RIAI Student Awards
RIAI Student Awards
The RIAI Student Awards are free to enter and are open to students from all the recognised programmes of Architecture in Ireland and RIAI-accredited programmes in Architectural Technology.
Registration for the RIAI Student Awards 2026 is now open.
The Winners and shortlisted students will be presented with their prizes at the RIAI Conference on 7 October 2026 in the RDS.
John Meagher Memorial Bursary
The John Meagher Memorial Bursary supports a fourth-year architecture student from an RIAI-accredited school of architecture to travel to Finland and/or Sweden to study the work of Alvar Aalto, Sigurd Lewerentz and others, in memory of the esteemed Architect, John Meagher, recipient of the RIAI Gold Medal and RIAI Gandon Medal.
The deadline for submissions is Friday, 29 May 2026. Applications for this bursary should be submitted to your tutors. Sketch books can be submitted to the RIAI Bookshop, for the attention of Dr Sandra O'Connell, with a covering note stating the student's name, student number and academic institution.
Below are the Winners of the RIAI Student Awards 2025.