McHarg Fellowship - 2027-2028

University of Pennsylvania • Philadelphia, PA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The McHarg Fellowship is a teaching and research fellowship award given by the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology to an emerging voice in landscape architecture and its related fields. The Fellowship is awarded competitively on an annual basis and the selected fellow is expected to be in residence at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, in Philadelphia, full-time for one academic year, from the beginning of the Fall semester (August) through the end of the following Spring semester (May). The purpose of the Fellowship is to create a unique opportunity for an emerging professional and/or academic who would benefit most from support to conduct research, to teach, and to be mentored by faculty during the term of the fellowship. The award includes $76,000 paid as salary to the fellow and an additional $4,000 awarded as a discretionary stipend for travel, research, and exhibition-related expenses. Housed in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology was launched in 2019 as a transdisciplinary platform for collaborative research supporting the future of life on Earth. The Center funds and broadcasts original scholarly research; convenes students, faculty, and practitioners; and awards the annual McHarg Fellowship. It adheres to the values set forward by the Weitzman School of Design and the University of Pennsylvania.

Requirements

• A professionally accredited bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in landscape architecture (or the international equivalent) is required.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate or undergraduate level teaching experience in landscape architecture is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Be in residence from August 1, 2027 through May 31, 2028.
• Undertake both teaching and research at the Weitzman School of Design.
• May be assigned teaching roles in the Department of Landscape Architecture as part of a team in the August Summer Institute and in a core landscape design studio during the fall semester (either Studio I, which focuses on the fundamentals of site-based inquiry and design, or Studio III, which focuses on regional-scale social and ecological systems), as well as a new elective seminar related to their research during the spring semester.
• Conduct research concurrently.
• Participate in the intellectual and cultural life of the school.
• Present their work-in-progress to the standing faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture at least once during their fellowship appointment.
• Make a public presentation of their work during the spring semester.

Benefits

• $76,000 paid as salary
• $4,000 discretionary stipend for travel, research, and exhibition-related expenses
• Access to ACA affordable insurance coverages
• Laptop computer with a standard software package
• Access to research carrels in the Fisher Fine Arts Library
• Shared office space
• Access to all Penn libraries
• Access to the Weitzman Fabrication Lab
• Access to the Architectural Archives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level