The Rome Scholarship in Architecture is an exciting and valuable opportunity for an early-career architect or post-Part II student of architecture to spend three months in Rome, and be a member of a the BSR’s vibrant residential community of architects, artists and researchers.

It enables somebody to pursue their own, self-directed programme of research. This research — related to the city of Rome or, if appropriate, elsewhere in Italy — may take the form of an architectural project, a theoretical study or an historical investigation, or indeed a combination of all three.

This year, the Scholarship is being generously supported by the following practices: Stiff Trevillion, Sheppard Robson, Reiach and Hall, Eric Parry Architects, Maccreanor Lavington, Jeremy Blake, Arup, AHMM, and Adam Architecture.

The selectors for this Scholarship will be the members of the Faculty of Architecture.

Open to

• early-career architects and post-part II students of architecture

• British and Commonwealth nationals, and to those who have been working professionally or studying at postgraduate level for at least the last three years in the UK or Commonwealth (i.e. since March 2020)

Duration
3 months (late September–late December 2023)

Offers

• accommodation in a study-bedroom and board at the BSR

• a monthly research and travel grant to cover additional expenses

How to apply
For more information about the Scholarship, including general conditions and eligibility click here.

Applications must be submitted through our grant management platform.

Architects who meet the eligibility criteria may apply for both the Rome Scholarship in Architecture and the Giles Worsley Rome Fellowship, but will need to submit a separate application for each.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 15 March 2023

The Giles Worsley Fellowship is awarded for the study of architectural history. It is open to architectural historians and architects whose research in the field or architectural or urban history would benefit from the opportunity to spend three months at the BSR experiencing the reality of buildings and spaces in and around Rome which are related directly or indirectly to their subject of study. While the research carried out at the BSR may be part of a wider project, the intention is that it should be brought together and presented at the end of the Fellowship as a discrete piece of work.

Giles Worsley, the distinguished architectural historian and critic, died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 44. He was an enthusiastic visitor to Italy and a great believer in the importance of Italian architecture of all periods in understanding the development of Western architecture. He was concerned that universities do not give adequate emphasis to the teaching of architectural history and that architectural historians should be encouraged to experience the reality of influential Italian buildings.

Selection for this Fellowship is by a panel formed of representatives of the RIBA, the British School at Rome and the Worsley family. Applications will also be reviewed by members of the BSR’s Faculty of Architecture.

Open to

• architectural historians and architects whose research is in the field of architectural or urban history

• British and Commonwealth nationals, and to those who have been working professionally or studying at postgraduate level for at least the last three years in the UK or Commonwealth (i.e. since March 2020)

Duration
3 months (late September–late December 2023)

Offers

• accommodation in a study-bedroom and board at the BSR

• a monthly research and travel grant to cover additional expenses

How to apply
For more information about the Fellowship, including general conditions and eligibility click here.

Applications must be submitted through our grant management platform.

Applicants in the relevant field who have submitted an application for a Rome Fellowship, Scholarship or Award 2023–4 may also apply for the Giles Worsley Rome Fellowship, but will need to submit a separate application.

Architects who meet the eligibility criteria may apply for both the Giles Worsley Rome Fellowship and the Rome Scholarship in Architecture, but will need to submit a separate application for each.

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 15 March 2023

Various other residencies are tenable at the BSR, but the competitions are administered by other organisations: any enquiries should be addressed to these organisations.

Quebec Residency

A three-month residency for architects undertaking architectural research (architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and environmental design) and for visual artists whose work is related to architectural research, this opportunity is open to Quebec residents. Further details are available by clicking here.

Nicholas Boas Travel Scholarship

These one-month residencies are open to students of the Architectural Association School of Architecture and in the Department of Architecture of the University of Cambridge, and are administered by those organisations.