Digging and Me
Scholarships for digging in the Middle East
The following scholarships are restricted to excavations in the Middle East. You may also wish to search the Global Scholarship page as these scholarships are less restrictive as to which continent you can work on.
Please note that when a category is stated "unrestricted" this means that anyone can apply, however, "unspecified" means that it wasn't stated if there was or was not a nationality requirement. When membership is required to apply for the scholarship this can often be done online.
When no year is given for the deadline this means that this is an annual deadline.
Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society student grants (click here)
Value: Travel expenses
Deadline: Grants are considered in early March
Excavation(s): Israel
Nationality of applicant: Student located in Great Brittain
Bert and Sally de Vries Fellowship (click here)
Value: $1500
Deadline: 1 February 2019
Excavation(s): any archaeological project in Jordan
Nationality of applicant: Any nationality barring Jordanian citizens
Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) Scholarships (click here)
Value: $1500
Deadline: 14 March 2018
Excavation(s): BAS excavations (http://digs.bib-arch.org/digs/)
Nationality of applicant: unrestricted
Eric and Carol Meyers Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Frederick-Wenger Memorial Endowment (click here)
Value: $1500
Deadline: 1 February 2019
Excavation(s): unspecified
Nationality of applicant: Jordanian citizens
Harrell Fellowship (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 Febuary 2019
Excavation(s): ASOR/CAP projects in Jordan
Nationality of applicant: Any nationality barring Jordanian citizens (graduate students only)
Harva L. Sheeler Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation: Hesi Regional Project
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Heritage Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Kenneth W. Russell Fellowship (click here)
Value: $1800
Deadline: 1 February 2019
Excavation(s): ACOR approved archaeological research project
Nationality of applicant: Jordanian citizens (2018 application), any student barring Jordanian Citizens (2019 application)
James A. Sauer Memorial Fellowship (click here)
Value: one-month residency at ACOR $400 (2018), $1250 education assistance (2019)
Deadline: 1 February 2019
Excavation(s): archaeological research project/excavation
Nationality of applicant: any graduate student barring Jordanian Citizens (2018), any Jordanian student in an archaeological/heritage degree in any country (2019)
Jennifer C. Groot Memorial Fellowship (click here)
Value: $1500
Deadline: 1 February
Excavation(s): ASOR/CAP projects in Jordan
Nationality of applicant: US or Canadian citizen (restricted to students with no more than one season in the field)
MacDonald and Sampson Fellowship (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2019
Excavation(s): archaeological projects in Jordan
Nationality of applicant: enrolled undergraduate or graduate students of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status
P. E. Macallister Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: approximately $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Platt Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Shirlee Meyers/G. Ernest Wright Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school
Strange and Midkiff Families Excavation Fellowships (click here)
Value: $2000
Deadline: 1 February 2018
Excavation(s): unspecified but probably excavations affiliated with ASOR
Nationality of applicant: Nationality not specified but must be a member of ASOR or student at and ASOR affiliated school