Society Grants

AIA Society Outreach Grant Program

Archaeological Institute of America


Former Vice President for Societies Alexandra Cleworth and Bryce Carpenter of the Bozeman Society

Deadline: April 15, 2024

“I’ve never seen the local societies so engaged and so creative as they have been since [the Society Outreach Grant Program] was instituted.”
—Jane C. Waldbaum, AIA Past President and Former Milwaukee Society President

View Past Winners of the Society Outreach Grant

The AIA Society Outreach Grant Program encourages AIA societies to plan and implement outreach activities in their local community. Any event that promotes archaeology, the AIA’s mission, and focuses on public outreach and education will be considered for funding. Attracting new members to the AIA and the society should also be a goal. This grant is meant for innovative outreach programs, replicable by other societies and beyond the regular lecture program supported by the national office (see past projects). Funds may be used for any expense related to organizing and conducting the programs, these include but are not limited to materials, travel expenses, honoraria, advertisements, and publicity. If funds are requested for a lecture, the Society should provide adequate explanation as to how this lecture is meaningfully different from the routine lecture series (e.g., involvement of new audience, development of new partnerships, educational programs, visibility in an attractive segment of the community or the like). Grant money cannot be used for things like outside management (i.e. hiring an event planner) or for basic operating costs. The grant is available to any chartered AIA society. Preference is given to new projects.

Grants do not have a set monetary value. The amount awarded to a Society will be contingent on the estimated cost of the event or project being planned. Grant requests of up to $500 are currently being considered. A final report must be submitted within two months after the completion of the event.

A rubric detailing effective use of an AIA Society Outreach Grant is available here.

The spring 2024 deadline to apply for a Society Outreach Grant is Monday, April 15th.

Multiple grants will be awarded in each cycle. All applications must be submitted electronically online. No mailed applications will be accepted. Award winners will be notified within six weeks of submission of the completed application (including all attachments and budgets) below.

For more information about the AIA Society Outreach Grant, please contact Sarah Smith, AIA Membership and Societies Coordinator.

To support the AIA Society Outreach Grant, click here.

Contact:

Sarah Smith, Membership and Societies Coordinator

857-305-9351

ssmith@archaeological.org

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Recipients


2023

Fall: Finger Lakes and Houston

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2023

Spring: Nashville and Tucson

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2021

Spring: Nashville and Tallahassee

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2020

Spring: Akron-Kent, Kentucky, Nashville, and San Francisco

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2019

Spring: Central Missouri, Nashville, Rochester, Tampa Bay, Western Massachusetts, Williamsburg, and Worcester

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2018

Spring: Athens (Georgia), Central Arizona, Edmonton, Houston, Niagara Peninsula, North Carolina (Triangle Area), Orange County, and Pittsburgh

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2017

Spring: Central Arizona, Central Carolinas, Cincinnati,and Dallas

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2016

Spring: Charlottesville, Greensboro, Jacksonville, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Richmond, and Spokane

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2015

Fall: Boston, Central Arizona, Orange County, and Staten Island

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2015

Spring: Central Arizona, Gainesville, Southwest Texas, Staten Island, Tallahassee, and Washington DC

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2014

Fall: Akron-Kent, Central Arizona, Houston, Jacksonville, and Orange County.

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2014

Spring: Charleston, Charlottesville, Cincinnati, East Tennessee, Minnesota, New Brunswick, Orange County, and Tucson

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2013

Fall: Akron-Kent, Central Arizona, Houston, Milwaukee, Rochester, Stanford, Staten Island, and Toronto

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2013

Spring: Denver, Iowa, Lubbock, Minnesota, Philadelphia, and Southwest Texas

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2012

Fall: Central Arizona, Central Carolinas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Narragansett, New York, Salem, South Carolina, Staten Island, Tallahassee, and Tucson

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2012

Spring: Boulder, Cincinnati, Denver, Toronto, Western Massachusetts, and Winnipeg

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2011

Fall: Central Arizona, Central Carolinas, Cincinnati, Denver, Houston, Minnesota, New Brunswick, and Tucson

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2011

Spring: Central Missouri, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Ottawa, Salem, and Vancouver

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2010

Fall: Central Arizona, Houston, Milwaukee, South Carolina, Staten Island, Toronto

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2010

Spring: Bozeman, Kentucky, Lubbock, Narragansett, North Alabama, Salem, and Toronto

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2009

Fall: Gainesville, Los Angeles County, Lubbock, St. Louis, Bozeman, Central Arizona, Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Western Illinois

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2009

Spring: Bozeman


2008

Central Florida


2007

Montreal


2006

Ann Arbor


2005

Rockford


2004

Tucson


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