Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicisresidency
Villa Medici Concours des pensionnaires (12-Month Rome Residency)
Housing: Free on-site lodging at the Villa Medici for residents
- Who Can Apply: Established, French-speaking artists, authors, and researchers of any nationality, over 18 on the deadline date, already engaged in professional life, who have not previously been a pensionnaire of the Villa Medici; collective projects allowed.
- The Focus: A 12-month creation, experimentation, and research residency at the Villa Medici in Rome (September to August), open across literary and artistic creation, crafts (métiers d'art), art history/theory, and heritage restoration.
- The Funding: EUR 42,000 gross residency grant (EUR 3,500/month), free lodging, a EUR 2,000 moving allowance and EUR 250 travel lump sum; production costs are not covered separately.
- Key Requirements: Online application form, copy of valid ID or passport, detailed CV in French, typed project proposal in French (PDF, max 10 pages), and a single combined PDF portfolio (hyperlinks allowed); total file size must not exceed 20 MB.
DeadlineFriday, October 16, 2026
StipendEUR 42,000 gross residency grant for the year (EUR 3,500 per month), plus a EUR 2,000 moving allowance and a EUR 250 round-trip travel lump sum; free lodging
Duration12 months
Program datesSeptember 2027 – August 2028
LocationRome
ParticipationOn-site
Career stagesEstablished
Disciplinesliterary creation, visual arts, music, architecture, design, choreography, theatre, art history and theory, crafts, heritage restoration
Age range18–
Application notesApply via the online platform (open September 4, 2026 at noon to October 16, 2026 at noon, metropolitan France time). Only one application per competition. Selection is a dossier pre-selection followed by an audition; candidates not pre-selected are notified by email around the week of January 25 (indicative). The jury comprises the director of the Académie de France à Rome, the director general of artistic creation (or representative), and six qualified personalities. Collective projects are permitted, and each selected member receives a residency grant. Questions: residences@villamedici.it.
Contactresidences@villamedici.it
Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis
Organization based in Rome