​IDEC Foundation Graduate Scholar Award

This grant, distributed through the IDEC Foundation, provides travel funding to interior design graduate students, who desire to become interior design educators in the future, to participate in the IDEC Annual Conference.
 
The number of scholar awards available and amount awarded will be determined prior to announcing the winners, pending availability of funding. 

Calls for submissions will be released in the Fall and be awarded to apply towards the conference in the following calendar year.
2023 Graduate Scholar Award Winners ​
Eva Neri
Florida State University
Alana Houston
Florida State University

2022 Graduate Scholar Award Winners

Alea Schmidt
Colorado State University
Rachel Bannister
Florida State University
Hannah Smith
Florida State University
Dongniya Xiu
Illinois State University
Courtney Mackrell
Marywood University
Farzane Omidi
Texas Tech University
Chunyao Liu
University of Florida 
Xu Jin
University of Florida
Michael Lekan-Kehinde
University of Minnesota
Fullah Hazazi
University of Minnesota
Hallie Gillespie
Virginia Commonwealth University
Tawny Chamberlain
Virginia Commonwealth University
Rachel Jupina
Washington State University
2021 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Rhode Baptiste
Virginia Commonwealth University
Ruohan Duan
Rhode Island School of Design
Sarah Jahanbakhsh
Drexel University
Rana Hassan Bazaid
Texas Tech University
Tiffany England
Drexel University
Cameron John 
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Renee Candelario
Design Institute of San Diego
Anna Fowler
Drexel University
Seongah Kang
Rhode Island School of Design
Collin Lott
Drexel University
Cynthia McClure
Marymount University
Farzaneh Sadat Akhavan Tabatabaei
Woodbury University
Courtney Mackrell
Marywood University
Olivia Perron
Florida State University
Hamed Yekita
Texas Tech University
Anashwara Mandalay
Pratt Institute
Danielle Smith
Arizona State University
2020 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Ruth E.P. Deibler
Virginia Commonwealth University
Lisa Patusky
Drexel University
​Luis Mejia
Oklahoma State University

2019 Graduate Scholar Award Winners

Xu Jin
University of Florida
Dawn Loraas
University of Missouri
Renae Mantooth
North Carolina State University
M. Marie Mastrobattista
Drexel University
Madison Sabatelli
Ohio State University

2018 Graduate Scholar Award Winners

Lesa Lorusso
University of Florida

2017 Graduate Scholar Award Winners

Ammara Arshad
Oklahoma University ​
Cory Olsen
University ​of Texas at Austin
Emily Bell
Ohio State University ​
Julie E. N. Irish
University ​of Minnesota
Suzanne Merlino
Auburn University ​

2016 Graduate Scholar Award Winners

Jack Kennedy
University ​of North Carolina Greensboro
Anna Osborne
University of Florida ​
Catherine Trugman
Georgia State University ​
2015 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Rose Peck
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jeff Walker
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Barbara Young
Purdue University
2014 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Theresa Bauer
University of Minnesota
Amanda Cleveland
Florida State University
Amy Duwell Brockford 
University of Wisconsin
Tiffany Lang
University of Florida
Amber Rae Ortlieb        
Auburn University
2012 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Jhoana Antiquino
Florida State University
Cotter Christian
Georgia State University
Kendra Locklear
University of Texas at Austin
Stephanie Scheivert
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Tony Purvis
Florida State University
2011 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
SeonMi Choi
University of Minnesota
Dana Vaux
Washington State University
Elise Wasser
University of Texas at Austin
Emily Phares
Florida State University
Kara Freihoefer
University of Minnesota
Kelly Martin
Auburn University
Cynthia Milota
University of Cincinnati
Aileen Strickland
University of Minnesota
Tony Purvis
Florida State University
2009 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Greta Buehrle
University of North Texas
Erin Cunningham
University of Florida
Yu-Fong Lin
University of Wisconsin
2008 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Anne Olson
University of Minnesota
Natalie Mendez
Marymount University
DeAnn Olsen
Utah State University
Ji Young Cho
University of Missouri-Columbia
​Laura Smith
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Clare Vogel
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lindsay Clark
Florida State University
​Clifford Gentry
Iowa State University
2007 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
​Meaghan K. Beever
Washington State University
​Denise Fields
Oklahoma State University
​Amanda Gale
Eastern Michigan University
Jain Kwon
University of Minnesota
​Julie E. Peterson
University of Minnesota
Mandy Pickett
Florida State University
​Kathleen Ryan
Washington State University
​Susan Schreibe
Washington State University
Megan M. Shaw
University of Kentucky
Julie K. Torelli
University of Minnesota