Funded Residency Program for Artists, Academics and Policymakers at the Bellagio Center in Italy

The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center is offering a Residency program for academics, artists, policymakers and practitioners who aim to do focused, goal-oriented work and to get the opportunity to establish new connections with residents from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Foundation’s Bellagio Residency Program has a track record for supporting the production of important ideas and knowledge addressing some of the most complex challenges facing our world, and innovative works of art that enhance our understanding of pressing global and social issues and encourage positive action.

Residency project themes:

1. Gender Equality.
2. Governance and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence.
3. Building Green Economies.

1. Influential, with a proven track record of professional accomplishment, who may be either very well-known in their fields or clearly up-and-coming.
2. Forward-looking, with a history of advancing breakthrough ideas or actions that have had tremendous impact.
3. Curious, collegial, and collaborative—open to giving and receiving input and feedback from a diverse group of fellow residents.
4. Excited to remain active in the Bellagio network after the residency.

1. Up to four weeks at The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio Italy, Lake Como.
2. Room and board with a private studio for working.
3. A shared community of up to 15 scholars, artists or practitioners coming from all over the world.
4. Residents can bring a partner/significant other to join the residency for all or a portion of their stay.
5. Travel funding is available when there is financial need.
6. Future participation in an international network of Bellagio leaders, united in the shared purpose of creating a better world.

About Bellagio Center:

Since 1959 The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center has hosted thousands of artists, policymakers, scholars, authors, practitioners, and scientists from all over the world enabling them time and space to work, to learn from each other, and to turn ideas into action that change the world.

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