The Ville de Montréal, through its Design Montréal office, will present the third Phyllis Lambert Design Montréal Grant to a Montréal designer or design collective with fewer than 10 years’ practice, and having demonstrated exceptional quality in studies and work as well as marked interest in the city, particularly Montréal.

The grant, named in honour of Phyllis Lambert, must be used for a professional development project that involves a design theme focusing on the city and takes place in one of the cities of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.

The professional development project may be in the form of:

• a study trip;
• a work internship;
• participation in a design competition, workshop, symposium or any other activity relevant to the advancement of a nascent design career.

A $10,000 award is given to the grant recipient. A further amount of $5,000 is added to the budget of the Design Montréal office to fund activities promoting the grant recipient and dissemination of the project.

The project must be completed before September 16, 2011.

The application period ended on Monday, August 16, 2010.

The recipient will be announced during the Fall 2010. 

Call for Applications Document (French only)
Application Form, 2010 (French only)

Jury and Assessment Criteria

Béatrice Carabin, Commissioner, Design Montréal office, Ville de Montréal
Jean-Robert Choquet, Director of Cultural Development, Ville de Montréal
Randy Cohen, Architect, Atelier Big City
Daria Der Kaloustian, Senior Coordinator, Publications, Canadian Centre for Architecture

An independent jury made up of representatives recognized by the design community will study the eligible applications using the following assessment criteria:

• quality and relevance of the applicant’s profile (e.g., calibre of achievements, involvement in the community);
• interest and relevance of the grant’s contribution to the proposed project;
• contacts already established;
• feasibility of the proposal;
• clarity of applicant’s work intentions;
• presentation quality of the application documentation.

Information: Stéphanie Jecrois
E-mail: sjecrois@ville.montreal.qc.ca
Telephone: 514 872-5388