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Emerging Professional Awards Program (EPAP)
AIA Potomac Valley’s Emerging Professional Awards Program (EPAP) honors and develops our Emerging Professionals, draws on the talents of our Fellows, and stimulates the entire AIAPV community. EPAP is an annual event for the AIAPV community. This page provides details on the program and allows you to apply and enter the competition.
EPAP is designed to recognize outstanding Emerging Professional leaders and provide them with a year-long opportunity to hone their leadership skills. Each year, EPAP winners will be honored as part of AIAPV’s Excellence in Design Awards ceremony. They will receive a $500 cash award and will then embark on one year of career leadership development through a curated, year-long mentorship program with AIAPV’s Fellows. They will also receive a stipend of up to $1,000 to be allocated towards leadership-related programs, career development, and networking opportunities. Among other things, the stipend might be used to support payment of AIA and AIAPV dues; attending the AIA annual conference, AIA Leadership Summit, and other AIA events; and participating in the annual AIAPV/PVAF golf outing.
Candidates will compete for acceptance in EPAP through an application process by responding to questions about leadership in the field of architecture and their goals from the program. Applicants may respond via a written, video, or digital submission.
A jury led by AIAPV Fellows will evaluate applicants based on their exhibition of thought leadership potential. As already noted, the Fellows will provide a curated mentorship experience for EPAP winners and will support the program in many other ways.
I. ELIGIBILITY
EPAP is open to practitioners living or working within AIAPV's chapter territory which includes Charles, Prince George’s, Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett counties. Candidates can have up to 10 years of full-time experience working as a licensed architect (licensure is not a requirement of eligibility), with a professional degree in architecture, under the supervision of an architect, or as faculty in a university architecture program.
II. SUBMISSIONS
2026 EPAP SELF-NOMINATION FORM
DEADLINE
- Nominations due: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
EPAP Awardees receive:
- $500 cash prize
- Year-long mentorship with AIAPV Fellow(s)
- Stipend of up to $1,000 for AIA leadership activities
QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS?
Please contact Executive Director David Iams at [email protected] or (410) 212-2945.
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