Rome Prize
Application
Architecture/Design*/Landscape Architecture
(*Included in this field: Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Set Design, Urban Design, Urban Planning, and other design related fields.)
Eleven month Rome Prize fellowships are available in architecture and landscape architecture. Six month fellowships intended for mid-career professionals are available in architecture, landscape architecture, and other design fields. Applicants for eleven-month fellowships must hold an accredited degree in the field of application. Applicants for six-month fellowships must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in the field of application, and must have at least seven years of professional experience, and must be practicing in the field. Applicants should submit materials that best display their qualifications and experience in their field.
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Applicants may apply for either the six-month or eleven-month Rome Prize fellowships or both. The six-month fellowship is intended for those who may not be able to spend a year in Rome. Candidates are expected to be seasoned professionals, actively engaged in their fields, with enough experience and maturity to give them direction once they arrive in Rome.
These awards are intended for a broad range of individuals who work in the arts and humanities, from the conservation of works of art, to architectural design, to public policy in the management of cities. Applicants are encouraged to submit materials that best express the quality of what they do and how they think.
Jurors review a wide range of materials in this category and should be able to clearly understand not only the candidate's background but the candidate's philosophical approach to his or her work and the professional trajectory he or she is pursuing.
Musical Composition
Applicants for eleven-month Rome Prize fellowships in musical composition must hold a bachelor's degree in music, musical composition, or its equivalent.
Visual Arts
Applicants for eleven-month Rome Prize fellowships in visual arts must demonstrate at least three years of professional commitment and currently be engaged in studio work.
The Academy accepts pre- and post-doctoral applications for the Rome Prize in the following fields:
Ancient Studies
(through the sixth century)
Medieval Studies
(sixth through 14th centuries)
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
(14th through 18th centuries)
Modern Italian Studies
(18th century to the present)
The Academy invites proposals in archaeology, history, the history of art and architecture, literature, and musicology. Note that these disciplines are intended to be suggestive, not exclusive.
Any humanistic approach, or combination of approaches to these areas will be given consideration. Comparative projects and projects that cut across the conventional and arbitrary chronological limits listed above are welcome and will be examined by jurors whose areas are involved.
Pre-doctoral Fellowships
The Academy offers 11-month and two-year pre-doctoral fellowships. Eleven-month awards are available in any of the fields listed above. Two-year awards are limited to projects in the history of art and architecture of any period.
Pre-doctoral fellowships are meant to provide scholars with the necessary time to research and complete their doctoral dissertations. Applicants for pre-doctoral fellowships must have fulfilled all pre-dissertation requirements by the application deadline. Applicants for pre-doctoral fellowships are encouraged to consider whether their projects are at a stage and of such a nature that they would benefit more from an eleven-month or two-year fellowship. Selecting one or the other option will have no bearing on the jury's evaluation of the merits of the proposal. Applicants may choose to check both options.
Post-doctoral Fellowships
The Academy offers eleven-month post-doctoral fellowships in the fields listed above. All applicants for post-doctoral fellowships must hold a Ph.D. at the time of application.
There are two types of fellowships: National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, and Academy fellowships. Applicants for the NEH post-doctoral fellowships must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals who have lived in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.
Those applying for the NEH fellowships may hold any academic rank or be an independent scholar. The Academy post-doctoral fellowships are intended for scholars at an early stage in their professional careers. Therefore, applicants must have received their Ph.D.s within the prior seven years.
Those applying for Academy fellowships may be assistant professors, associate professors (appointed within the prior two years), or independent scholars.
