Half-term Rome Prize Fellowships are available in design. All applicants must hold an accredited degree and be practicing in the discipline. Applicants should submit materials that best display their qualifications and experience in the field of design.

Included in design: graphic, industrial, interior, exhibition, set, costume, and fashion design, urban design, city planning, engineering, and other design-related fields.

A completed online application form and the following documents, to be uploaded to your online application as three separate digital files.

1. Current résumé/curriculum vitae.

2. One-page proposal describing the project to be undertaken. Please address the following points/questions in your proposal:

• How will the proposed project and your own professional development will benefit from a residency within a multidisciplinary community in Rome?
• What guides or motivates your work?
• Rome is a modern city powerfully stamped by the material remains of the past. Is this past important to your present? If so, why?
• What, if any, resources in Rome or Italy will be significant to the completion of your proposed project?
• What kind of workspace do you need in Rome?

Your proposal should be 10- to 12-point typeface with one-inch margins.

3. Digital portfolio (in PDF format) of up to forty pages, in horizontal/landscape orientation, highlighting the applicant’s concerns and interests in work to date. Work included should be the sole product of the applicant, or substantially the product of the applicant with the applicant’s role in the work clearly noted. The jury has limited time, so applicants should make their portfolio succinct and easy to understand. If the PDF file exceeds the 20 MB upload limit, the applicant should send the portfolio on a USB drive to the address listed below.

Also needed are reference letters from professionals acquainted with you and your work. Recommenders will be asked to submit their letters electronically through our online system.

Finally, you must submit an application fee paid by credit card through our online payment option or by check or money order made payable to American Academy in Rome. Send to the address below.

If required, USB drives should be mailed to: 

American Academy in Rome
Attention: Design
535 West 22nd Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10011

To access the application portal, click the following link: https://aarome.tfaforms.net/wf43mQ3

Please be sure to thoroughly read the application guidelines before beginning your application.

The application portal will close at 11:59 PM PST on 15 November. No applications will be accepted after 15 November. Applicants who will be mailing hardcopy materials (portfolios, scores, DVDs, etc.) must have those materials postmarked by Saturday, 15 November.