Scholarships

2021 – Application Forms available online (left). Deadline: March 1, 2021

The Deadline has been extended to April 1, 2021 and the forms have been revised to indicate the new date.

Each year The Villagers award scholarships to students with a strong interest in historic preservation, a noteworthy academic record and the potential to make a significant contribution to historic preservation in the future. The purpose of the scholarship program is to foster professional development in historic preservation in the State of Florida.

The Villagers 2020 Scholarship Recipients

The Villagers awarded $12,000 for scholarships to deserving students with interests in architectural historic preservation.  

A total of three students were selected from a field of applicants based on scholastic standing, recommendations, samples of  their work and statements of interest in preservation of past architecture.

Recipients from the University of Miami were Tiffani Banks and Cecilia McCammon.  Both were in The School of Architecture and graduating seniors..

A portion of scholarship funds are dedicated for deserving students graduating from Design and Architecture High School (DASH), a Miami Dade County magnet school.  Winners are able to designate the scholarship award to the university of their choice.  Graduating senior Omar Leon a student at DASH, won the scholarship.

Joan Bounds headed this year’s committee, which also included Alma Dean, Diane Lee, Victoria Wiltsie and Colette Worm.

OMAR LEON

D.A.S.H.

CECILIA McCAMMON

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

TIFFANI BANKS
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI