Stevan B. Dana Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation Grant

Stevan B. Dana Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)
Amount: US $2,000
Last Updated: January 07, 2026

Summary

The Stevan B. Dana Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation, offered by the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), provide eight scholarships of $2,000 each to support archaeological fieldwork in Israel. Applicants must apply for both the scholarship and individual excavation projects, with a portion reserved for the Hazor excavations. This initiative aims to encourage participation in significant archaeological research and promote a deeper understanding of Near Eastern cultures.

Overview

NOTE: If you are applying for a scholarship at Hazor, please specify whether you will be participating in the Haifa University excavations of the Lower City OR the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations. About ASOR The American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to initiate, encourage, and support research into, and public understanding of, the history and cultures of the Near East and wider Mediterranean world, from the earliest times. ASOR is apolitical and has no religious affiliation. Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation ASOR plans to award 43 fieldwork participation scholarships of $2,000 each for this year. In the summer of 2007, ASOR renewed its emphasis on providing funding scholarships that enable individuals to participate in fieldwork in Western Asia and the wider Mediterranean, and also by awarding grants to support the archaeological projects themselves. Since 2007, ASOR has awarded well over $1 million to more than 900 researchers and students with excavation grants, dig and survey scholarships, travel scholarships, and other research fellowships. Stevan B. Dana Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation These funds will support 8 scholarships of $2,000 each. Five scholarships are designated individuals to participate in excavations at Hazor: three for the excavations in the Lower City directed by Dr. Shlomit Bechar and two for the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations in Memory of Yigael Yadin. The remaining scholarships are designated for digs in Israel. If no excavation take place at Hazor this year, all of the anticipated eight scholarships will go to participants at other digs in Israel. Applicants who wish to receive one of the scholarships reserved for Hazor must also apply directly for participation in either of the Hazor excavations. The Hazor directors will make the final selections for the Dana Scholarships designated for Hazor, and the directors will notify ASOR.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must apply for participation with the individual project and for the scholarship.Successful applicants for the Dana Scholarships must join ASOR or be enrolled as students at an ASOR-member school (see list of Institutional Members) for funds to be distributed.Applicants need not be ASOR members to apply for a Dana Scholarship, but the successful applicants will need to join ASOR before funds can be awarded.This award may only be used for allowable direct expenses.

Ineligibility

Indirect and/or overhead expenses are not permitted.