All applicants are strongly advised to research and apply for any funding made possible through their own academic departments or other resources as AIA travel funding is in no way guaranteed. I
In most years the AIA receives a limited amount of funds for the support of travel expenses incurred by presenters who are graduate students. Qualified submitters who wish to apply for graduate student travel funds should so indicate in the appropriate check box on their submission form. Instructions regarding application requirements will be emailed to those presenters who indicate an interest in applying for the Graduate Student Travel Funds. Applications for funding will be evaluated and awards allocated by the AIA. Applicants will be notified whether or not they have been approved for funding and, if approved, the amount of funds in early December. This notification will also indicate the date, requirements, and modalities for the release of these funds to the presenter. Please note that only submitters who indicate an interest by checking off the applicable box on the submission form will be considered for the Graduate Student Travel Award. Members of the AIA governing board, AIA officers, and AIA staff are not eligible to apply for these funds.
With the generous support of Kress, the AIA will be able to provide a limited amount of funds for the support of travel expenses incurred by scholars resident outside the United States of America and Canada who serve as a presenter in a colloquium session. Each colloquium session organizer as part of his/her submission may nominate one qualified (i.e., nonresident) presenter as an applicant for such funding. Colloquium session organizers should note that the amount of funds awarded by the AIA for this purpose varies each year and is dependent upon the number of individuals nominated. All nominees will receive support at some level, but the amount is not intended to cover the full cost of attendance at the Annual Meeting. The AIA encourages colloquium session organizers and any nonresident presenters in colloquium sessions to seek alternate sources of travel funding and to take steps to ensure the viability of their sessions should the requested funding not come through. Colloquium session organizers and awardees will be notified by August prior to the conference the amount of funds that have been awarded. This notification will also indicate the date, requirements, and modalities for the release of these funds to the presenter. Please note that recipients of the nonresident presenter travel funds are not be eligible for a waiver of the registration fees. All meeting participants will be required to register for the meeting by the established method and pay all applicable fees.
Diversity Student Travel 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. For the purposes of this grant, the category “underrepresented minority” may include (but is not limited to) members of historically underrepresented ethnic and racial minority groups in the United States and Canada, for example, African-American/Canadian, Latinx- American/Canadian, Native-American/First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Asian-American/Canadian, Caribbean-American/Canadian, and Pacific-Islander American/Canadian students.
The AIA will award two annual fellowships to honor Khaled al-Asaad that provide a stipend of $4,000 to scholars working in Syria, Iraq, Turkey, or Egypt to attend the AIA Annual Meeting and present their work. Preference will be given to strong candidates from Syria, Iraq, or Turkey, although all foreign scholars studying or working with the ancient archaeology of Syria, Iraq, Turkey, or Egypt will be considered, especially those with projects in Syria. Scholars are encouraged to make additional connections and visits in conjunction with their trip to the AIA Annual Meeting to further support their research and/or the development of their professional networks. Prospective applicants may reach out to the AIA’s Near Eastern Archaeology Interest Group to help facilitate connections. Please indicate interest in this fellowship by checking off the applicable box on the Annual Meeting submission form. To be considered, candidates whose papers are accepted for the AIA Annual Meeting will be asked to fill out a short supplementary application by June 1. More information.
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