2027 Avalon Flooring Scholarship
Offered by International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation
About this scholarship
The 2027 Avalon Flooring Scholarship is one of the distinct 2027 student awards administered by the International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundation. It provides $2,000 tuition scholarship plus an optional paid internship for a student pursuing interior design or a closely related furnishings and design discipline at a United States institution. This regional award serves students who reside in or attend school in New Jersey, Delaware, or southeastern Pennsylvania. The competition centers on an individual kitchen or bath project, and the selected recipient may also pursue an optional paid internship with Avalon Flooring. Applicants do not need to be U.S. citizens, but they must attend school in the United States, satisfy the award-specific enrollment rules, and remain enrolled through at least the end of the fall 2027 semester. Most candidates must already have completed four postsecondary design courses. A complete packet includes the official application, an unofficial registrar transcript showing enrollment and GPA, a 200-400 word goals and interests essay, an individual design-project presentation with process and final drawings or renderings, additional portfolio images, and an instructor or professor recommendation on school stationery. Materials are submitted as PDF files to the Foundation rather than through a commercial scholarship directory. The official award page provides the application packet. IFDAEF accepts 2027 applications from March 1 through March 31, pays scholarship funds directly to the recipient's school for tuition, and says incomplete or late packets will not be reviewed.
Eligibility
- Attend an accredited school in the United States; U.S. citizenship is not required
- Be enrolled through at least the end of the fall 2027 semester
- Have completed at least four postsecondary design courses unless the official award packet states otherwise
- Reside in or attend school in New Jersey, Delaware, or southeastern Pennsylvania
- Be enrolled in an accredited interior-design or related program of any length
- Submit the required original kitchen or bath design project and supporting portfolio material
- Submit the official application, transcript, goals essay, design portfolio materials, and instructor recommendation as required
- Email a complete English-language PDF application packet by March 31, 2027