• Inventiveness of proposed solution
• Strong organizing concept or thesis
• Poetic quality and/or philosophical rationale
• Clear strategies for project sustainability
• Effective development of structure, systems, circulation and materials
• Positive response to site and context
• Quality, completion, clarity and effectiveness of presentation
• The final selection jury may consider the candidates’ travel-study plans in their final selection deliberations.

The Cavin Traveling Fellowship Subcommittee reserves the right to decline to designate a Scholar in any year in which competition submissions do not, in its judgment or the judgment of the selection jury, show adequate merit, or due to lack of funds.