Gloria Koch Leonidas Memorial Scholarship Application
Application for the IES Seattle chapter’s Gloria Koch Leonidas Memorial Scholarship to attend an approved conference in 2025. This scholarship was established to help students and emerging lighting professionals to attend a conference to advance their education and experience as designers.
Applicant Qualifications:
Design students and developing professionals with an interest in lighting and living within the Puget Sound area with 5 years or less of lighting experience.
Qualifying Lighting Events:
LEDucation – New York City, NY – March 18-19, 2025
LightFair – Las Vegas, NV – May 4-8, 2025
IES Annual Conference – Anaheim, CA – August 21-23, 2025
IES Street and Area Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana – September 21-24, 2025
IALD Enlighten Americas – Tucson, AZ – October 9-11, 2025
IES education classes (cost of class)
Other conferences may be eligible, please submit information
Scholarship Amount:
Varies for each event.
Step One:
- Provide a resume or CV of your experience and education and why you’re interested in lighting.
- Provide one letter of recommendation from an established lighting or design industry professional. This person shall not be a direct supervisor or senior person at your company.
- Provide a 100-word answer to the following question regarding your Annual Conference attendance:
What will be the benefit to your professional development for you to attend the Annual Conference?
Step Two:
For the final selection, you may be interviewed by members of the IES Puget Sound Scholarship committee for final approval. This will be a virtual process and not in-person.
- Applications and letters of recommendation should be submitted before March 8, 2025.
- A PDF of your submission package should be emailed to scholarship@iesseattle.flywheelsites.com
- This scholarship will be awarded no later than March 22, 2025.
- Proof of registration will be requested prior to award.
Susan Rhodes Scavenger Hunt Scholarship Fund
Always dedicated to her community through volunteering and organizing in hopes of keeping the community connected, Susan’s favorite event was the IES Seattle Scavenger Hunt which raises funds for the GKL Memorial Scholarship, benefiting students and emerging lighting professionals. Susan loved stumping us with her amazing clues and hilarious ideas. Her creative talent for designing the hunt and all the fun that went with it will never be matched.
Susan leaves a large hole in our lighting community and will be greatly missed. With your donation today to the newly named Susan Rhodes IES Scavenger Hunt, you will help to carry on her work with an event that she loved.