Fellowships, Grants, Scholarships, and Awards - Archaeological Institute of America (original) (raw)
The AIA’s mission includes supporting and promoting archaeological research and its dissemination. To that end, the AIA offers a variety of scholarships, fellowships, and grants for excavation, research, publication, and site preservation. Scroll down for a list of our grants, application requirements, and deadlines.
Each year, the Institute also presents a number of awards to archaeologists, educators, authors, and others whose work has had a positive impact on the field of archaeology.
Want to find other opportunities? We have included a lists of grants and fellowships from non-AIA sources. Click here to view.
AIA Awards
Fellowships
John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2024
To honor the memory of John R. Coleman by supporting travel and study in Italy, the western Mediterranean, or North Africa.
Olivia James Traveling Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2024
For travel and study in Greece, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia.
C. Brian Rose AIA/DAI Exchange Fellowships
DAI Fellowship for Study in Berlin
Deadline: November 30, 2024
The Archaeological Institute of America and the German Archaeological Institute (Deutsches Archeologisches Institut) offer reciprocal study fellowships. The program encourages and supports scholarship on various aspects of archaeology and promotes contact between North American and German archaeologists.
Grants
Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research
Deadline: November 1, 2024
This grant will be awarded to projects that support research in regions that supply context to the study of Troy and generally help elucidate the Trojan War and its impact on ancient Mediterranean civilization. This can include but is not limited to Anatolia (modern Turkey), southeastern Europe, the Aegean and Crete during the third to first millennia B.C.E.
Deadline: November 1, 2024
The Site Preservation Program provides grants of up to $15,000 to support innovative projects that aid in the preservation of threatened archaeological sites.
Publication Grants
The AIA Publication Subvention Program - Updated
Deadline: March 1, 2025
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.
Scholarships & Travel Grants
Anna Marguerite McCann Diversity Student Travel Grants - New
Deadline: November 15, 2023
These grants are meant to assist undergraduate or graduate students who qualify under the category of “underrepresented minority” with their travel expenses to attend the AIA Annual Meeting.
Elizabeth Bartman Museum Internship
Deadline: April 1, 2025
A scholarship established in honor of AIA Honorary President Elizabeth Bartman to assist students or those who have recently completed a master's degree with the expenses associated with participating in a museum internship either in the United States or abroad.
Deadline: December 1, 2023
These grants are to assist graduate students presenting papers at the AIA Annual Meeting with their travel expenses.
Society Awards
Deadline: December 2, 2024
This award recognizes dedicated members who provide years of service in multiple capacities at the Local Society level.
Deadline: July 1, 2024
The Golden Trowel Award honors the society whose membership proportionally increases the most during the past fiscal year (July 1st to June 30th).
Lecture Flyer, Website, and Local Media Contests
Deadline: December 2, 2024
Every year the AIA rewards the societies that produce the best flyer and website, as communicating information to the public about upcoming events is one of the main goals of each society.
Deadline: December 1, 2023
This award recognizes those individuals who persevere and show that even when things go wrong, it can all work out right!
Society Grants
AIA Society Outreach Grant Program
Deadline: October 14, 2024
The AIA Society Outreach Grant encourages AIA societies to undertake activities such as a teachers' workshop, a kids' archaeology fair, a symposium or event in a local library, or other project that promotes archaeology and the AIA's objectives for local community outreach.