The Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities
Information for Applicants

Applications for Bogliasco Fellowships are reviewed twice a year by The Bogliasco Foundation Selection Committees. The following documents, which may be presented in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish, are required of all applicants:

(1) The completed application form (with personal data, project abstract, preferences for residency dates, and other information).

(2) A short-form curriculum vitae, no more than three pages in length.

(3) A description of the project, no more than one page in length, that the applicant would pursue during her/his Fellowship.

(4) Three reference letters that provide an assessment of the applicant’s professional achievements and an evaluation of the proposed project.

(5) A sample of the applicant’s work, which must be submitted in triplicate.


You are in the world and, at the same time, away from it. You are hardly aware of everyday necessities, and are thereby freed from the petty anxieties and annoyances that, elsewhere, impede the mind’s creativity. Surprising and miraculous!”

Dario Calimani
Professor of English, University Ca' Foscari, Italy
Bogliasco Fellow in Literature, 2005