Architecture schools with programs that are accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) and architecture schools with programs that are candidates for NAAB-accreditation are invited to submit projects. In addition to responding to the objectives of the NCARB Prize program, projects must meet the following requirements:

• The project must involve non-faculty architect practitioners.*
• The project must be offered as part of the architecture curriculum in the architecture school.
• The project must be a course or part of a course that is offered for academic credit.
• The project must have commenced no earlier than the fall 2008 academic term and must have been completed or must be in progress by the end of the fall 2010 academic term.

Architecture schools may submit more than one project. Each submission must be limited to one project; multiple submissions of the same project will not be accepted. Projects submitted previously may be resubmitted only if they have undergone continuous development and the submission substantively demonstrates and documents the project’s continuous and on-going development.

There are no other restrictions on the type of project that may be submitted. Projects do not have to be studio-based or design-based; projects do not have to result in a building project or built project. Non-design and non-studio projects such as seminar-, classroom-, laboratory-based projects are eligible for submission as long as they respond to the program objectives and meet the eligibility requirements.

* Non-faculty architect practitioners must hold current registration in a U.S. jurisdiction. Non-faculty architect practitioners may not include any faculty members (adjunct, visiting, part-time or full-time). Verification of all non-faculty architect practitioners’ registration status must be provided. See submission requirements.