Embracing Change: Exploring the Intersections 

Apply for up to $20,000 in research funding

 
In the ever-evolving landscape of place making and its profound impact on work dynamics, healing environments, and learning spaces, our theme "Embracing Change" encourages a closer look at how we navigate this dynamic transformation. The ONEder theme serves as a compass to explore the intersections between place and culture, behavior, design, technology, and processes. Together, let's uncover fresh insights, strategies and solutions that help us to adapt, thrive, and shape our future amidst unrelenting change.

We believe design has the power to create environments that elevate the human experience. The ONEder Grant fuels this belief by supporting unique research into new and evolving learning in the field of workplace, healthcare and learning environments design. Since its introduction in 2019, the ONEder Grant program has awarded twenty one $20,000 grants to A/D firms across Northern California and Washington State resulting in unique, relevant, and timely results. Research from our 2023 winners can be found on our main ONEder Grant page and all previous work is available for reference in the ONEder Grant Archives.

We invite you to submit a 2024 ONEder Grant proposal application. We will award up to $20,000 for each grant to selected Bay Area, Sacramento and Washington state design firms.

ONEder Grant proposals are judged against a published set of criteria, by a panel of judges comprised of past grant winners, industry professionals and One Workplace leadership.

Schedule

June 7, 2024              Proposal Submissions Due
June 12- 24, 2024    Judges Review
June 20, 2024           All firms present 3 minute online proposal overviews 
June 28, 2024           Grant Award Notification
July 11, 2024            Kick-off event 
July 31, 2024            First 50% Grant Award Disbursement    

October 24, 2024    Second 50% Grant Award Disbursement
Jan 31, 2025             Final written research and abstract due
Feb / Mar 2025        Team Podcast Recordings
April 2025                Community presentation

Program Parameters

• Applicant offices must be based in the following geographies.  One of the SF Bay Area counties: Santa Clara, Alameda, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, San Mateo, Monterey, or Contra Costa; Sacramento, CA regional area; or Washington state.
• Online Grant application must be submitted by June 7th, 2024.
• All grant applicant teams share proposal concepts verbally (2-3 minute presentation - date TBD). No presentation materials required.
• Grant recipients receive funding in two payments: 50% at Kick-off and 50% halfway through the program.
• Grant recipients are required to meet monthly with their Grant Program coach to review status and resources.
• Final submission of research findings include a written report (white paper or slide deck) and a single page abstract.
• Grant teams own their work product.
• Grant teams will record ONEder podcasts once projects are complete, prior to the presentation date.
• One Workplace and Grant design firms will co-brand and co-market all ONEder Grant results.
• Grant teams deliver final research and insights to the design community (presentation format and length to be determined closer to the presentation date.)