Affiliated Fellowships

The purpose of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and AAMC Foundation Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome is to provide essential funding for curators to develop projects that require research in Italy.

Awarded projects need not be Rome specific. The program, launched in 2014, is intended to honor exceptional curatorial vision and help curators advance deserving projects. For more information, please visit the fellowship page of the Association of Art Museum Curators.

The deadline for 2019 was January 31, 2019. The next application process should open in December 2019.

The Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellowship is open to established Australian visual artists with a significant record of exhibitions in public institutions and galleries to spend two months at the American Academy in Rome.

Expressions of interest will need to outline a plan of activity while in Rome and how the fellowship will further professional and artistic practice development. Applicants are encouraged to review the criteria on the Australia Council for the Arts’ website.

The deadline for 2020 is October 22, 2019.

Founded in 1996, the Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellowship Fund enables Russian writers to travel to Rome for periods of study and work. 

Applicants must be Russian citizens. Self-nominations are not accepted. For more information, please visit the fund’s website.

The American Academy in Rome and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens award the Oscar Broneer Traveling Fellowship to encourage the study of the Greco-Roman world. 

Purpose: The Fellowship is awarded for research in Greece and Italy in alternate years. It is expected that the Fellow will use either the American Academy in Rome (AAR) or the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) as a base from which to pursue work through trips to sites, museums, or repositories of materials relevant to the Fellow's research. 

Eligibility: Candidate must have an approved dissertation proposal or, if they already hold the PhD, they should be at the beginning of their teaching career and without tenure. Projects may focus on any period of study in the humanities, although preference will be given to topics dealing with classical antiquity.

Terms: The Fellowship is awarded to one individual per year for a minimum of three and a maximum of six months. The award is for a maximum of $30,000 and is meant to cover expenses including housing at the host institution, travel (only one round-trip excursion from home base in the United States or Europe to Rome and travel within Italy will be funded), and living expenses. Support from the host institution includes access to research facilities, invitations to various scholarly and other events, and access to other activities offered by the host institution. The award amount will be determined by the applicant’s approved budget. Applicants are urged to explore supplementary sources of support. A final report is due at the end of the award period, and the AAR and ASCSA expect that copies of all publications that result from research conducted at AAR and ASCSA be contributed to their libraries.

Application: The application will consist of the candidate’s curriculum vitae, a detailed research proposal (maximum of three pages single spaced), a plan for travel connected with the project, a budget for all expenses including travel, housing, food, fees, and other living expenses, and proposed dates. Applicants will need to consult with the host institution for costs associated with housing, food, and fees. The selection committee, in evaluating the candidate’s proposal, will determine how reasonable and relevant the travel plan and budget appear in relation to the proposed research and the period of time requested for the Fellowship. 

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the American Academy in Rome do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership or application for employment.

The Samuel H. Kress Foundation/AAMD Affiliated Fellowship, established in 2014, provides the time and funding for an art museum director to develop a project or conduct research, either independently or in relation to a museum-sponsored exhibition or commission. 

Open to all active AAMD members, the fellowship includes a four-week-long residency at the American Academy in Rome and a stipend. For more information, please contact the Association of Art Museum Directors.