Grants & Awards

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. Scroll down for a list of our grants, application requirements, and deadlines.

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.

Want to find other opportunities? We have included a lists of grants and fellowships from non-AIA sources. Click here to view.

AIA Awards


Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports

Deadline: March 15, 2024

The award committee will recommend a report on fieldwork (e.g. excavation and/or survey) that it deems most worthy of recognition each year.

Felicia A. Holton Book Award

Deadline: February 1, 2024

Graduate Student Paper Award

Deadline: December 1, 2024

James R. Wiseman Book Award

Deadline: March 15, 2024

Martha and Artemis Joukowsky Distinguished Service Award

Deadline: September 15, 2024

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, 2024

Fellowships


Anna C. & Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships - Updated

Deadline: December 15, 2024

To support study at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Harriet and Leon Pomerance Fellowship

Deadline: November 1, 2024

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, 2024

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, 2024

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, 2024

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, 2024

DAI Fellowship for Study in Berlin

Deadline: November 30, 2024

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 - Program ended

Multiple small grants to support post-fieldwork activities including research and publication preparation

Ellen and Charles Steinmetz Endowment for Archaeology

Deadline: November 1, 2024

The Steinmetz Fund will support innovative uses of technology in archaeological research.

Julie Herzig Desnick Endowment for Archaeological Field Surveys

Deadline: November 1, 2024

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, 2024

The Boochever Fund will support field and laboratory research.

Richard C. MacDonald Iliad Endowment for Archaeological Research

Deadline: November 1, 2024

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.

Site Preservation Grant

Deadline: November 1, 2024

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 - Program Paused

These grants fund publication preparation, or research leading to publication, undertaken by professional members of the AIA.

The AIA Publication Subvention Program - Updated

Deadline: March 1, 2025

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 - New

Deadline: November 15, 2024

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, 2025

A scholarship established in honor of AIA Honorary President Elizabeth Bartman to assist 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.

Graduate Student Travel Award

Deadline: December 1, 2023

These grants are to assist graduate students presenting papers at the AIA Annual Meeting with their travel expenses.

Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship

Deadline: March 1, 2025

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 Awards


Foot Soldier Award

Deadline: December 2, 2024

This award recognizes dedicated members who provide years of service in multiple capacities at the Local Society level.

Golden Trowel Award

Deadline: July 1, 2024

The Golden Trowel Award honors the society whose membership proportionally increases the most during the past fiscal year (July 1st to June 30th).

Lecture Flyer, Website, and Local Media Contests

Deadline: December 2, 2024

Every year the AIA rewards the societies that produce the best flyer and website, as communicating information to the public about upcoming events is one of the main goals of each society.

Life Saver Award

Deadline: December 1, 2023

This award recognizes those individuals who persevere and show that even when things go wrong, it can all work out right!

Society Grants


AIA Society Outreach Grant Program

Deadline: October 14, 2024

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 30, 2024

Grants for AIA Local Societies for International Archaeology Day

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