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 www.aarome.org/ apply for guidelines.