Opportunity

The Bridget Riley Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional artist, at an early to mid point in their career, whose work has a significant drawing element, to spend six months in Rome.

Open to:
those of British nationality, and those who have been working professionally (after having graduated) or studying at postgraduate level for at least the last three years in the UK (i.e. since March 2020)

Duration:
6 months (late September 2023–March 2024)

 

Offer:

• grant of £1,500 per month

• grant of £500 towards a short pre-residency visit to the BSR and/or visa expenses and/or shipment of work at the end of the residency

• board and accommodation in a residential studio at the BSR

• opportunities to collaborate with local artists and groups

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

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 22 March 2023

Opportunity

The Sainsbury Scholarship is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional early-career artist (with under ten years of professional experience), working with any media, to spend six months in Rome. This opportunity is reserved for applicants from minority ethnic groups, which are currently under-represented at the BSR.

Open to:

• those of British nationality, and those who have been working professionally (after having graduated) or studying at postgraduate level for at least the last five years in the UK (i.e. since March 2018)

• those from minority ethnic groups.

Duration:
6 months (late September 2023–March 2024)

 

Offers:

• grant of £1,500 per month

• travel grant of £500

• grant of £400 to assist with visa and transport of work costs

• board and accommodation in a residential studio at the BSR

• opportunities to collaborate with local artists and groups

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

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 22 March 2023

Opportunity

The Creative Wales–British School at Rome Fellowship is a valuable opportunity for an artist at a significant juncture in their career (usually at early- to mid-career stage), who lives in Wales, to undertake a three-month residency in Rome. Applicants should be exceptional, ambitious and imaginative creative individuals, working across all media, including digital and film, performance and all fine arts practices.

Open to:

• those resident in Wales

• those at a significant juncture in their careers (usually early- to mid-career).

Duration:
3 months (late September–late December 2023)

 

Offer:

• grant of £1,500 per month

• grant of £500 towards a short pre-residency visit to the BSR

• grant of £200 towards the transport of work back to Wales at the end of the residency

• board and accommodation in a residential studio at the BSR

• opportunities to collaborate with local artists and groups

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

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 29 March 2023

Opportunity

The Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship aims to encourage artists for whom the use of paint and/or drawing is central to their practice. Derek Hill had a love of Italy, and was Adviser to the practising artists at the BSR in 1953–4 and in 1957–8: the Scholarship has been founded in his memory.

Duration:
3 months

Research and travel grant:
approximately £950 per month

Specific Award Criteria

∙ of British or Irish nationality.
∙ aged 24 or over on 1 September 2021
∙ Further information on this scholarship (for reference only) can be found here.

Opportunity

Open to mid-career artists, predominantly painters in the expanded field, whose work shows exceptional merit and promise. Abbey Fellowships are opportunities for mid-career artists whose practice will benefit from a three-month residency in Rome.

Duration:
3 months

Research grant:
£1,500 per month

Deadline:
15/01/2023

Specific Award Criteria

∙ of British or Irish nationality.
∙ Applicants must be citizens of the UK or USA, or of other nationality provided resident in either country for at least five years during the last ten years.
∙ Information and all application materials are available at: The Abbey Council

Application fee: £25 or equivalent in US$. N.B. This must be paid to the Abbey Council, not to the BSR.

Opportunity

Open to early-career artists, predominantly painters in the expanded field, whose work shows exceptional merit and promise.

Duration:
9 months

Research and travel grant:
£800 per month

Specific Award Criteria

∙ of British or Irish nationality.
∙ Applicants must be citizens of the UK or USA, or of other nationality provided resident in either country for at least five years in the last ten years.
∙ Information and all application materials are available at: The Abbey Council

Application fee: £25 or equivalent in US$. N.B. This must be paid to the Abbey Council, not to the BSR.

 

Various other residencies are tenable at the BSR, but the competitions are administered by other organisations. Further information on these can be found be following the links below.

∙ Abbey Fellowships and Scholarship in Painting
∙ New Contemporaries Research Residency
∙ Helpmann Academy Residency
∙ Quebec Residency
∙ Arts Council of Northern Ireland

 

 

In making an appointment to an award the Faculty of the Fine Arts will assess all applications using the following set of criteria:

∙ the quality of the applicant’s creative output and the appropriateness of their qualifications
∙ the extent to which the applicant’s proposal reflects the purpose of the award
∙ the viability of the proposal as a project to be carried out with support from the BSR.

 

In addition to these three basic selection criteria, the selectors will take into consideration the potential for the award to impact on the applicant’s creative development and will attempt to ensure that the needs and interests of the successful applicant are compatible with the facilities available at the BSR and the interests of its community.

Credit will be given to those who are no longer in full- or part-time education at the time of application.

Applications from those who have held a residency at the BSR in the previous two years (since March 2020) will not normally be considered.