JSR Student Award

About the Student Award

The JSR Foundation provides scholarship support to landscape architecture students throughout the Rocky Mountain Region (Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Nevada), and has historically recognized exceptional student projects. The scholarship award includes two possible tracks:

1. STUDENT PROJECT: To recognize a completed student project that demonstrates excellence in the field of landscape architecture, OR

2. COMMUNITY SERVICE: To support student work with community organizations, municipalities, and non-profit institutions which would benefit from student assistance with design or research that they would not typically be able to afford.

The application for the 2025 JSR Scholarship is now available. Please download the application below.

Award: up to $2,500

Award amount will be determined by board members of the Jane Silverstein Ries Foundation.

Closing Date

The scholarship application is now closed. Any submissions received after July 18, 2025 will not be eligible for the competition.  All applicants will be notified of competition results by August 15, 2025.

2025 JSR Student Award Winner

RACHEL THODY | Water Quality Analysis of Natural Beaver Dams and Beaver Dam Analogs in Wetland Resoration in Colorado

Project overview

Rachel’s research explores the biogeochemical differences in water quality between beaver dams and beaver dam analogs.

Relocating beavers or encouraging their return to build their signature dams, and human-constructed beaver dam analogs are a growing practice in the realm of wetland restoration. However, there have been only a few peer-reviewed studies comparing the beaver and human built structures mostly focusing on stormwater or sedimentation as opposed to habitat recovery. This investigation is the first of its kind in Colorado.

MEET rachel

Bio coming soon…

Past JSR Student Award Winners