Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and the American Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) are pleased to announce the opening of the competition for the American-Scandinavian Foundation | Annika Teig | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Fellowship (ASF AT SOM Fellowship), which honors the memory of Annika Teig, a former Associate at SOM.  SOM and ASF will be accepting applications from post-graduates and mid-career architects holding Scandinavian citizenship seeking experience in interior design at a leading architecture firm in New York City. 

Fellowship awards are granted to those individuals from Scandinavia who have or are currently studying architecture, and have submitted a portfolio found promising by a review panel selected by SOM.  Fellows are awarded a three-month, paid internship at SOM’s New York office on Wall Street.  Working with established project teams at SOM, Fellows will be involved in the day-to-day planning and design of SOM's numerous projects. Housing may be arranged with the International House in upper Manhattan if necessary. 

Please submit the below items via email to teig.fellowship@som.com by May 31, 2011.
The fellowship will be awarded by July 1, 2011.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Purpose (no more than two pages describing why you are interested in this award)
- Digital copies of work in PDF format

For more information regarding the ASF AT SOM Fellowship, please visit www.amscan.org/asf_at_som.html

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) was founded as a collaborative practice of architects, designers and engineers organized to reflect the integral relationship between architecture and engineering in building design. One of the leading architecture, urban design and planning, engineering, and interior architecture firms in the United States, SOM has completed more than 10,000 architecture, interior architecture, and planning projects located in more than 50 countries around the world.

SOM Interiors is a research-based practice that is comprised of workplace strategists, interior designers, planners, architects, industrial designers, graphic designers, and technology experts who work in a collaborative forum that supports and is supported by the larger resources of the firm.  Each project is considered a unique opportunity for innovation. SOM is committed to achieving design excellence, while satisfying the needs of each client and reaching solutions that respond to the specific context of each project. 

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (ASF) promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.