PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF ANNUAL MEETING TRAVEL GRANTS
2026
Student Travel Grants
Eitan Cassway, University of Maryland
Alessandra Dominguez, University of Pennsylvania
Ece Erlat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Louis Mainwaring Foster, Bryn Mawr College
Ella Hattem, Yale University
Faizan Khan, Lipscomb University
JinRi Kim, Southern Methodist University
Viveka Smith, University of California, Davis
Madeline Topor, University of British Columbia
Hannah Xu, Emory University
2025
Student Travel Grants
Melani Dubon – Andrews University
Nimesh Fonseka – University of Maryland
Jane Gordon – University of Chicago
Emily Hale – Mississippi State University
Charlotte Howley – University of California, Los Angeles
Michael Leff – University of Texas-Austin
Mariah Miller – University of Toronto
Gary Myers – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Gabby Puckett – University of Tennessee-Knoxville
2024
Student Travel Grants
Zoe Bernier – Wilfrid Laurier University
Stephanie Cooper – Johns Hopkins University
Jake Hill – Baylor University
Heidi Hilliker – University of Michigan
Christopher Jenkins – Lipscomb University
Zeynep Kuşdil Sak – University of Toronto
Maryan Ragheb – University of California, Los Angeles
Kaitlyn Satelmayer – La Sierra University
Yuwei Zhou – University of Chicago
2023
Student Travel Grants
Anawar Mahagoub Ali Mohamed – University of Michigan
Graham Braun – University of Cincinnati
Bede Carpenter – Lipscomb University
Tucker Deady – University of Toronto
Maddy Green – Mississippi State University
Ellie Martin – Brigham Young University
Crystal Melara – University of California, Los Angeles
Keri Porter – University of Notre Dame
Karlene Shippelhoute – Johns Hopkins University
Marc Marin Webb – University of Pennsylvania
2022
Student Travel Grants
Matthew Bronson – Lipscomb University
Larra Diboyan – Mississippi State University
Natalia Handziuk – University of Toronto
Jake Hubbert – Brigham Young University
Luiza Osorio Da Silva – University of Chicago
Robyn Price – University of California, Los Angeles
India Pruette – University of Michigan
Sarajane Smith – Notre Dame
Isabel Srour – Andrews University
Sarah Wenner – University of Cincinnati
2021
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Grants
Jaime Bennett – La Sierra University
Adellina Cini – University of Haifa
Charles Everhardt – University of Haifa
Geoffrey Hedges-Knyrim – University of Connecticut
Bryton Smith – Oberlin College
Student Travel Grants
Kayla Dang – Yale University
Hanna Erftenbeck – University of Notre Dame
Bianca Hand – Johns Hopkins University
Nathan Lovejoy – New York University
Sara Mohr – Brown University
David Mulder – University of Pennsylvania
Iman Nagy – University of California, Los Angeles
Bruno Soltic – Lipscomb University
Emily Yankura – Brigham Young University
2020
Virtual Annual Meeting: No Travel Grants Offered.
2019
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Grants
Hend Elsayed – University of Bonn
Tzilla Eshel – University of Haifa
Jacob H. Finegan – University of Central Florida
Julian Hirsch – Oberlin College
Samantha Suppes – University of Chicago
Student Travel Grants
Jaime Bennett – La Sierra University
Cecelia Chisdock – University of Notre Dame
Quinn Daniels – New York University
Jordan Galczynski – University of California, Los Angeles
Craig Harvey – University of Michigan
Kara Larson – Mississippi State University
Sara Mohr – Brown University
Summer Shives – North Carolina State University
Bruno Soltic – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Cale Staley – Cornell University
2018
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Grants
Jaime Bennett – La Sierra University
Brigid Clark – University of Haifa
May Hajj – Lebanese University
Brady Liss – University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Markowitz – University of Central Florida
Gabrielle Sines – University of Michigan
Student Travel Grants
Andrew Burlingame – University of Chicago
Owen Chesnut – Andrews University
Eli Dolarhide – New York University
Jonathan Gardner – Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Timothy Hogue – University of California, Los Angeles
Jake Hubbert – Brigham Young University
Megan Lewis – Johns Hopkins University
Golnaz Hossein Mardi – University of Toronto
Samuel Martin – University of Arkansas
Bruno Soltic – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
2017
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Grants
Dawn Acevedo – La Sierra University
Florencia Fustinoni – University of British Columbia
Aimee Hanson – College of St. Benedict
Madaline Harris-Schober – University of Melbourne
Golan Shalvi – University of Haifa
Amanda Wissler – Arizona State University
Student Travel Grants
Kathleen Bennallack – University of California, San Diego
Brian Coussens – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jacob Damm – University of California, Los Angeles
Craig Harvey – University of Michigan
Golnaz Hossein Mardi – University of Toronto
Katherine Hudson – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Veronica Morriss – University of Chicago
Christina Olson – East Carolina University
Jessica Rentz – Yale Divinity School
Avary Taylor – Johns Hopkins University
2016
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Grants
Irene Chiramova – Yale Divinity School
Brandy Forrest – Trinity Southwest University
Stephanie Grant – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Vanessa Juloux – Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Emma Kerr – University of Toronto
Nitsan Shalom – Tel Aviv University
Student Travel Grants
Dawn Acevedo – La Sierra University
Caroline Joan Arbuckle MacLeod – University of California, Los Angeles
Catherine Bonesho – University of Wisconsin
Petra Creamer – University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen Forste – Boston University
Amber Hutchinson – University of Toronto
Dylan Karges – Mississippi State University
Vivian Laughlin – Andrews University
Samantha Lindgren – Johns Hopkins University
Emily Wilson – University of Chicago
2015
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Scholarships
Shlomit Bechar – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
David Culclasure – North Carolina State University
Amanda Gaggioli – Cornell University
Andrew Johnson – Yale University
Justin Mann – East Carolina University
Nitsan Shalom – Tel Aviv University
Student Travel Grants
Melissa Cradic – University of California, Berkeley
Pinar Durgun – Brown University
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni – Johns Hopkins University
David Gurevich – Harvard University
Craig Harvey – University of Michigan
Brady Liss – University of California, San Diego
Thomas Middlebrook – Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Kaitlyn Solberg – University of British Columbia
Brian Stachowski – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Jody Washburn – University of California, Los Angeles
2014
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Scholarships
Kevin Caldwell – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Craig Harvey – University of Michigan
Sabine Metzer – Tel Aviv University
Barak Monnickdam-Givon – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tommas Pace – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Mehrnoush Soroush – New York University
Student Travel Grants
Adam Bean – Johns Hopkins University
Katherine Burge – University of Pennsylvania
Betty Hensellek – Cornell University
Amanda Lanham – Harvard University
Kristina Reed – La Sierra University
Abelardo Rivas – Andrews University
Akiva Sanders – University of Chicago
Sarah Wenner – North Carolina State University
2013
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Scholarships
Austin Glock Andrews – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jared Chatfield – Tandy Institute for Archaeology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Bradley Erickson – Duke University
Christina Grobmeier – Houston, TX
Pamela Koulianos – North Carolina State University
Inbar Ktalav – University of Haifa
Jessica Walker – University of Pittsburgh
Eric Welch – The Pennsylvania State University
Student Travel Grants
Kathleen Bennallack – University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Carrington – Cornell University
Caitlin Chaves Yates – Boston University
Amy Cromartie – University of California, Los Angeles
Amanda Foley – The Ohio State University
Ian Jones – University of California, San Diego
Tiffany Key – North Carolina State University
Jesica Jayd Lewis – North Carolina State University
Mackenzie Litwin – Lycoming College
2012
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Scholarships
Tiffany Earley-Spadoni – Johns Hopkins University
Julia Fridman – Tel Aviv University
Harris Greenberg – Boston University
Thomas Hart – The University of Connecticut
Shulamit Miller – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Brian Stachowski – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Sarah Wenner – North Carolina State University
Student Travel Grants
Lydia Dwyer – Lycoming College
Steven Edward – University of Toronto
Timotheus Frank – Mississippi State University
Kyra Kaercher – Boston University
Kyle Knabb – University of California, San Diego
Joseph Lehner – University of California, Los Angeles
Brita Lorentzen – Cornell University
Kiersten Neumann – University of California, Berkeley
Trey Thomas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Julia Troche – Brown University
2011
The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology Scholarships
Michael Allen – Mount Royal University
Christina Carlson – Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
Josh Cannon, University of Chicago
Mike Ellingsen – Trinity International University
Erica Hughes – University of Liverpool
Darren Joblonkay – University of Toronto
Pamela Koulianos – North Carolina State University
Josephine Verduci – University of Melbourne
Student Travel Grants
Shirly Ben-Dor Evian – Tel Aviv University
Carrie A. Fulton – Cornell University
Craig Harvey – The University of Victoria
Seung Ho Bang – Baylor University
Tiffany Key – North Carolina State University
Katherine Larson – University of Michigan
Robyn Le Blanc – The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Heather Parker – Johns Hopkins University
George A. Pierce – University of California, Los Angeles
Tracy Spurrier – University of Toronto
2010
Student Travel Grants
Abigail Buffington – New York University
Evan Carlson – University of California, Los Angeles
Adam Dodd – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Ian Jones – University of California, San Diego
Alaina Kaiser – Cornell University
Veronica Morriss – Texas A&M University
Tate Paulette – University of Chicago
Steve Renette – University of Pennsylvania
Omer Sergi – Tel Aviv University
Anna Wieser – University of Arkansas
Platt Fellowships
Seung Ho Bang – Baylor University
Jody Michael Gordon – University of Cincinnati
Lesley Gregoricka – The Ohio State University
Jacob Moody – Andrews University
Amanda Rose – The University of Melbourne
Tracy Spurrier – University of Toronto
2009
Student Travel Grants
Seung Ho Bang – Baylor University
Andrea Creel – University of California, Berkeley
Helen Dixon – University of Michigan
Michael Ellingsen – Trinity International University
Andrea Gatzke – Pennsylvania State University
Russell Gentry – North Carolina State University
Jeffrey Hudon – Andrews University
Stephanie Selover – University of Chicago
Anna Wieser – University of Arkansas
William Zimmerle – University of Pennsylvania
Kress Fellowships
Abdel Latif Afandy – Cairo University
Moawiyah M. Ibrahim – Society of Friends of Archaeology and Heritage, Jordan
Mohamed Marouf – Sohag University
Lindstrom Foundation Scholarships
Melissa Cradic – The George Washington University
Austin (Chad) Hill – University of Connecticut
Andrea Kay – University College London
Linda Meiberg – University of Pennsylvania
Joshua Trampier – University of Chicago
Ian Wilson – University of Alberta
2008
Student Travel Grants
Erez Ben-Yosef – University of California, San Diego Chicago
Benjamin Bradshaw – Pennsylvania State University
Christopher Brinker – John Hopkins University
Robert Darby – University of Missouri, Columbia
Christopher Gohm – University of Toronto
Jody Michael Gordon – University of Cincinnati
Jason Herrmann – University of Arkansas
Stephanie Langin-Hooper – University of California, Berkeley
Justin Leidwanger – University of Pennsylvania
Adam Maskevich – Johns Hopkins University
Virginia Rimmer – University of Chicago
Steven Werlin – University of North Carolina
Kress Fellowships
Benjamin Arubas – Hebrew University
Stella Demesticha – University of Cyprus
Liora Freud – Tel Aviv University
Yuval Gadot – Hebrew Union College and Tel Aviv University
Duncan Howitt-Marshall – University of Cambridge
Hamed Salem – Birzeit University
Omer Sergi – Tel Aviv University
David Stacey – Independent Scholar
Joe Uziel – Bar Ilan University
Lindstrom Foundation Scholarships
Helen Dixon – University of Michigan
Sara Rich – University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Leigh Stork – University of Edinburgh
Benjamin Wiggershaus – Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Jason E. Wilhelmi – Western Michigan University
Polly Yorioka – University of Washington