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.
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.
Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports
Deadline: March 15, 2023
The award committee will recommend a report on fieldwork (e.g. excavation and/or survey) that it deems most worthy of recognition each year.
Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Conservation and Heritage Management Award
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award
Deadline: June 1, 2023
Deadline: February 1, 2023
Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement
Deadline: November 15, 2023
Deadline: March 15, 2023
Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Granted to those AIA members who, through their sustained and exceptional volunteer efforts, have furthered the work of the Institute and increased public awareness regarding its mission
Outstanding Public Service Award
Deadline: April 1, 2023
Pomerance Award for Scientific Contributions to Archaeology
Deadline: April 1, 2023
The AIA «Telestes» Award for Material Culture Research in Ancient Music and Dance
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Fellowships
Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships
Deadline: January 15, 2024
To support study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2023
To support a project relating to Aegean Bronze Age archaeology.
Helen M. Woodruff Fellowship of the AIA and the American Academy in Rome
Deadline: November 1, 2023
To support a Rome Prize Fellowship for the study of archaeology or classical studies every other year.
John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2023
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, 2023
For travel and study in Greece, Cyprus, the Aegean Islands, Sicily, southern Italy, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia.
The Archaeology of Portugal Fellowship
Deadline: November 1, 2023
To support projects relating to the archaeology of Portugal
C. Brian Rose AIA/DAI Exchange Fellowships
AIA Fellowship for Study in the U.S.
Deadline: November 1, 2023
DAI Fellowship for Study in Berlin
Deadline: November 30, 2022
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
AIA-NEH Grants for Post-Fieldwork Research and Publication
Deadline: December 1, 2022
Multiple small grants to support post-fieldwork activities including research and publication preparation
Ellen and Charles Steinmetz Endowment for Archaeology
Deadline: November 1, 2023
The Steinmetz Fund will support innovative uses of technology in archaeological research.
Julie Herzig Desnick Endowment for Archaeological Field Surveys
Deadline: November 1, 2023
The Herzig Desnick Fund provides grants specifically dedicated to exploratory archaeological field surveys, especially for early stage work.
Kathleen and David Boochever Endowment for Fieldwork and Scientific Analyses
Deadline: November 1, 2023
The Boochever Fund will support field and laboratory research.
Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research
Deadline: November 1, 2023
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, 2023
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
Samuel H. Kress Grants for Research and Publication in Classical Art and Architecture
Deadline: March 1, 2023
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, 2023
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
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, 2023
A scholarship established in honor of AIA Honorary President Elizabeth Bartman to assist graduate 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.
Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship
Deadline: March 1, 2023
A scholarship established in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane C. Waldbaum to assist students with the expenses associated with participation in archaeological field schools
Society Grants
AIA Society Outreach Grant Program
Deadline: April 16, 2023
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.
International Archaeology Day Grants
Deadline: September 15, 2023
Grants for AIA Local Societies for International Archaeology Day
