The Rome Prize is awarded to thirty emerging artists and scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers that represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities each year.
Fellows are chosen from the following disciplines:
· Architecture
· Design
· Historic Preservation and Conservation
· Landscape Architecture
·: justify;”>· Musical Composition
· Visual Arts
· Ancient Studies
· Medieval Studies
· Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
· Modern Italian Studies
Prize recipients are invited to Rome for six months or eleven months to immerse themselves in the Academy community where they will enjoy a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand their own professional, artistic or scholarly pursuits, drawing on their colleagues’ erudition and experience and on the inestimable resources that Italy, Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Academy have to offer.
Rome Prize winners are the core of the Academy’s residential community, which also includes Residents and Visiting Artists and Scholars. Fellows are encouraged to work collegially within and across disciplines in pursuit of their individual artistic and scholarly goals. The Academy gratefully acknowledges the National Endowment for the Humanities for its support of the Rome Prize competition.
Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, meals, a bedroom with private bath and a study or studio. Those with children under 18 live in partially subsidized apartments nearby. Winners of 6-month and 11-month fellowships receive stipends of $15,000 and $27,000, respectively.
Owing to the fluctuating dollar/euro exchange rate and the high cost of living in Rome, the stipends offered may not cover all expenses. This is especially true for prize winners who come to Rome with spouses, companions and/or children. Fellowships generally begin at the Academy in early September and end in early August. Winners of the 11-month Rome Prize fellowships may select to depart the Academy after nine months with no reduction to the fellowship stipend.
Each year the Academy’s New York office organizes the open national competition to select Rome Prize winners. Jury members, selected annually are prominent in their respective disciplines and drawn from all regions of the country. The jury convenes from January through March and finalists may be required to come to New York at the Academy’s expense for interviews. The Academy’s Board of Trustees announces the winners in late April.
The primary criterion for selection is proven excellence in an applicant’s achievements and the potential for future development. Jurors will consider the quality of submitted application materials and what interviews reveal about an applicant’s past achievements and future goals. The jury may select any candidate it judges to be outstanding in his or her field and is at a point in the individual’s career where the Rome Prize experience would be critical to future growth and development. All other factors being equal, preference will be given to those applicants who have not had extensive prior experience living, studying, and/or working in Rome.
The annual deadline for applications is 1 November. Applications will also be accepted between 2 November and 15 November for an additional fee (see below for details).
No applications postmarked after 15 November will be accepted.
1 November
· $30 if submitting one application
· $40 if submitting two or more applications
15 November
· $60 if submitting one application
· $75 if submitting two or more applications
There is no application fee for those applying solely for NEH post-doctoral fellowships.
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