RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR ASOR MEMBERS

ASOR plans to award more than $40,000 in fellowships to support member research during 2022 (see COVID disclaimer below).

ASOR provides research funding for members through the Study of Collections Fellowships, William G. Dever Fellowships, Herbert Warren Mason Fellowships, and Mesopotamian Fellowships.

Top, Joanna S. Smith working with metal tools in the Local Museum of Marion and Arsinoe (Polis Chrysochous). Below, a series of iron sword fragments from Area E.F2 (trench r09, 1986).

• Study of Collections Fellowships:
  ASOR anticipates two fellowships of $2,000 each for 2022. These fellowships are intended to support the study of collections by our members. ASOR awarded three of these fellowships during 2017, two fellowships in 2018, two fellowships again in 2019. The collections include museum and archival collections, repositories, or collections of national authorities. The fellowship funds may be used to support travel, per diem expenses, and other direct expenses. The application deadline is February 28, 2022. 
• William G. Dever Fellowship for Biblical Scholars:
  ASOR plans to award two fellowships for 2022 (one fellowship recipient has already been selected). A two–month travel-study award of $7,000 will be made available in the summer of 2022 to a qualified American or American-based non-tenured faculty member or graduate student in the field of biblical studies who wants to acquire elementary, first-hand experience in field archaeology and research in Israel. The application deadline is February 18, 2022.
• Herbert Warren Mason Fellowship:
  ASOR plans to award one fellowship / award in 2022. The Mason Fellowship caries a monetary value of $5,000. It will be awarded biennially to a scholar/poet/writer/artist whose project proposal comes closest in scope to Herbert Mason’s oeuvre. The project manuscript must be transmitted into English. The monetary award may be used to support travel expenditures to special collections, acquire access to rare or hard to find research materials, art illustrations of a proposal or to further scholarly studies. The application deadline is February 28, 2022.
• Mesopotamian Fellowship:
• ASOR plans to award two fellowships of $9,000 each in 2022. Mesopotamian Fellowships provide $9,000 for research on Mesopotamian civilization and are open to both graduate and postdoctoral students.

COVID disclaimer: If the ongoing COVID pandemic, or any other reason, inhibits travel or prevents many archaeological excavations from taking place during 2022, ASOR may at its sole discretion decide not to offer some or all of the fellowships for members. If ASOR deems such a decision as necessary, applicants may reapply for other research fellowships if ASOR cannot (at its sole discretion) modify one the research programs listed above. Regrettably, applicants and successful applicants may not postpone travel or fieldwork scholarships to another year if the applicant or ASOR decides that travel or fieldwork cannot be conducted 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 alternate ASOR research funds if they can be made available in 2022).