The SAH American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip grant program funds awe-inspiring architectural and landscape field trips for students in grades 3–12 from under-resourced communities. To provide students with firsthand experiences and hands-on knowledge about the history of the built environment, SAH partners with nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. that offer youth design education programs and docent-led tours of architecture, parks, gardens, neighborhoods, and town/city centers. The SAH American Architecture and Landscape Field Trip grant program was established in 2015 through an anonymous gift from a generous SAH member. The goal of the grant program is to share the wonders of architecture and landscapes with students whose educational interests in the arts and humanities have been underserved due to racial, social, or economic inequity.

SAH welcomes applications from a wide variety of nonprofits including architectural and cultural heritage organizations, house museums, creative placemaking sites, schools of architecture with youth outreach programs, and arts and architecture high schools. Priority will be given to community-based educational programs that focus on marginalized histories that reflect the lived experiences of students and foster meaningful engagement with the built environment in which they live. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadlines for submitting applications are June 1 and December 1. Notification of grant awards will be made within six weeks.

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Recent Field Trip Reports

  • Field Trip Reports

Report on Drawing Connections, a Sketchbook-led Walking Tour of the French Quarter of New Orleans

July 24, 2023

Past Awardees

2025
Cranbrook Educational Community
Frank LLoyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West
Taliesin Preservation

2024
Frank LLoyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West
Dade Heritage Trust
Los Angeles Conservancy
Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
AIA Chicago Foundation
Chicago Architecture Center
Seattle Architecture Foundation

2023
BosNOMA Inc.
AIA Chicago Foundation
Cranbrook Educational Community

2022
NO AWARD / FELLOWSHIP GiVEN

2021
Dade Heritage Trust
Friends of the Cabildo
AIA Chicago Foundation
Atlanta Preservation Center,  Inc.
Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation

2020
Charleston Museum

2019
Frank LLoyd Wright Trust
Louisiana State University & AM College
Glessner House Museum
Cranbrook Educational Community
Dade Heritage Trust
I-NOMA

2018
Glessner House Museum
Frank LLoyd Wright Foundation at Taliesin West
Piedmont Housing Alliance
We are the Next
Dade Heritage Trust
Seattle Architecture Foundation
ILASLA
SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY
AIA Chicago
Glessner House Museum
Historic Columbia

2017
artworxLA
Glessner House Museum
Florida Intl University

2016
artworxLA
I-NOMA

2015
Minnesota Chapter SAH