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Volunteer opportunities

AIA encourages participation from members who bring varied perspectives—across career stages, firm sizes, geographic regions, cultural backgrounds, and practice areas. We believe that diverse voices help ensure that our programs, policies, and initiatives reflect the evolving needs of the profession and the communities we serve. The 2026 volunteer application process is now underway. Appointments will be made and nominees will be notified in mid-September. View a full list of opportunities >

 

Additional Award Programs

COTE® Top Ten for Students 

College of Fellows Latrobe Prize

 

AIA National Awards Portfolio - 2026 Awards Season

The AIA national awards portfolio consists of two-dozen programs that define architectural excellence by highlighting exemplary people, organizations, and projects. The AIA Awards FAQ page contains information relevant to the portfolio of national award programs as well as other award programs. 

The award program dates provided are the estimated intervals for each AIA national award program offered in the 2026 season. Provided dates may change in the event unforeseen circumstances impact AIA's ability to administer a thorough, equitable competition to all award applicants. 

Specific information regarding program policies (i.e., applicant eligibility, nominator options, etc.), required application components (i.e., letters of reference, candidate/project information fields, etc.), and other elements relevant in the 2026 iteration of the program will be available in the online application portal once the award begins accepting materials. All materials must be submitted via the online portal (i.e., cannot be accepted via email, phone, shared online drive, fax, post, etc.) by the prescribed deadline(s): deadline extension or exception requests will not be granted. Applicants and interested parties are encouraged to seek award assistance well in advance of application deadlines to minimize the risk for ineligibility and/or application noncompliance rendering the entry removed from review.   All applicants will be contacted by AIA national once review and selection proceedings have concluded. Applicants selected to receive an award will be publicly announced at the anticipated intervals noted below. All recipients to these award programs will be celebrated during the 2026 AIA annual conference.

For additional information regarding programs in the AIA national awards portfolio pleae contact us at honorsawards@aia.org. 

Applications Open June 20, 2025

The programs below will begin accepting application materials on Friday June 20, 2025. All application materials are due 5pm Eastern Thursday August 7, 2025. Recipients to these awards programs will be publicly announced in December 2025. 

Applications Open June 25, 2025

The programs below will begin accepting application materials on Wednesday June 25, 2025. All application materials are due 5pm Eastern Wednesday October 8, 2025. Recipients to these awards programs will be publicly announced in February 2026.

Applications Open July 18, 2025

The programs below will begin accepting application materials on Friday July 18, 2025. All application materials are due 5pm Eastern Thursday August 28, 2025. Recipients to these awards programs will be publicly announced in April 2026.

Applications Open September 12, 2025

The programs below will begin accepting application materials on Friday September 12, 2025. All application materials are due 5pm Eastern Thursday November 13, 2025. Recipients to these awards programs will be publicly announced in June 2026.

 

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