The MAK Center for Art and Architecture and the SOM Foundation are now accepting applications for the 2026 Researcher-in-Residence. 

The Researcher-in-Residence is a $5,000 award and four-to-eight-week summer residency at R.M. Schindler’s Fitzpatrick-Leland House in Los Angeles, California. The residency is awarded annually to an architect, artist, and/or researcher based in the United States to conduct original research that contributes to the current topic.