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Submit a detailed project proposal for a 12-month residency in Rome to develop a substantial creative, research, or experimental project across artistic, literary, craft, academic, and heritage-related disciplines.
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Get matched →Villa Medici 2027–2028 Fellows Residency is an international competition for established French-speaking artists, authors, and researchers seeking to develop a substantial creative, research, or experimental project during a year-long residency in Rome. Selected fellows are hosted at Villa Medici from September 2027 to August 2028.
The competition is open internationally to established French-speaking artists, authors, and researchers, regardless of nationality. Applicants must be over 18 years old, speak French, and already be professionally active in their field.
Applications are accepted across literary and artistic creation, arts and crafts, art history and theory, and the restoration of works of art or monuments. There is no quota by discipline.
A detailed project proposal explaining your research, intended work, motivation, and reasons for undertaking the residency.
Selected fellows receive a 12-month residency at Villa Medici in Rome with free accommodation, shared facilities including a library, woodworking workshop, and photographic laboratory. The residency grant is €42,000 gross for the year (€3,500 per month), subject to applicable social-security contributions and taxation. The Academy also provides a €2,000 lump-sum allowance for round-trip relocation costs and a €250 round-trip travel allowance. Under certain conditions, the Academy may provide up to €10,000 TTC in co-financing for an eligible production project after the residency.
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Applications are evaluated by a jury chaired by the Director of the French Academy in Rome and including representatives of the French Ministry of Culture and six qualified personalities. One selected art history fellow may participate in a subsequent one-year programme at the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA).