For one hundred thirty years, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the Rome Prize is given to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence.
Fellowships are chosen from the following:
Arts
- Architecture
- Design
- Landscape Architecture
- Literature
- Musical Composition
- Visual Arts
Humanities
- Ancient Studies
- Historic Preservation and Conservation
- Medieval Studies
- Modern Italian Studies
- Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Tsao Family Rome Prize
Cross-Disciplinary
- Environmental Arts & Humanities Rome Prize
Full-term fellowships generally run from early September through the following June. Winners of half-term fellowships may indicate a preference to begin in September or February.
Rome Prize winners are the core of the Academy's residential community, which also includes Affiliated Fellows, Residents and Visiting Artists and Visiting Scholars.
Eligibility
- 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.
- US citizens, and those foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for three years immediately preceding the application deadline, may apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowships in ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and early modern studies, or modern Italian studies.
- Graduate students in the humanities may apply only for predoctoral fellowships only if they are all but dissertation (ABD).