[AMS-announce] FWPS: Rome Prize 2008

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Deadline: November 1, 2007

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.

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 at least $11,500 and 
stipends for eleven-month fellowships are $23,000.

Fellowships are awarded in:

- Architecture
- Design (including graphic, fashion, industrial, interior, lighting, 
and set design, 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 (awarded by nomination through the American Academy of 
Arts and Letters)
- Musical Composition
- Visual Arts
- Ancient Studies
- Medieval Studies
- Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Modern Italian Studies

To apply, visit the Academy's website at www.aarome.org or contact 
the American Academy in Rome by telephone at (212) 751-7200, ext. 47.