IARC students compete in and win local, regional, national and international design competitions annually. Recent accolades include:

2008 Brass Ring Awards
2008 Waters of Life Competition
2007 Live-in-Room Design Competition
2007 Inform Award
2007 Luraline Student Design Competition
2007 Form.Z Joint Study Award
2005 Form.Z Joint Study Award
2005 Loominary Competition
2004 Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Home Competition
2003 Lucite Shape Student Bath Design Competition
2003 eDesign Digital Design Competition
2003 CMYK Magazine Digital Interactive Competition
2002 IDEC International Competition
2001 Design on the Edge Furniture Competition
2000 Design on the Edge Furniture Competition
2000 IDEC Digital Environment Competition
2000 ADAC Student Design Competition

IARC students also receive scholarships and awards to support their studies.

More than $20,000 annually is awared within the school of Human Environmental Sciences and the Department of Interior Architecture.

A number of students also were granted outside scholarships and awards:

2008 Adrian Boggs - IFDA Ruth Clark Scholarship and the Construction Professionals Network Scholarship through the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

2007 Edgar Cabrera - IIDA Carolinas Chapter Scholarship

2005 Jennifer Yancey - Angelo Donghia Foundation Scholarship