June 3, 2026
2026 AIA Field School Scholarship Winners Announcement
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the AIA’s Field School Scholarships! These awards support undergraduate juniors, seniors, and first-year graduate students as they attend their first archaeological field school.
The Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarships, established in 2007 in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane Waldbaum, continue to make this opportunity possible for many.
The American School of Prehistoric Research Scholarships are also helping students attend field schools at sites across the Eastern Hemisphere, focusing on places occupied before the mid–1st millennium BCE.
The Laura Obolensky Scholarships were launched in 2025 to fund students’ field school participation in areas such as: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, Scythia, and Bactria.
These scholars are about to embark on field adventures across the globe. Meet the recipients and explore the field schools they’ll be attending:
American School of Prehistoric Research Archaeological Field School Scholarship
- Karter Hanley (University of New Hampshire) Çadır Höyük Archaeological Project in Turkiye
- Mackenzie Harris (McMaster University) Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project in Naxos, Greece
- Michaela Maguin (Rice University) Cortona Survey and Excavation with the Institute for Field Research, Italy
- Morgan McGuire (Texas State University) Eastern Boeotia Archaeological Project (EBAP) in Greece
- Kathryn Snyder (Brock University) Gournia Excavation Project in Crete
- Lola Vieuxloup-Boulain (University of Massachusetts, Lowell) Paleolithic & Neolithic Research at the Cova Gran Rock Shelter in Spain
Jane C. Waldbaum Field School Scholarship
- Ava Anthony (Franklin and Marshall College) Monastic Archaeological Field School at Lindores Abbey in Scotland
- Madison Cardiel (Binghamton University, SUNY) US-CO: Amache Community Archaeology in Colorardo
- Alexandra Falvella (Florida State University) Archeological Field School at Cetamura del Chianti in Italy
- Emilee Foulk (Florida State University) Cosa Excavations in Italy
- Katarina Hemeleski (Michigan State University) Impero Project at Rusellae, Italy
- Omar Ibrahim (Montclair State University) Baluʿa Regional Archaeological Project (BRAP) in Jordan
- Tori Korman (Pennsylvania State University) The Lobor Archaeological & Bioarchaeological Project in Croatia
- Willow MaGinnis (SUNY Oneonta) Pine Lake Archaeological Field School
- Catalina Montes Lagos (University of Arizona) The Arizona Sicily Project Excavations at Segesta in Sicily
- Raine Neely (Vanderbilt University) The Kenchreai Coastal and Marine Survey in Greece
- Christina Ortiz (Arizona State University) ASU: Peru – Archaeological Field School in Peru
- Jillienne Robinson-Warren (University of New Hampshire) Cosa Excavations in Italy
- Alisa Vazgryna (Northwestern University) The Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project in Italy
Obolensky Field School Scholarship
- Rachel Hsieh (UCLA) Kaymakçı Archaeological Project (KAP) in Turkiye
- Claire Malone (St. Olaf College) Antiochia ad Cragum Archaeological Research Project in Turkiye
- Olivia Neer (California State University San Marcos) ArcheoTek’s Adult Osteology Research Workshop Medieval Crisis Populations in Transylvania, Romania
- Summer Tucker (University of California, Santa Barbara) Paleoanthropology International Field School at Orozmani in Georgia
- Charley Walsh (UCLA) Sânpetru Bioarchaeology and Excavation in Romania
