About Competition
This year, University Design Research Fellows will be awarded to full-time university/college professors in any area of design, architecture, art, and landscape architecture. UDRFellows will be shortlisted by the 2022–23 Curatorial Partners and then selected by a local set of Community Jurors based on the Request for Qualifications process.
Upon application and acceptance, participants are required to participate in the 2022 Symposium, 2023 Design Presentations, and in the 2023 Exhibition to design/build a public project that showcases their research.
Entering the fourth cycle of Exhibit Columbus, LCF is proud to launch the University Design Research Fellowship (UDRF) as an open competition in an effort to attract the most innovative and thoughtful ideas that are connected to the emerging concerns of this cycle.
About the Organizer
Exhibit Columbus, an exploration of community, architecture, art, and design that activates the modern legacy of Columbus. Through a two-year cycle of events, conversations are convened around innovative ideas, and then site-responsive installations are commissioned to create a free, public exhibition.
Competition Website: https://www.exhibitcolumbus.org
Submission / Key Dates
22 August 2022
Request for Qualifications Due
06 September 2022
University Design Research Fellowship Award Notification

