The British School at Rome is pleased to invite applications for the 2025-2026 academic year for the following award competitions, all with a deadline of 2 December 2024. 

Rome Fellowships (nine months)
These fellowships are intended for early career researchers working on any aspect of the social, religious, political and economic cultures of the Italian peninsula and their wider textual, visual and material dissemination and reception from early prehistory to the modern period. Applicants normally must be within three years of the award of their doctorate at the closing date for applications. Applicants must be UK or Commonwealth nationals OR have been awarded their doctorate by a UK university. 

Rome Awards (three months)
These fellowships are intended for early career researchers working on any aspect of the social, religious, political and economic cultures of the Italian peninsula and their wider textual, visual and material dissemination and reception from early prehistory to the modern period. There are three types of three-month Rome awards, each with slightly different eligibility.

The Simon Keay Award in Mediterranean Archaeology (three months)
This award, established in 2021 in memory of Professor Simon Keay, is for research on any aspect of Roman archaeology in the Mediterranean. Applications are welcomed in research areas similar to (but not limited by) those of Professor Keay, including trade, ports, Portus, and ceramic studies. The award is open to early career researchers. Applicants may be at post-graduate or post-doctoral level. The Award is an open call and is not restricted by nationality, residency, or educational affiliation.

The Balsdon and Hugh Last Fellowships (three months)
These fellowships are open to established scholars in post in a UK university. The Balsdon Fellowship is for research on any aspect of the social, religious, political, and economic cultures of the Italian peninsula, and their wider textual, visual, and material dissemination and reception from early prehistory to the modern period. The Hugh Last Fellowship is for research on classical antiquity (excluding archaeological fieldwork and work on Roman Britain).