The award, which is available to individuals pursuing research and creative work, recognizes the legacy of the international art journal The Structurist, which was founded at USask in 1960 by Eli Bornstein, an award-winning artist and now professor emeritus.

Incorporating the root word structure, The Structurist is concerned with the building processes of creation in art, architecture and nature. It focuses on ideas in architecture and the arts—including painting, sculpture, design, photography, music and literature—and their histories and relationships to each other, as well as to science, technology and nature.
Projects undertaken as part of the Structurist Award will culminate in a form that will be available to the public, such as a publication, exhibition or film or other media.

Projects must also include a seminar, symposium or public lecture in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Proposed projects will have a budget of up to $18,000 CAD including travel to USask. Eligibility is open internationally. Access to the use of all USask archival material pertaining to The Structurist will be available to the award recipient.

Selection Criteria
Proposed projects will be adjudicated on the following three criteria, with the weightings of each criterion shown in brackets:

1. Relationship to The Structurist (40%)
A minimum of two of the following must be addressed with great strength in the proposal and specifically identified as such.
- the processes of creation in art, architecture and nature
- ideas in architecture and the arts, their histories and their relations to each other as well as to science, technology and nature
- abstract constructive art, its origins and the future development of media incorporating structure and colour in space
- art and ecology—how art and architecture can participate in preserving and protecting our threatened ecosphere

2. Overall Excellence of Proposal (30%)
- Creativity and originality
- Letter of support and curriculum vitae/portfolio
- Ability to complete the project within an appropriate budget.

3.Benefit of outcome (30%)
- Strength of public component
- Interdisciplinary value
- Enhances the reputation of the College of Arts & Science/U of S

Applications can be made online at drc.usask.ca/projects/structurist/form.html
For more information about the Structurist Award, email structurist.fellowshipusask.ca