American Academy Opens Competition for Rome Prize
Fellowships offer emerging landscape architects a chance for intensive study among a community of artists and scholars.

The American Academy in Rome has begun soliciting invitations for its Rome Prize fellowships. The application deadline is November 1, 2006. One of the leading overseas centers for independent study and advanced research in the arts and the humanities, the academy offers up to 30 fellowships for periods ranging from six months to two years. For information and application materials, please visit the American Academy in Rome website.

Rome Prize winners reside at the academy's 11-acre center in Rome and receive room and board, a study or studio, and a stipend. Stipends for six-month fellowships are $11,000 and stipends for 11-month fellowships are $22,000.

Rome Prize fellowships are designed for emerging artists and for scholars in the early or middle stages of their careers. The academy also offers a variety of opportunities for advanced scholars and artists. These include endowed residencies in the same fields as those in which the Rome Prize is awarded and a program for visiting artists and scholars.

Fellowships for landscape architects
Eleven-month Rome Prize fellowships are available in landscape architecture, as are six-month fellowships, which are intended for midcareer professionals. Applicants for 11-month fellowships must hold an accredited degree in the field of landscape architecture. Applicants for six-month fellowships must hold a bachelor's degree or its equivalent in landscape architecture, and must also have at least seven years of professional experience and currently be practicing in the field. Applicants should submit materials that best display their qualifications and experience in their particular field. The required application materials are:

• Completed application form (Click here to download application forms.)
• Current résumé
• One-page project proposal (on 8 1/2 x 11-inch paper, 12-point font size with 1-inch margins) describing work to be undertaken in Rome that addresses how the Rome experience will be professionally beneficial. Please identify any resources in Italy that will be significant for your work.
• Portfolio (not to exceed 12 x 18 inches) that may include photostats, photographs, small drawings, or watercolors of your design work and/or publications, clippings, research projects, or other written materials. Work submitted should be work done solely by you or substantially by you, with role in work noted.
• Three reference letters from professionals acquainted with you and your work. Each letter must be sealed with the referee's signature across the seal.

Applicants may also submit a maximum of 18 slides in a standard 9 1/2 x 11-inch slide sleeve, accompanied by a completed slide information sheet. Slides may be submitted only if they help to best represent your work, and may not duplicate work shown in the portfolio. Refer to Slide Information Sheet for instructions on slide preparation. Applicants may also submit other materials—videos, PC-compatible CD-ROMs, etc.—if appropriate.