The ROME Prize 2018 by The American Academy in Rome

The ROME prize is an awesome chance for a student to study abroad in ROME.

Just look at this place, its awe inspiring, definitely something is strive for.

For over a century, the AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Rome Prize Fellowships include a stipend, room and board, and an individual work space at AAR’s eleven-acre campus in Rome.
Fellowships are awarded in the following disciplines:
Ancient Studies
Architecture
Design (includes graphic, industrial, interior, exhibition, set, costume, and fashion design, urban design, city planning, engineering, and other design fields)
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Landscape Architecture (includes environmental design and planning, landscape/ecological urbanism, landscape history, sustainability and ecological studies, and geography)
Literature (includes fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry)
Medieval Studies
Modern Italian Studies
Musical Composition
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Visual Arts (includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, film/video, installation, new media, digital arts, and other visual arts fields)

Recipients of a full-term Rome Prize Fellowship are invited to Rome for approximately eleven months. Half-term fellowships (lasting about 5-months) are offered in Design. Applicants in Architecture, Historic Preservation & Conservation, and Landscape Architecture have a choice of either full- or half-term fellowships. Pre-doctoral applicants in the field of art history may apply for a two-year fellowship.
Each Rome Prize winner is provided with a stipend, meals, a bedroom with private bath, and a study or studio. . Winners of half-term and full-term fellowships receive stipends of $16,000 and $28,000, respectively. Winners of the Two-Year fellowships receive $28,000 annually.


Full-term fellowships generally run from early-September through July. Winners of half-term fellowships may indicate a preference to begin in September or in February.