Applicants for all Rome Prize Fellowships, except those applying for the National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowship, must be United States citizens at the time of the application.

US citizens, and those foreign nationals who have lived in the United States for three years immediately preceding the application deadline, may apply for the National Endowment for the Humanities postdoctoral fellowships in ancient studies, medieval studies, Renaissance and early modern studies, or modern Italian studies.

Graduate students in the humanities may apply only for predoctoral fellowships only if they are all but dissertation (ABD).

Undergraduate students are not eligible for Rome Prize Fellowships.

Previous winners of the Rome Prize are not eligible to reapply.

Collaborators may submit joint applications provided their work is genuinely collaborative, as demonstrated by the materials submitted. In the case of joint applications, each individual must meet all eligibility requirements. Joint applications must be submitted in one package with one of the collaborators serving as the primary applicant. Joint applicants selected as winners will share one prize (i.e., room and board, stipend, and work space).

Winners of the Rome Prize may hold other fellowships concurrently, as long as the requirements do not conflict with the winner’s full participation in the Academy community. Applicants are required to disclose all fellowships and awards they expect to hold during their proposed residency in Rome, including sabbatical pay.

Rome Prize winners may not hold a full-time job during the fellowship term. Winners may undertake part-time work commitments—including scholarly or artistic work that is not related to the Rome Prize project—provided that this work does not interfere with the winner’s full participation in the Academy community.

Discipline-specific guidelines for application to be found here.