Scholarships, Internships, and Grants for Archaeology Students

AIA/DAI Fellowships

AIA Grants and Fellowships

AIA Fellowship and Grant Application Form

Fellowships

• Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship
  Deadline: November 1, annually
  (Application must be sent to American Academy in Rome)

• Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
  Deadline: November 1, annually; announced February 1
  Amount: $25,000
  
  
• AIA/DAI Fellowship for Study in Berlin
  Deadline: January 1, 2013
  
  
• The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship
  Deadline: November 1, 2013
  To support projects relating to the archaeology of Portugal

• Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship
  Deadline: November 1, 2013
  To support a project relating to Aegean Bronze Age archaeology.

• Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowship
  Deadline: January 15, 2014
  To support study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Non AIA Fellowships

• National Endowment for the Humanities/ARIT Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2010-2011. 

• Kenan T. Erim Fellowship
  American Research Institute in Turkey

Grants

• Publication Preparation Grant
  Deadline: November 1, 2013
  This grant assists scholars in preparing, completing, and publishing results of their research of already excavated archaeological material in a peer-reviewed outlet.

• Samuel H. Kress Grants for Research and Publication in Classical Art and Architecture
  Deadline: March 1, 2013
  These grants fund publication preparation, or research leading to publication, undertaken by professional members of the AIA.

• The AIA Publication Subvention Program
  Deadline: March 1, 2013
  This program offers subventions from the AIA's von Bothmer Publication Fund in support of new book-length publications in the field of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan archaeology and art history.

• INSTAP Grants
  Institute for Aegean Prehistory 

• AIA Site Preservation Grant
  Deadline: February 15, 2013
  The AIA's Site Preservation Grant Program supports the conservation of ancient monuments and the preparation of management plans for long-term maintenance of the cultural and physical landscapes of sites

• Cotsen Excavation Grants
  Deadline: November 1, 2013
To provide excavation support for professional AIA members working around the world

• Society Outreach Grant Program
  Deadline: March 15, 2013
  The Outreach and Education Grant is to encourage societies to undertake activities such as a teachers' workshop, a kids' archaeology fair, a symposium or event in a local library, or other project promotes archaeology and the AIA's objectives for local community outreach.

Archaeology, Anthropology, and History Scholarships and Funding Additional Resources

• Maya Research Program's Welker Feld School Scholarship 
  Deadline: February 1, 2013

• Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship
  Deadline: March 1, 2013
  A scholarship established in honor of AIA Past President Jane C. Waldbaum to assist students with the expenses associated with participation in archaeological field schools

• Archaeology, Anthropology, History Scholarships
  (Archeolink)

• Research Scholarships and Grants
  (Field Museum) 

• Natural Museum of Natural History Internship
  (Smithsonian) 

• Saltz Internship Program
  (American Museum of Natural History)
• Attend school in NYC.
• Be over the age of 16 and have just completed 10th, 11th or 12th grade.
• Complete and submit the application form

If you have a fellowship or grant site specific to Archaeology, I would love to feature it here on the Ancient Digger. 

Thanks
Lauren Axelrod

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Updated--January 2013