Varies
Avg. Amount Awarded
217
Days
November 1 2024
Application Deadline
N/A
Renewable
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Rome Prize

Description

For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their careers. Fellowships are awarded in the following disciplines: Ancient studies, architecture, design: includes graphic, industrial, interior, exhibition, set, costume, and fashion design, urban design, city planning, engineering, and other design fields, Historic preservation and conservation. Landscape architecture: includes environmental design and planning, landscape/ecological urbanism, landscape history, sustainability and ecological studies, and geography. Literature: includes fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry. Medieval studies. Modern Italian studies. Musical composition. Renaissance and early modern studies. Visual arts: includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, film and video, installation, new media, digital arts, and other visual-arts fields. Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, meals, a bedroom with a private bath, and a private workspace. Those with children under eighteen live in partially subsidized apartments nearby. Winners of half- and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively. Rome Prize winners are the core of the Academy's residential community, which includes Affiliated Fellows, Residents, and Visiting Artists and Scholars. Applicants for all Rome Prize Fellowships, except those applying for the National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowship, must be United States citizens at the time of the application. If late, November 1-$40 if submitting one application and $50 if submitting two or more applications. November 15-$70 if submitting one application, $80 if submitting two or more applications. The deadline for letters of recommendation is November 30. Full-term fellowships generally run from early September through the following June. Winners of half-term fellowships may indicate a preference to begin in September or February. Please visit the scholarship site for a more comprehensive list of the guidelines on each fellowship area.

Amount Details

$16,000
Low Amount Awarded
$28,000
High Amount Awarded

Eligibility Requirements

  • CheckmarkMust be a graduate student or a postgraduate student
  • CheckmarkMust not be attending high school currently
  • CheckmarkBoth full-time and part-time students
  • CheckmarkRestricted to students studying Architecture, Art History, Arts, Classics, Historic Preservation and Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Music, Urban and Regional Planning

How to Apply

What you'll need:

  • Checkmark Other - One page project proposal, Digital portfolio
  • Checkmark Application Form
  • Checkmark Recommendations Or References
  • Checkmark Resume
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Contact Shawn Miller
Programs Director
shawn.miller@aarome.org
Address 7 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022