August 2008
ASID Foundation Supports CIDA’s Accreditation Process Review
The trustees of the ASID Foundation recently granted funds to support the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)’s project to comprehensively examine the accreditation process and to develop support services offered to programs seeking accreditation. The overall goal of the project is to introduce improvements to accreditation services that will enhance the value of engaging in the process and support a seamless transition to new accreditation standards in fall 2009.

 
Veterans Housing Initiative

The ASID Foundation has recently partnered with non-profit organization Rebuilding Together in an initiative focusing on rehabilitating the houses of low-income active and retired members of the military in need throughout the country.

Through this partnership, the ASID Foundation will help provide safe, sustainable and accessible housing for those who have given so much, yet cannot afford the cost of home maintenance and, in many cases, are physically unable to modify or maintain their homes. We encourage ASID members and chapter leaders to contact Rebuilding Together affiliates in their communities to volunteer for future veterans related home rehab projects. In the coming year there will be many opportunities to volunteer on home repair and modification projects for veterans. For additional information on the Veterans Housing Initiative click here.

 
REGREEN
The ASID Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council have partnered on the REGREEN program.  This collaborative undertaking involves the development of best practice guidelines and targeted educational resources for sustainable residential improvement projects for residential design professionals, suppliers, contractors and
existing homeowners.
REGREEN guidelines are available at www.regreenprogram.org

 

Jubilation 08
On Fri., March 14, hundreds of ASID members and friends of the ASID Foundation enjoyed the sights, sounds and flavors of New Orleans at the annual ASID Foundation benefit auction, Jubilation 08. The event, which featured a New Orleans Mardi Gras theme, raised more than $115,000 for the Foundation. Special thanks go out to the event’s sponsors, ASID Industry Partners Armstrong, BellacorPro.Com, Benjamin Moore & Co., Designtex and TOTO USA and to the events Honorary Chairman, Matt Lorenz, Allied Member ASID, and guest auctioneer, Bryan Batt.

During the ASID Chapter Leadership Conference (CLC) held in Calgary, July 24 – 27, ’08, awards will be presented to the top three ASID chapters responsible for raising the most money at Jubilation 08.

 

Academic Standards Revision Project
The ASID Foundation has partnered with the Council for Interior Design Accreditation to support a major standards revision project. The project involves a comprehensive examination of the standards used to evaluate academic programs.  Implementation of the new standards is planned for 2009.

 

The Green House Exhibition
The ASID Foundation served as a major sponsor of the exhibition, The Green House, New Directions in Sustainable Architecture & Design.  While in Washington, DC, over 133,000 people visited the show.  The installation closed on Sunday, June 24, at the National Building Museum and was installed at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey from February 11, 2008 to May 4, 2008.

 
ASID Foundation Announces Major Gift
Norman & Elaine Polsky Family Supporting Foundation Endorses Expanded Mission and Vision of ASID Foundation

The ASID Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce a $300,000 grant from the Norman & Elaine Polsky Family Supporting Foundation over the next five years. Together with a match from the ASID Foundation, the gift will grow the contributions of the Polsky fund to more than
$1 million by 2010. The gift was announced Friday, March 17, at "Jubilation: The ASID Foundation Fundraiser," held during INTERIORS 06: The ASID Conference on Design, in Nashville, Tenn.

"The generous gift from the Polsky Foundation, along with an earlier grant from the Angelo Donghia Foundation, will help the ASID Foundation become a self-supporting entity, separate from the American Society of Interior Designers by 2010" said Michael Alin, Hon. FASID, ASID executive director. "However, the ASID Foundation still needs a great deal of support from ASID members, manufacturers, service providers and other members of the design community to provide valuable research and education initiatives."

The grant monies will be provided to the ASID Foundation under the auspices of the Polsky Foundation and the funds will be used to promote using design applications to address society's most critical social and environmental needs-particularly in the area of sustainability. To help educate the public about sustainable considerations in the home, the ASID Foundation has signed on as a lead sponsor of "The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design" exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibition will open on May 20, and will remain at the museum for a full year before traveling to select cities throughout the United States.

The ASID Foundation, Inc., provides scholarships and awards for undergraduate and graduate students in a number of categories.

Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship
One Award of $2,000
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Boldt Scholarship entry form

Mabelle Wilhelmina Boldt Scholarship is open to students who are enrolled in or have applied for admission to a graduate-level interior design program at a degree-granting institution. Applicants must have been practicing designers for a period of at least five years prior to returning to graduate school level. The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic/creative accomplishment, as demonstrated by school transcripts and a letter of recommendation. Preference will be given to students with a focus on design research. 
 
Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award
One Award of $1,000
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Polsky Academic Achievement entry form

Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award is given annually by the ASID Educational Foundation to recognize an outstanding undergraduate or graduate student’s interior design research or thesis project. Research papers or doctoral and master’s theses should address such interior design topics as educational research, behavioral science, business practice, design process, theory or other technical subjects. Entries will be judged on actual content, breadth of material, comprehensive coverage of topic, innovative subject matter, bibliography and references. To see previous Polsky winners
click here. 

Joel Polsky Prize
One Award of $1,000
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Polsky Prize entry form

Joel Polsky Prize is given by the ASID Educational Foundation to recognize outstanding academic contributions to the discipline of interior design through literature or visual communication. Entries should address the needs of the public, designers and students on such topics as educational research, behavioral science, business practice, design process, theory or other technical subjects. Material will be judged on innovative subject matter, comprehensive coverage of topic, organization, graphic presentation, bibliography and references. To see previous Polsky winners
click here. 

Yale R. Burge Competition
One Award of $750 and up to Five Certificates of Excellence
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Burge Competition entry form

Yale R. Burge Competition is open to all students in their final year of undergraduate study enrolled in at least a three-year program of interior design. The competition is designed to encourage students to seriously plan their portfolios. Portfolio components, submitted on slides, may be as few as eight, but are not to exceed 12. These "Best of Work" components may include work that is as diverse as a lighting plan, graphic, sketch, furniture or cabinetry detail, paper flow chart or life-cycle cost analysis presentation, as well as the more usual furniture layout, color board and perspective rendering. Any one of these items equals one component. Any combination of these components may be used but under no circumstance may the total exceed 12 components. Judges will evaluate presentation skills, design and planning competency and conceptual creativity. 

Irene Winifred Eno Grant
One Award of $5000
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Eno Grant entry form

Irene Winifred Eno Grant is to provide financial assistance to individuals or groups engaged in the creation of an educational program(s) or an interior design research project dedicated to health, safety and welfare. The grant will be awarded on the basis of the project description, break down of potential use of funds and the marketing plan for the use/distribution of the end product of the project. The grant is open to students, educators, interior design practitioners, institutions or other interior design related group.

Dora Brahms Award
One Award of $3,000
Biennial Award available in 2010
Entry Deadline - To Be Determined
Download the Dora Brahms entry form

Dora Brahms Award is open biennially to educational institutions on behalf of their students in historic preservation and/or restoration studies, to encourage and support the advancement of professional activities in historic preservation and/or restoration. Institutions must illustrate how the Dora Brahms Award will best assist the student of historic preservation/restoration, and the historic preservation and design education community. 

For more information about ASID Foundation scholarships and awards, contact the ASID Education Department at (202) 546-3480 or via e-mail to education@asid.org.