Outstanding Student Project

This award is given to an outstanding paper or class project by a student or group of students. Nominations may demonstrate the contribution of planning to contemporary issues, demonstrate the application of the planning process, or present applied research.

Eligibility:

Students in accredited and non-accredited urban planning programs are eligible for this award. Also, projects from programs in allied professions such as architecture, landscape architecture, or civil engineering with an emphasis on urban design or planning are eligible. Nominated project should have been completed in the last three (3) years before the nomination deadline.

Criteria:

• Innovative — Originality of concept or appreciable refinement of existing techniques or procedures
• Transferable — Potential application to other locations, projects, or areas of planning interest
• Quality — Excellence of thought, analysis, writing, graphics, and character of presentation
• Implementation — Effectiveness of the work (proposals have been carried out, show promise of being carried out, or demonstrate an effective implementation technique)
• Comprehensive — Planning principles have been observed, especially in considering a project's effects on other public objectives