Rome Prize 2011 Coming Up!

The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the Rome Prize competition. One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and the humanities, the Academy offers up to thirty fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years. Competition Deadline: 1 November 2010 and the extended deadline is 15 November 2010.

Rome Prize winners reside at the Academy's eleven-acre center in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $13,000 and stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $30,000. Fellowships are awarded in the following fields:

• Architecture
• Design (including graphic, fashion, interior, lighting, and set design, engineering, urban planning, and other related design fields)
• Historic Preservation and Conservation (including architectural design, public policy, and the conservation of works of art)
• Landscape Architecture
• Literature
• Musical Composition
• Visual Arts
• Ancient Studies
• Medieval Studies
• Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
• Modern Italian Studies