BIPOC SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIELDWORK PARTICIPATION (2022)
ASOR plans to award five fieldwork participation scholarships of $2,000 each for BIPOC students and scholars during 2022 (see COVID disclaimer below).
BIPOC Scholarships for fieldwork participation are made possible through an endowment that was established by many generous donors who contributed to ASOR’s Diversity Initiatives campaign in 2020 and 2021. Five scholarships of $2,000 each will be awarded to African American or Indigenous people of color participating in any ASOR-affiliated archaeological project for the summer of 2022.
Application Deadline: February 18, 2022 March 14, 2022
Based on the uncertainty surrounding travel and fieldwork due to the COVID pandemic, ASOR has extended the fieldwork participation scholarship deadline.
Eligibility
Applicants must be members of ASOR or be enrolled as students at an ASOR-member school (see list of Institutional Members). Applicants from underrepresented groups may request a membership waiver in order to apply. Applicants are encouraged to use the Uniform Fieldwork Scholarships Application to apply for all of the named and unnamed Fieldwork Participation Scholarships (BIPOC, Dana, MacAllister, Meyers, Meyers/Wright, Platt Sheeler, Steinmetz (veterans), Strange/Midkiff, and Member-Supported Fieldwork Participation). Some of the named grants are designated for particular excavations (e.g., Hazor or Tell el-Hesi), for particular groups (e.g., BIPOC and veterans), and for particular countries (e.g., Israel or Jordan). Please check the appropriate boxes on the Uniform Application so that you can be considered for as many different scholarships sources as possible. In order to be eligible, applicants are required to participate in an ASOR-affiliated excavation (see list).
Preference will be given to individuals that have not received support through the ASOR scholarship program or other funding sources for the summer of 2022. Additional preference will also be given to applicants who would not usually receive funding (for air fare, lodging or a stipend) from the excavation. Preference is also given to applicants who have not received ASOR funding for excavations in the past two years.
Applications from individuals must include the contact information for the director of the excavation project.
Upon completion of the field season, a report of 250-350 words and three appropriate photos (500 dpi resolution or higher) on site must be submitted to the ASOR office by September 1, 2022. Reports and photos should be sent via email with “scholarship report” in the subject line. More information will be available after the recipients have been notified.
Scholarship recipients will be required to sign a waiver indicating that ASOR is not responsible for any injuries they might sustain during their time at the excavation in which they participate. They will also be required to sign a release of rights to ASOR for the inclusion of their report and photographs in one of ASOR’s publications. This award may only be used for allowable direct expenses. Indirect and/or overhead expenses are not permitted.
COVID disclaimer: If the ongoing COVID pandemic, or any other reason, does not allow for many archaeological excavations to take place during 2022, ASOR may at its sole discretion decide not to offer fieldwork scholarships. If ASOR deems such a decision as necessary, applicants may reapply for non-fieldwork summer stipends if ASOR offers stipends for 2022. Regrettably, applicants and successful applicants may not postpone fieldwork scholarships to another year if the applicant or ASOR decides that fieldwork scholarships will not be awarded in 2022. If the pandemic or any other reason causes a cancellation of fieldwork in 2022, applicants must reapply for funding in 2023 (or for stipends if they are made available in 2022).
