The American Academy in Rome invites applications for the 2016 Rome Prize. 

For over a century, the Academy has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative work in the arts and humanities. Through a national juried competition, Rome Prizes are awarded to emerging and established artists and scholars working 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
• 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)

Ranging from six months to two years, the thirty fellowships include a stipend, room and board, and individual workspace at the Academy’s eleven-acre center in Rome. 

Submissions due: NOVEMBER 1, 2015
Visit aarome.org/apply for guidelines.