Youth Education Grant
The youth education grant provides scholarships for two high school students pursuing higher education in architecture, urban design, or historic preservation.
The specific scholarship recipients are chosen by ACE’s scholarship committee each May. The students must have participated in the ACE program and provide letters of recommendation and a written an essay about their passion for Architecture, Construction, or Engineering which will be their ongoing field of study.
Recipients have been from Greater New York high schools including Archbishop Molloy High School, Brooklyn Technical High School, LaGuardia High School, NYC iSchool, Saint Demetrios Preparatory School, St. Francis Preparatory School, St. Peter’s Boys High School, Sayville High School, Staten Island Technical High School, Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction, Yonkers Montessori Academy, The High School for Math Science and Engineering at CCNY.
These students have gone on to study Architecture or Engineering at Brown University, City College of New York, Drexel University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, SUNY Buffalo, and University of Miami.
About the
ACE Mentor Program
ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York arranges teams, of professional mentors and high school students, that meet to explore the fields of architecture, construction, and engineering. The program culminates in a design project, mimicking professional requirements, collaborations, and schedules as much as possible.
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners supports this arm of the program as well, serving as hosts and mentors to a team of students.
