Membership

Alan Barnes Travel Scholarship Award

Applications for the 2026 award are open!

Alan Barnes Travel Scholarship Award for 3rd Year Undergraduates

Is there a place in the world that you would love to explore? To see and experience its architecture on a journey of discovery, enlightenment and adventure?

If so, the Alan Barnes Travel Scholarship Award might be for you.

The scholarship is open to any student educated through the post-primary education system in Northern Ireland who studies at a recognised School of Architecture in Britain or Ireland and who is at present in their third year.

The scholarship is a minimum of £500 but could be as much as £1,000 depending on the nature of the proposed trip and will be awarded to the student who would make the most of it.

Applications for the 2026 award are now open. Apply here.

If you’d like to find out more, please contact Jude Faloon by emailing jude@rsua.org.uk.

Benefits of student membership

membership benefits
Find out all the benfits of joining the RIBA, including discounts on events organised by RSUA

Preparing for Practice

membership benefits
RSUA, in partnership with Architecture at Queen’s and ARCex, each year invites all Part 3 students due to take their exams in September to “Preparing for Practice.

Professional Insights Programme

Membership 4
In partnership with Belfast’s two schools of architecture, RSUA is launching the second year of the Professional Insights Programme.

Alan Barnes Travel Scholarship

Membership 3
Is there a place in the world that you would love to explore? To see and experience its architecture on a journey of discovery, enlightenment and adventure.