For 2025, The OBEL Award will grant two teaching fellowships of up to €75,000 and invite prospective fellows from around the world to apply in partnership with a host institution. The taught courses will preferably begin in 2026 (or soon thereafter) and revolve around the 2025 OBEL Award focus: Ready Made. The aim is to foster deeper exploration, development, and dissemination of knowledge on this key topic within the built environment.

The 2025 cycle of the fellowship program seeks to provide the funding necessary so that universities may incorporate new voices into the institution to develop impactful courses relating to how we can rethink, reinterpret and repurpose existing resources within the built environment. Read about the Ready Made focus here.

The joint applications (potential fellow and host institution) are due at midnight CEST on 1 August 2025. Please fill out the online application via the ‘Apply Now’ page.