TRAVEL GRANT
seeing the world
The DF Research Travel Program is a professional development opportunity available to all employees, designed to support individual exploration of topics relevant to landscape architecture, such as design, materials, construction, sustainability, cultural resources, or restoration. Each year, up to four awards are granted, providing the applicant with a travel-expense stipend and three days of research time beyond PTO. Awardees are expected to present their findings to the office within 30 days of returning, including visuals and a summary of their research goals, methodology, and key takeaways. Take a look at some of research of previous grantees below!
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The DF Research Travel Program is a professional development opportunity available to all employees, designed to support individual exploration of topics relevant to landscape architecture, such as design, materials, construction, sustainability, cultural resources, or restoration. Each year, up to four awards are granted, providing the applicant with a travel-expense stipend and three days of research time beyond PTO. Awardees are expected to present their findings to the office within 30 days of returning, including visuals and a summary of their research goals, methodology, and key takeaways. Take a look at some of research of previous grantees below.
Charleston, South carolina
This is the first memorial to lynching, yet there are hundreds of memorials in Montgomery dedicated to the Confederacy. Across the country, there are very few memorials dedicated to women and people of color. Across the hundreds and hundreds of statues in New York City, just five depict historic women. There are 22 statues of men in Central Park alone, but not one (non-fictional) woman. In Washington, D.C., a city filled with marble memorials, there are five statues depicting women from history: Joan of Arc, Olive Risley Seward, Mary McLeod Bethune, Crown Princess Märtha of Sweden, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Do we as a profession have a role in changing this?