W.F. ALBRIGHT INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, JERUSALEM
2016-2017 Fellowships in Near Eastern Studies
http://www.aiar.org/
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.
Seymour Gitin Distinguished Professorship:
$40,000 award for 8 months or $20,000 for 4 months. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to internationally recognized senior scholars of all nationalities who have made significant contributions to their field of study.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Ernest S. Frerichs Annual Professorship:
$27,000 award for 9 months or $13,500 for 4.5 months. Rome and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. The Annual Professor is expected to be a leader among the community of fellows and mentor to younger fellows while in residence. As such, the recipient is expected to assist the Albright’s Director in planning and implementing the Ernest S. Frerichs Program for Albright Fellows and to organize informal events among the residents. A working knowledge of living and traveling in Israel is desirable. Open to post-doctoral scholars who are US citizens.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships:
$58,800 available for up to three awards from 4 to 9 months. The award is $4,200 per month. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to post-doctoral scholars who are U.S. citizens (or alien residents for at least three years).
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Educational and Cultural Affairs Fellowships (ECA) Junior Research Fellowships:
$31,000 for up to three awards from 4.5 to 9 months.The award is $2,138 per month. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients who are U.S. citizens.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Associate Fellowships
13 administrative fee awards for senior and junior fellows (for one or two semesters)
No deadline
Noble Group Fellowships for Chinese Students and Scholars:
$75,000 available for up to five awards with a maximum grant of $25,000 for nine months and $12,500 for 4.5 months. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to Chinese citizens who are doctoral students or post-doctoral scholars, and are doing research in China or at institutions in other countries.
Due Date: January 15, 2016
Glassman Holland Research Fellowship:
$12,000 award for 3 months. Rome and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to all European post-doctoral researchers who are permanently resident in Europe.
Due Date: January 15, 2016
George A. Barton Fellowship:
$3,000 for 1 month. Rome and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to all doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients of all nationalities.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Carol and Eric Meyers Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship:
$3,000 for 1 month. Rome and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 and the remainder is stipend. Students of all nationalities at the doctoral level are eligible. While all topics will be considered, those involving the study of archaeology and society at the household level are encouraged.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
Lydie T. Shufro Summer Research Fellowship – NEW!
$3,000 award for one month during the summer of 2017. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to doctoral, post-doctoral, and senior scholars of all nationalities.
Due Date: January 15, 2016
Marcia and Oded Borowski Research Fellowship – NEW!
$3,000 award for one month. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. The fellowship is open to all candidates of all nationalities.
Due Date: October 15, 2015
W.F. Albright Associate Fellowships:
No stipend. Open to senior, post-doctoral, and doctoral researchers.
Administrative fee required.
No deadline
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research Fellowships:
The program is open to U.S. doctoral and post-doctoral scholars in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and who wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Approximately nine fellowships of up to $10,500 each will be awarded in the doctoral candidate/post-doctoral scholar competition.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
http://caorc.org/fellowships/
Due Date: January 30, 2016
Mediterranean Regional Research Fellowship Program
This regional fellowship program enables doctoral and early post-doctoral scholars to carry out research in the humanities and related social sciences in countries bordering the Mediterranean and served by American overseas research centers. Funding for this program is generously provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Open to US citizens or permanent resident; award amounts range from $5,700 to $33,600 depending on number of months awarded.
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
http://caorc.org/fellowships/
Due Date: January 15, 2016
ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship:
$65,000 for 12 months. Room and half-board at the Institute is $1,200 per month and the remainder is stipend. Eligibility is limited to awardees and alternates of the Mellon / ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships the prior year.
The American Council of Learned Societies
http://www.acls.org/
Due Date: March 2016
The William G. Dever Archaeological Fellowship for Biblical Scholars:
A two-month travel-study award will be made available in the summer of 2015 to a qualified American untenured faculty member in the field of biblical studies who wants to acquire elementary, first-hand experience in field archaeology and research in Israel.
The intent of the award, administered by the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), is to help foster a dialogue between archaeology and biblical studies in colleges, universities, and seminaries, as well as in the larger discipline. The William G. Dever Archaeological Fellowship for Biblical Scholars will provide $6,000 to be used to cover transportation; one month on a specified dig; and one month travel to other digs, combined with a one-month residency (room and half-board) at the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, which will allow the Dever Fellow to conduct research in the Albright library. During residency, the Albright Institute will facilitate visits to excavations active in the field.
Due Date: February 17, 2016
The Albright does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or disability.
For further information please contact:
Prof. Joan R. Branham
AIAR Chair of Fellowships Committee
Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Art History
Department of Art and Art History
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
Tel: (401) 865-1789
Fax: (401) 865-2603
Email: jbranham@providence.edu