Ballinger Scholarship for Equity

Ballinger is pleased to offer a scholarship paired with a mentorship opportunity with two Ballinger employees that includes a job shadowing session. The scholarship is open to Philadelphia-area students who are Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color and who meet the following criteria: Are graduating seniors that attended high school in Philadelphia County; Will enter their first year of an accredited program at a U.S. university or college in an architecture, engineering, or interior design program in the fall of the coming school year (engineers must be enrolled in the following degree programs: civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, or architectural engineering); and Are permanent residents of the United States. The number of recipients will vary.Ballinger is an interdisciplinary design firm with a staff of over 250 professionals working from a single office in Philadelphia. We lean into complex design challenges, not for their own sake but for the potential contained within their resolution — the potential to inspire discovery, to provoke inquiry, to encourage healing, and to create dialogue. Since 1878 we have been catalysts for creation, synthesizing function and feeling into spaces that are as inspiring and ingenious as the future we hope to experience ourselves. We are committed to fighting racism and promoting justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.