To be eligible your project must also meet these requirements:

• Align with the mission and direction of AIGA
• Illustrate one or more of AIGA core values (design excellence, leadership, equity and impact, with an emphasis placed this year on the categories leadership and social Impact)
• Be developed in collaboration with a chapter’s board of directors–a project cannot be submitted by an individual member without the endorsement of its board
• Meet a concrete, specific need in the community and identify a partner with whom you can develop this project, such as a nonprofit community association, a civic entity, a school or expert resource
• Offer effective tools, resources, platforms, and strategies to facilitate active member participation and civic engagement at large
• Consider co-applying with another chapter
• Be innovative: provoke new thinking about the practice, education, or understanding of design, demonstrate inspiration, and model new ways to engage designers in their communities
• Your project must be executable and sustainable within proposed resources. To achieve this, we recommend that you incorporate metrics to gauge success in working towards and achieving your project’s stated goals.
• Consider the need for the impact of your project to serve both the variety of constituencies of AIGA members and to encourage participation among underrepresented groups.

Your project must be executable and sustainable within proposed resources. To achieve this, we recommend that you incorporate metrics to gauge success in working towards and achieving your project’s stated goals. Consider the need for the impact of your project to serve both the variety of constituencies of AIGA members and to encourage participation among underrepresented groups.
 

Download and read the information packet

For all the details and additional information like application information, funding criteria, selection processes, deadlines, and more. Please read this in full and pay special attention to the deadlines before applying.

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