How to apply for the Scholarship and Fellowships

The Abbey Scholarship offers an emergent painter a full academic year at the British School at Rome, while the Abbey Fellowships offer mid-career painters three months at the School during the same period. There is no age limit.
Abbey Awards are open to citizens of the UK and the US and to painters of other nationalities resident in the UK or US for at least five years.

Application forms (which are the same for both the Scholarship and the Fellowships) may be downloaded from this website later in the year. Applications for 2011/2012 will be accepted from October 1st 2010 and the deadline for the receipt of completed applications will be January 15th 2011.

Candidates must decide whether they wish to apply for the Scholarship or for a Fellowship. They must submit a CD-Rom with up to 8 images of recent work, and give the names of two referees, who will be contacted if the candidate is shortlisted. The entrance fee of £20 or $50 must be sent with this form. More detailed information will accompany the application form.

The closing date for receipt of completed applications will; be January 15th 2011. The shortlist will be completed during February, and selected candidates will be asked to attend interviews with members of the Abbey Council (at their own expense) in London in the first half of March. Candidates from the United States may be interviewed by telephone, but experience suggests that they have a better chance of success if they come to London for the interview.

In making awards, the Abbey Council Selection Committee will assess all applications in relation to :
the quality of applicants' creative output, the suitability of their qualifications, and the appropriateness of their ideas for working in Rome and making the best possible use of a residence at the British School.
Awards are made solely on the basis of equal opportunity - on the individual merits of each application and without regard to any other consideration.
Members of the Abbey Council must not be canvassed by candidates, nor will they discuss the merits of any application. Members of the Council may not act as referees for candidates .

The Abbey Council's decision is Final.

Scholars and Fellows must be prepared to learn some Italian before going to Rome. They are obliged to submit a report to both the Abbey Council and the British School at Rome at the end of their tenure.