2026 PROJECT GRANT AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARDEES
Stevan B. Dana Project Grants: $25,000 awarded
- Çağlayan Bal (University of Chicago) Toprakkale Archaeological Survey Project
- Eva Amanda Calomino (University of Granada) Frontier Households at Tell el-Ghaba (North Sinai, Egypt): Domestic Production and Borderland Connectivity, 11th-7th centuries BCE
- James Fraser (Albright Institute of Archaeological Research) Tsaghkasar Archaeological Project
- James Osborne (University of Chicago) Türkemen-Karaöyük Archaeological Project
- Aqeel Al-Mansrawe (University of Sumer) Protecting Archaeological Site of Umm al-Aqarib from Climate Change Impacts: Documentation, Capacity Building, and Scientific Publication
Stevan B. Dana Project Grants for Israel: $15,000 awarded
- Sofia Avants (Duke University) Radiocarbon Analysis of Ritual Pool Plasters to Establish Household Use During the 2nd-3rd c. CE in Sepphoris, Galilee
- Ido Koch (Tel Aviv University) Tel Hadid Archaeological Project
- Omer Sergi (Tel Aviv University) Tel Shaddud Archaeological Project
Charles Harris Project Grants: $10,000 awarded
- Carlo Cereti (University of California, Irvine) MAIKI: The Italian Historical-Archaeological Mission in Kurdistan
- Sharon Steadman (State University of New York, Cortland) Climate and Economy at Late Chalcolithic Çadır Hoyük
Joe D. Seger Grant: $5,000 awarded
- Lindy Crewe (Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute) Kissonerga-Skalia Bronze Age Settlement
- Luiza Osorio G. Silva (University of California, Irvine) Kom Firin Archaeological Project
Shepard Urgent Action Grants: $15,000 awarded
- Nick Ray (Ulster University) Torca Cliff Emergency Survey
- Hossam Abd El Azeem (Shawāhid Miṣr “Witnesses of Egypt” Heritage Initiative) Sultan al-Ashraf Inal Complex: Emergency Stabilization and Safeguarding
- Amany Abd El Hameed (Penn Cultural Heritage Center/Penn Museum) Rescuing Egyptian Labor Archives: Emergency Stabilization of Foreign Excavation Records (1890s–1970)
- Federico Cappella (Sapienza Università di Roma) Carthage: Emergency Documentation and Conservation of Punic Structures Threatened by Environmental Degradation
Study of Collections Fellowships: $4,000 awarded
- Sofia Kane (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) Carpet Fragments Excavated from Ballana and Qustul, ISAC/Art Institute of Chicago
- Irene Romano (University of Arizona) Hellenistic Sculpture from Qalagta Darband, Blegen Library, ASCSA
Mesopotamian Fellowship: $9,000 awarded
- Melania Zingarello CEPAM-French National Centre for Scientific Research) Sacred Waterscapes and Early Urbanism at Rejibah (southern Mesopotamia): Canals, cultic landscapes, and long-term urban memory
