The Sam Fox School's Creative Activity Research Grants enable faculty to pursue innovative new projects or to advance ongoing creative activity and research. All Sam Fox School tenured and tenure-track faculty as well as full-time senior lecturers are eligible to apply. Grants typically cover a one-year period, with awards ranging from $1,000 to $8,000.
If you have questions or need support with proposal writing, please contact Nicole Allen, nallen@wustl.edu, or Julie Owens, jcowens@wustl.edu.
2021-22 Grant Recipients
Wyly Brown, assistant professor, to support the creation of a visual exhibition and presentation that explores the ecological, social, and economic benefits of planting and commercially harvesting timber bamboo on vacant brownfield lots in the City of St. Louis.
Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor, to support his participation in an exhibition in Columbus, Indiana, as an Exhibit Columbus 2020-21 University Design Research Fellow.
Pablo Moyano Fernandez, assistant professor, to support the production of a series of ten concrete mockups to test and showcase the capabilities of the proposed Sequential Casting Concrete System (SCCS) in low-rise, load-bearing enclosures.
Linda C. Samuels, associate professor, to support Mapping Food Further Forward (M3F), a collaboration with the Los Angeles-based food recovery nonprofit Food Forward, that will assist in mapping the recovery and redistribution of 26 million pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables they provide free of charge to Angelenos each year. This project is a six- to nine-month effort to better understand the spatial distribution of intermediate-level agencies and ultimately families who receive food support, and the gaps where more support is needed.
Aggie Toppins, associate professor, and Shreyas R Krishnan, assistant professor, to support the TL;DR Zine Archive and Exhibition, a collection of zines by designers and illustrators who make critical investigations through material form and content.
2020-21 Grant Recipients
Jonathan Hanahan, assistant professor
Igor Marjanović, JoAnne Stolaroff Cotsen Professor
Eric Mumford, Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture, and Shantel Blakely, assistant professor
Tim Portlock, professor
Denise Ward-Brown, professor
2019-20 Grant Recipients
Petra Kempf, assistant professor
Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor
Meghan Kirkwood, assistant professor
Constance Vale, assistant professor
Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, assistant professor
2018-19 Grant Recipients
Patty Heyda, associate professor
Lisa Bulawsky, professor
Tom Reed, senior lecturer
Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, associate professor
Tim Portlock, associate professor
Penina Acayo Laker, assistant professor
2017-18 Grant Recipients
Chandler Ahrens, assistant professor
Chrissi Cowhey, assistant professor
Douglas B. Dowd, professor
Pablo Moyano, senior lecturer
Linda C. Samuels, associate professor
2016-17 Grant Recipients
Ken Botnick, professor
Jennifer Colten, senior lecturer
Catalina Freixas, assistant professor
Jonathan Hanahan, assistant professor
Buzz Spector, professor
Stan Strembicki, professor
2015-16 Grant Recipients
Rod Barnett, professor of landscape architecture, and Jacqueline Margetts, senior lecturer in landscape architecture
Derek Hoeferlin, assistant professor of architecture
Stephen Leet, professor of architecture
Denise Ward-Brown, associate professor of art
2014-15 Grant Recipients
Chandler Ahrens, assistant professor, architecture
Lisa Bulawsky, associate professor, printmaking
Jennifer Colten, senior lecturer, photography
Patty Heyda, assistant professor, architecture and urban design
Igor Marjanovic, associate professor, architecture
2013-14 Grant Recipients
Catalina Freixas, assistant professor, architecture, and Pablo Moyano, senior lecturer, architecture
Kees Lokman, assistant professor, landscape architecture
Lindsey Stouffer, senior lecturer, architecture and art
2012-13 Grant Recipients
Ron Fondaw, professor, art
Patty Heyda, assistant professor, urban design and architecture; Natalie Yates, assistant professor, landscape architecture; Christine Yogiaman, assistant professor, architecture
Igor Marjanovic, associate professor, architecture
Eric Mumford, professor, architecture
Monika Weiss, assistant professor, art
2011-12 Grant Recipients
Lauren Adams, assistant professor, art
Joan Hall, Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art
Robert McCarter, Ruth and Norman Moore Professor of Architecture
Christine Yogiaman, assistant professor, architecture
2010-11 Grant Recipients
Ken Botnick, professor, art
DB Dowd, professor, art
Derek Hoeferlin, senior lecturer, architecture
Jenny Lovell, assistant professor, architecture
Arny Nadler, associate professor, art
2009-10 Grant Recipient
Denise Ward-Brown, associate professor, art
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2008-09 Grant Recipients
Lisa Bulawsky, associate professor, art
Michael Byron, professor, art
Jenny Lovell, assistant professor, architecture
Jen Maigret, assistant professor, architecture
Heather Woofter, assistant professor, architecture
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2007-08 Grant Recipients
DB Dowd, professor, art
Zeuler Lima, assistant professor, architecture
Igor Marjanovic, assistant professor, architecture
Arny Nadler, assistant professor, art
Franklin Oros, associate professor, art
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