Rome Prize

Two Deadlines: (ONLINE)

November 1, 2013
November 15, 2013 [Additional fees apply]


Rome Prize
Roma ITALIA
2014



Each year, the Rome Prize is awarded to about thirty emerging artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence and who are in the early or middle stages of their working lives. The deadline for the nation-wide Rome Prize competition is November 1, 2013.

Fellows are chosen from the following disciplines:
◾Architecture
◾Design
◾Historic Preservation and Conservation
◾Landscape Architecture
◾Literature (awarded only by nomination through the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
◾Music Composition
◾Visual Arts
◾Ancient Studies
◾Medieval Studies
◾Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
◾Modern Italian Studies

Rome Prize recipients are generally invited to Rome for eleven months (some design fellowships are six months and some pre-doctoral art history fellowships are two years).

The Rome Prize consists of room and board, a stipend and separate work space, and privileged access to Rome.

Rome Prize winners are the core of the Academy's residential community, which also includes Affiliated Fellows, Residents and Visiting Artists and Visiting Scholars.

Eleven-month fellowships generally begin at the Academy in early-September and end at the beginning of August. Winners of six-month fellowships may choose to begin in early-September and end in early-March or begin in early-February and end in early-August.


Eligibility

-Undergraduate students are not eligible for Rome Prize fellowships.
-Previous winners of the Rome Prize are not eligible to re-apply.
-Graduate students in the humanities may apply only for pre-doctoral fellowships only if they are ABD.
-Applicants for all Rome Prize fellowships, except those applying for the National Endowment for the Humanities post-doctoral fellowship, must be United States citizens at the time of the application.
-U.S citizens and those foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for three years immediately proceeding the application deadline may apply for the NEH post-doctoral fellowships.


Deadlines and Fees

The deadline for applications is 1 November. Applications will also be accepted between 2 - 15 November for an additional fee (see below for details).

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

The deadline for Letters of Recommendation* is 30 November

There is no application fee for those applying solely for NEH post-doctoral fellowships.

* Applicants in Music Composition and Visual Arts are not required to provide Letters of Recommendation.


Downloads:

Arts Guidelines

2014 Rome Prize - Procedures and Requirements (PDF)
2014 Rome Prize - Arts Guidelines (PDF)

Humanities Guidelines

2014 Rome Prize - Procedures and Requirements (PDF)
2014 Rome Prize - Humanities Guidelines (PDF)



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