W. F. Albright Institute
of Archaeological Research

Albright Fellowships, Council of American Overseas Research Centers Awards, and Dever Memorial Prize

The Albright annually provides up to $270,000 in fellowships and awards to 32 recipients.  In addition, 32 Associate Fellows including Senior, Post-Doctoral, and Research Fellows receive funding from other sources.

Fellowships are open to students and scholars in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines.  The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country.  Residence at the Albright is required.  The option to accommodate dependents is subject to space available at the Albright.  (Room and half-board indicated below is based on residence in the Institute’s hostel.  Other residential arrangements are available at different rates and in consultation with the Director.  They include a fully equipped three-bedroom apartment with study and private facilities, a fully equipped two-bedroom apartment with study and private facilities, and a hostel residence with private facilities.)



Available Fellowships

   

Deadlines:

Annual Professorship:
$15,000 award for 4.5 months. The stipend is $10,990 plus $4,010 for room and half-board for appointee at the Institute. Open to post-doctoral scholars, who are US citizens.

 

October 1, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowships:
Maximum grant of $50,400 for 12 months and $25,200 for 6 months (up to four awards from 4-12 months). Room and half-board at the Institute is $891 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to post-doctoral scholars who are U.S. citizens (or alien residents for at least three years).

 

October 1, 2009

Ernest S. Frerichs Fellow and Program Coordinator:
$24,000 for 9 months. The stipend is $15,981; remainder ($8,019) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars. Recipient is expected to assist the Albright’s Director in planning and implementing the Ernest S. Frerichs Program for Albright Fellows, which requires a working knowledge of living and traveling in Israel. It also includes assisting the Director with the videoconferencing lecture program for Students of Archaeology from Al-Quds University.

 

October 1, 2009

Educational and Cultural Affairs Fellowships (ECA):

Junior Research Fellowships: $40,000 for up to four awards from 4.5-9 months. Room and half-board at the Institute is $891 per month and the remainder is stipend. Open to doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients who are U.S. citizens.

 

October 1, 2009

Associate Fellowships: 13 administrative fee awards for senior and junior fellows (for one or two semesters).

 

No deadline

Noble Group Fellowships for Chinese Students and Scholars  new! :
$50,000 for two awards of $25,000 each for 9 months. The stipend is $16,981; remainder ($8019) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to Chinese citizens who are doctoral students and post-doctoral candidates (recent PhD. recipients), and are either studying or in residence in China or doing research at institutions in other countries.

 

March 15, 2010

Glassman Holland Research Fellowship:
$12,000 for 3 months. The stipend is $9,327; remainder ($2,673) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to all European post-doctoral researchers who are permanently resident in Europe.

 

March 15, 2010

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowships:
$34,500 for three awards of $11,500 each for 3 months. The stipend is $8,827; remainder ($2,673) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, and Slovak scholars who are at the doctoral or post-doctoral level. Post-doctoral candidates should have obtained a doctorate by the time the fellowship is awarded. All candidates should be permanently resident in one of the nine countries concerned.

 

March 15, 2010

George A. Barton Fellowship:
$5,000 for 2 months. The stipend is $3,218; remainder ($1,782) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Open to all doctoral students and recent Ph.D. recipients.

 

October 1, 2009

Carol and Eric Meyers Doctoral Dissertation
Fellowship  new! :

$5,000 for 2 months. The stipend is $3,218; remainder ($1,782) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Eligibility is for doctoral students whose research involves the study of archaeology and society in the biblical or early post-biblical periods. Topics dealing with society at the household level are encouraged.

 

October 1, 2009

Getty Research Exchange Fellowship Program for the Mediterranean Basin and Middle East:
A stipend of up to $3,000 a month for living expenses and up to $1,000 for travel expenses. Open to scholars who are Israeli 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 overseas research centers in another country. Funded by the Getty Foundation, the fellowships require scholars to affiliate with one of the following overseas research centers: American Academy in Rome; American Center of Oriental Research (Amman); American Institute for Maghrib Studies (Morocco and Tunisia); American Research Center in Egypt (Cairo); American Research Institute in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara); American School of Classical Studies at Athens; and the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (Nicosia). For more information: http://www.caorc.org/programs/getty.htm
Getty Application Form – PDF
Getty Application Form – WORD

 

January 31, 2010

W.F. Albright Associate Fellowships:
No stipend. Open to senior, post-doctoral, and doctoral researchers. Administrative fee required.

 

No deadline

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research Fellowships:
The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. It is anticipated that approximately ten fellowships of up to $10,000 each will be awarded.
For more information and to download the application form: www.caorc.org/programs/index.html
EMAIL: fellowships@caorc.org
TEL.: 202-633-1599
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
PO Box 37012
NHB, CE-123, MRC 178
Washington, DC 20013-7012

 

January, 2009

Samuel H. Kress Fellowship:
$22,500-per-year Kress Institutional Fellowships in the History of European Art for a two-year research appointment. Application is made directly to the Kress Foundation at www.kressfoundation.org. Restricted to pre-doctoral candidates in the history of art and related disciplines (such as archaeology, architecture, or classics). Nominees must be U.S. citizens or individuals matriculated at an American university. Dissertation research must focus on European, Mediterranean, or Classical art history from antiquity to the early 19th century.

 

November 30, 2009

ACLS Recent Doctoral Recipients Fellowship:
$30,000 for 10 months. The stipend is $21,090; remainder ($8,910) is for room and half-board at the Institute. Eligibility is limited to awardees and alternates of the Mellon / ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships the prior year. For application and more information: http://www.acls.org

 

December, 2009


Awards are subject to availability of funds.


The Albright does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex,
sexual orientation, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or disability.




For further information please contact:

Dr. Joan R. Branham
Chair Albright Fellowship Committee
Department of Art and Art History
Providence College
Providence, RI 02918
Tel: (401) 865-1789
Fax: (401) 865-2410
Email: jbranham@providence.edu



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