Fellowships and Grants

Please Note: Membership application to the School must be made at the same time you apply to any outside funding organization for work at the School.

2009 fellowship applications will be available in mid-September 2008.

School-Sponsored Fellowships

ADVANCED FELLOWSHIPS: Several fellowships with a stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees are available to students who have completed the Regular Program or one year as a Student Associate Member.
Applicable to: Returning Student Associate Members.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 19, 2009.

THE HARRY BIKAKIS FELLOWSHIP: North American or Greek graduate students researching ancient Greek law or Greek graduate students working on a School excavation. The $1,875 fellowship is awarded periodically. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN GREECE: Short-term travel-to-collections award of $2,000 for senior scholars and graduate students for projects and research at the Gennadius Library. At least one month of residency required. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

THE M. ALISON FRANTZ FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.’s for work in the Gennadius Library. A stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Download Recommendation form (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

THE JACOB HIRSCH FELLOWSHIP: For projects carried out in Greece, Ph.D. candidate from U.S. or Israel writing a dissertation or recent Ph.D. revising a dissertation for publication. A stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

SOLOW DISSERTATION RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: Travel Fellowships for advanced Ph.D. candidates working on dissertations in Greece. Maximum amount of $1,500 per month for up to two months. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Download application (PDF).

Applicable to: Student Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

WIENER LABORATORY FELLOWSHIPS: Four fellowships awarded annually to graduate students or postdoctoral scholars working on well-defined projects in skeletal, faunal, geoarchaeological, or environmental studies. Stipends of $15,500 to $27,000. Link to further details.
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

WIENER LABORATORY RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIPS: Funding up to $7,000 for well-defined research projects at the laboratory. Link to further details.
Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINES: APRIL 1, SEPTEMBER 1, DECEMBER 1, 2009.

WIENER LABORATORY TRAVEL GRANTS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN GREECE: Travel grants of $2,000 for graduate students or postdoctoral scholars from North American institutions working on projects in archaeological science in Greece. Link to further details.
Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINES: APRIL 1, SEPTEMBER 1, DECEMBER 1, 2009.

Senior Fellowships

GETTY RESEARCH EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS (CAORC): A stipend of up to $3,000 for no less than one month for living expenses and up to $1,000 for travel expenses. Open to scholars who are Greek citizens and who have already obtained a Ph.D. or have professional experience in the study or preservation of cultural heritage and who wish to undertake a specific research project at an American overseas research center in another country. Funded by the Getty Foundation, the fellowships require scholars to affiliate with one of the approved overseas research centers in the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East. Applications at CAORC’s web site: www.caorc.org.
Applicable to: Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 2009.
Download Bulletin (PDF).
Download Application (PDF).

KRESS PUBLICATIONS FELLOWSHIPS: Postdoctoral scholars working on a Corinth or Agora publication. Grants for at least three months (up to $10,000) to a maximum of nine months (up to $30,000). Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

MELLON (EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN) RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: Three fellowships for scholars from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Any field of classical studies or post-classical studies. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2009.

NEH FELLOWSHIPS: Two to four awards for postdoctoral scholars and professionals in the humanities. U.S. citizens or foreign nationals being U.S. residents for three years before application deadline. Applicants must hold their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree. Terms: Maximum stipend of $40,000.
Applicable to: Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2008.
Download Bulletin (PDF).
Download Application (PDF).

Other Fellowships

THE OSCAR BRONEER TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidate or recent Ph.D. Past Fellows of the American Academy in Rome with plans to study at the American School in Athens. Housing, travel, and living expenses up to $30,000 for a minimum of three months. Send applications to ASCSA. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 31, 2009.

CAORC COULSON/CROSS AEGEAN EXCHANGE PROGRAM: Short-term fellowships for Greek nationals and scholars to pursue research in Turkey under the auspices of the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT). Stipend of $250 per week plus round-trip airfare. Send applications to ASCSA. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2009.

CAORC MULTI-COUNTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars with research requiring travel to several countries with an American overseas research center. Applications at CAORC’s web site: www.caorc.org. Stipends up to $9,000. Download Bulletin (PDF).
Applicable to: Student Associate and Senior Associate Members.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 2009.

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS: Contact the Institute of International Education, at 809 United Nations Plaza, NY 10017 or (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for an application and stipend information. Candidates must submit ASCSA application for Regular or Student Associate Membership by due date for Fulbright application.
Applicable to: Regular and Student Associate Members.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 20, 2008.

The School is open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada unless otherwise noted. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership.