Funding Opportunities for Fieldwork and Research
OPEN LEVEL
The Stigler Fund for Archaeological Fieldwork
Given by the Department of Anthropology, these awards are open to all full-time students at Columbia and Barnard except those students who will graduate before their proposed field season. Deadline is April 15th.
UNDERGRADUATE
Ella Deloria Thesis Research
For Columbia students studying anthropology. Designed to help conduct thesis research
Columbia Division of Student Affairs Fellowships
Various fellowships available. Deadlines vary
Columbia College Senior Thesis Funding
Students undertaking senior theses can apply for between $250-$500 to defray their research costs. (Average award is $250.)
Senior Thesis Stipend, Columbia School of General Studies
Students undertaking senior theses can apply for up to $250 to defray their research costs
GRADUATE
Funding opportunities for doctoral students
OPEN LEVEL
Archaeological Institute of America:
- Overview of funding opportunities
- Jane C. Waldbaum Archaeological Field School Scholarship
- AIA-NYS Scholars Program
The Biblical Archaeology Society Dig Scholarship
For students conducting summer fieldwork in and around the Levant
The Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Fellowships
Available to advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled full-time at an accredited North American college or university.
Hudson River Foundation for New York archaeology
Several fellowships and grants are available from the Hudson River Foundation
Overview of upcoming funding opportunities
List of highlighted funding opportunities curated by Columbia's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP)
UNDERGRADUATE
Foreign Language Study
FLAS fellowships for undergraduate students
Daniel H. Weiskotten Scholarship Offered by the William Beauchamp Chapter and the New York State Archaeological Association
GRADUTE FELLOWSHIPS & FUNDING
The Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship Provides support to students in the visual and fine arts, including art history, conservation, studio art and photography, for travel and living expenses outside the continental United States. Students must have received their undergraduate degree within the three years prior to the start of the fellowship.
Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research Doctoral Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
National Science Foundation Doctoral dissertation Research Improvement Awards
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research American Philosophical Society funding for doctoral students. Supports exploratory field studies for the collection of specimens and data.
Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowships
Southwest Preservation Fellowship
3-year dissertation fellowship in Preservation Archaeology in the Southwest US. Sponsored by Archaeology Southwest
Funk Foundation for New York archaeology
Details of fellowships and grants are available from the Robert E. Funk Memorial Foundation web site.
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
Various fellowships from CAARI
American Research Center in Egypt
Funded fellowships and a research associate program for archaeology and other disciplines
