So, PLA / Project Manager / Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Diane Jones Allen, PLA, FASLA, FCELA / Program Director and Professor / University of Texas, Arlington
Jenn Low, PLA / Design Director / OpenBox
EMAIL MATERIALS TO: NationalAMLA@Gmail.com
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