From the American Research Institute in Turkey:

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Advanced Turkish Language in Istanbul offer intensive advanced study of Turkish online through Bogazici University during summer 2022.

The application deadline is coming up on February 11, 2022, 5 p.m. EST

From the American Research Center in Egypt:

To expedite the increased participation of students from typically Underrepresented Groups at the ARCE Annual Meeting, ARCE will offer the ARCE Annual Meeting Grant for Underrepresented Students (ARCE Grant) beginning in 2022. Applications are open now. Submissions due February 15, 2022.

The ARCE Grant will be awarded to a maximum of five (5) eligible applicants who are undergraduate or graduate students and whose studies are related to (or who have an interest in studying) Nile Valley cultures through the disciplines of Egyptology, Nubiology, Africology, Art History, Archaeology, Anthropology, Classical, Coptic, Islamic, Middle East, and African Studies, or other related fields.  Awardees will be paired with Ph.D. students or early career scholars who will act as mentors during the Annual Meeting.
Up to five grants will be awarded annually to cover all fees related to the Annual Meeting registration, lodging costs and breakfast at the host hotel for each night of the Annual Meeting, and transportation costs (maximum $500) incurred in attending the Annual Meeting.

Learn more here.

Decades of close collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) and Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) enable ARCE to provide fellows with solid administrative support and advice that eases access to Egyptian museums, monuments, archaeological sites, research libraries, archives and Egyptian institutions. ARCE currently offers 8 funded fellowships and a research program that has benefited more than 700 scholars over the past 60 years. Previous fellows have represented the fields of anthropology, archaeology, architecture, fine art, art history, Coptic studies, economics, Egyptology, history, humanistic social sciences, Islamic studies, literature, political science, religious studies and even music.

You can now submit your application, deadline is January 16th, 2022.

To Learn more about how to apply, watch this tutorial.

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We are pleased to announce Spatial Archaeology Residential and Online Institute (SAROI), hosted by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas and supported by the National Endowment for Humanities, is accepting applications for its 2022-2023 cohort. 

SAROI offers advanced training in spatial methodologies for eight Fellows, including access to online training resources, two in-person workshops held during two consecutive summers, and mentorship throughout the fellowship period. SAROI is open to early-career (late-stage PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, non-tenured) scholars in archaeology, heritage management, and closely related fields (e.g., classics, historic preservation, paleoanthropology). Scholars working outside of academia should be less than 5 years from receipt of terminal degree.

SAROI involves connecting archaeologists and cultural heritage practitioners to emerging and established methods in the high-density measurement and analysis of objects, structures, sites, and landscapes. Topics include, but are not limited to, 3D methods such as photogrammetry, laser scanning, and microCT; use of GNSS and various sUAS (drone) platforms; satellite and aerial imagery analysis; geospatial databases and analysis; spatial statistics; and digital museums, archives, and storytelling. Residency workshops will take place at CAST and will consist of one two-week workshop in Summer 2022 on data collection and analysis, provisionally scheduled for June 5-18, 2022; and a second one-week workshop in Summer 2023 on data archiving and publication, date TBD.

Each SAROI Fellows will be provided:

● Access to pre-institute online training materials, including remote VDI access

● Support for travel and stay during both sessions of the Residency workshops, including:

○ Travel stipends for transportation to/from the Institute, for both workshops

○ Transport to/from airport as needed

○ On-campus workshop housing

○ On-campus meal passes for breakfast and lunch during the workshop periods

● Workshop training sessions that introduce a wide range of spatial methods

● Small-group mentoring sessions at the workshops with an assigned Institute staff member, where Fellows develop and implement individual research projects

● Additional remote collaborative time between the residency sessions with each Mentor

We continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic and abide by the recommendations from health authorities for the timing of our in-person workshops. We will post any developments to the website and be in contact with SAROI applicants and Fellows to make alternative plans if needed.

Applications accepted until January 20, 2021, midnight Pacific Time (GMT-8). More information about SAROI can be found at: https://saroi.cast.uark.edu/.

December 21, 2021
Anna Marguerite McCann Diversity Student Travel Grants

January 15, 2022
Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships

February 1, 2022
Felicia A. Holton Book Award

NEW DEADLINE! Applications are due on 07 January 2022 for the Society for Archaeological Sciences’ Research Support Award. More details below and here.

Program Description

The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) announces a new, more flexible, research funding program to support the work of its student and early career members during the COVID-19 pandemic. The SAS Research Support temporarily replaces the existing Student Research International Travel Award and a Postdoctoral Conference Travel Award that was to have debuted in 2020. In light of most in-person conferences, symposia, and workshops being postponed or canceled, we have decided to channel the budget that was originally allocated for the two above travel awards to a more flexible research funding scheme to cover laboratory and fieldwork expenses.

Eligibility

The applicants must be either graduate students (Master’s or Doctoral) or early career researchers. In the latter case, they must have been awarded their PhD within the previous eight years at the time of application. Exceptions may be made for the applicants with a career break, such as but not limited to parental leave, long-term illness or disability, or national service. The circumstances for exceptions must be clearly indicated in the application.
The award is only open to graduate students and early career researchers who are current dues-paid members of The Society for Archaeological Sciences at the time of application.
Applications for the award should be submitted by 07 January 2022 and must be made before the analyses and field research take place.
Please see the full award program announcement here for application procedures, evaluation criteria, and terms and conditions.

The Scientific Council of the School has authorized the announcement of a bimonthly scholarship for the secretariat in Sassari. Applications expire on December 24th. The scholarship runs from 1 January 2022. Between Christmas and New Year the SAIC will appoint the Commission and evaluate the applications.

See more information here.

ARCE has opened its new round of applications for Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants 2021-2022. Created with resources from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as allocated by the U.S. Congress, ARCE’s Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) sustains an ongoing grants program to support the conservation, preservation and documentation of Egypt’s cultural heritage and the dissemination of knowledge about that heritage.

The Antiquities Endowment Fund awards one-year and three-year grants for discrete and highly focused professional projects that serve the conservation, preservation and documentation needs of Egyptian antiquities that are more than 100 years old. Projects may involve the actual conservation or protection of sites, buildings or objects; the participation of conservators or other appropriate specialists in antiquities projects; the training of conservators and students; or the production of publications and presentations that disseminate knowledge about Egypt’s cultural heritage.

The application process for the ARCE AEF Short and long Term Grant takes place in one round (to be submitted by 12 midnight EST on February 15th, 2022) although submission of draft proposals are encouraged (by December 20th 2021), to which program staff will respond with suggestions and advice.

For more information, check out this tutorial that includes all the details of the AEF Grant types, funding categories, applicant eligibility, submission requirements, submission of final application online, frequently asked questions and important deadlines.

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Archaeology and the Ancient World. Exceptional junior scholars who enhance and engage with the diversity of the Joukowsky Institute community, and who are committed to inclusive education and research, are particularly encouraged to apply.

We seek candidates who have demonstrated a capacity for innovative research, engaged scholarship, and cross-disciplinary thinking. We are interested in individuals whose work focuses on any region or time period, and who have significant fieldwork experience. Of particular interest are applicants working on environmental aspects of the ancient world in the broadest sense of the term, such as climate change, pastoralism, agriculture, etc. Applicants must have normally received their doctorate from an institution other than Brown within the last five years, and the Ph.D. must be in hand prior to July 1, 2022.

We fully understand and appreciate the impact that the current pandemic has had and continues to exert on our lives, personally and professionally, and we will regard ongoing research efforts and publication records in that light.

In addition to pursuing their research, successful candidates will be expected to teach one course per semester. Teaching may be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; interdisciplinary offerings are desirable. Successful candidates will be expected to make substantive contributions to the ongoing development of the Joukowsky Institute, through the organization of reading or working groups, a topical symposium, or another project intended to foster a stimulating intellectual environment in which to pursue research and to develop new interdisciplinary or community connections.

This will be a two-year position, with confirmation after one year, beginning on July 1, 2022.

Application Instructions
All candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, short descriptions of 3-4 proposed courses (150-300 words each), a statement (150-300 words) of their experience and/or ideas for prioritizing diversity and inclusion in their teaching and research, and contact information for three references by February 15, 2022. Applications received by February 15, 2022 will receive full consideration, but the search will remain open until the position is closed or filled.

Please submit application materials online at apply.interfolio.com/99025. There is no need to provide hard copies of application materials for those that have already been submitted electronically.

For further information:

Professor Peter van Dommelen
Chair, Search Committee
Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Joukowsky_Institute@brown.edu

Brown University is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community; as an EEO/AA employer, Brown considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, gender, race, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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University of California, Irvine offers funding to MA or especially promising BA students who wish to pursue a PhD in the art, archaeology and history of the ancient and medieval Persian/Iranian world (broadly conceived, including Achaemenid and Hellenistic Asia Minor and Levant, Hellenistic Central and South Asia, and medieval and early modern Persianate Afghanistan and India).

Students apply to the PhD Program in Visual Studies or PhD Program in History and, once enrolled, simultaneously pursue the Graduate Specialization in Ancient Iran and the Premodern Persian World, which provides interdisciplinary training needed to conduct advanced research in Persian/Iranian studies.

All accepted students are guaranteed five years of funding, with opportunities for a sixth year if needed, as well as heavily subsidized graduate housing. In this regard, through the newly endowed Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Graduate Fellowship program, each year we award two, five-year PhD fellowships, one of which is reserved for archaeology of the ancient world, the other open-period: the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Graduate Fellowship in Ancient Iranian Art and Archaeology and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Graduate Fellowship in the Study of the Persian/Iranian World. These currently provide a base stipend of $34,000 the first year, which is free from teaching duties; ca. $30,000 subsequent years with additional funding opportunities for the summer through fellowships, summer research stipends, teaching assistantships and, for VS students, paid museum internships). The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2021.

For more information please contact: Matthew P. Canepa, Director, PhD Program in Visual Studies and Graduate Specialization in Ancient Iran and the Premodern Persian World: matthew.canepa@uci.edu

Faculty resources and current students in Persian/Iranian Studies can be found here:https://www.humanities.uci.edu/persianstudies/program/grad_program.phpInformation about UCI’s programming resources can be found here:
https://www.humanities.uci.edu/persianstudies/