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.
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.
2024 Graduate Scholar Award Winners
Stevi Eggers
Purdue University |
Anna Ellis
Florida State University |
Lisa Williams
University of North Carolina Greensboro |
Lisa Patusky
Auburn University |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |