Over the past 20 years, our scholarship programs have supported the Rising Black Designers Our Rising Black Designers Scholarship + Design We Support the education of emerging design talent, with nearly $200,000 being awarded Scholarship Challenge awards up to $60,000 annually to under- in the past year alone. Our first award of this kind was the Brinkmann represented Black students enrolled in U.S. not-for- 75 Applicants 31 Finalists 15 Winners profit architecture programs. Education of Scholarship, given to students enrolled in U.S. not-for-profit interior design programs. In recent years, we’ve also launched the Rising Black Designers C Emerging Design Scholarship + Design Challenge to help talented young designers overcome the costs associated with higher education. In the U.K., we also initiated the Talent Diversity in Design Bursary program to support underrepresented and ethnic minority architecture students in their studies at some of the U.K.’s top universities. A Brinkmann Scholarship 45 Applicants 9 Finalists 2 Winners The Brinkmann Scholarship, named for Don Brinkmann, an inspirational and gifted interior designer at Gensler, is awarded to students enrolled in U.S. not-for-profit interior design programs. Image by Olivia Raynor, 2022 Brinkmann Scholarship winner. U.K. Diversity in Design Bursary program 40 Applicants 9 Winners The Diversity in Design Bursary program in the U.K. supports underrepresented and ethnic minority architecture students with one £10,000 bursary and multiple micro-prizes. Winners and finalists may also be considered for a paid internship at Gensler’s London office. B Rendering by Alix Salomon, 2022 Rising Black Designer Scholarship winner. (L-R) A. Juliana Schwartz and Olivia Raynor. B. Qudus St. Patrick and Jasleena Sembi. C. Top: Quinton Mason, Alix Salomon, Miranda Cuozzo, Dean Bailey, Deron Charley. Middle: D’Ali Roberts, Nejla Harris, Auriel Lewis, Uthman Olowa, Cassius Palacio. Bottom (L-R): Alysia Image by Juliana Schwartz, 2022 Brinkmann Scholarship winner. Williams, Charlotte Potin, Isabelle Ndoumy-Kouakou, Derrick Seegars, Kyra Brown. 28 OUR PEOPLE-FIRST CULTURE GENSLER ANNUAL REPORT 2022 29