2026 Fieldwork Scholarships for Participation

The 2026 Fieldwork Scholarships for Participation is a grant from the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) that funds students and volunteers seeking to join ASOR-affiliated archaeological fieldwork projects in 2026. Scholarships support travel expenses and project participation costs for recipients joining digs at sites across the ancient Near East and broader ASOR project region. Each scholarship award is $2,000.

Eligible applicants are students and volunteers planning to participate in an ASOR-affiliated project during the 2026 field season. The application deadline was February 23, 2026; prospective applicants should check ASOR's website for future fieldwork scholarship cycles and related Project Grants available to project directors.

2026 Fieldwork Opportunities - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) ANCIENT NEAR EAST TODAY E-NEWSLETTER PAST ASOR NEWS, MONTH BY MONTH FY25 HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2026 Fieldwork Opportunities Team members at Çadır Höyük, Turkey. Are you a student or volunteer looking to join an ASOR-affiliated project for fieldwork? The projects below all have fieldwork planned for 2026.

Check out the project websites to find the one that is right for you. Once you’ve found a project, we encourage you to apply for a 2026 Scholarship for Fieldwork Participation . These scholarships are $2,000 and support your travel and participation on an ASOR-afilliated project.

If you’re a project director or specialist on an ASOR-affiliated project, you are invited to apply for 2026 Project Grants . Project grants vary from $2,500 to $5,000. If you’d like your project listed below, please email programs@asor.

org . The deadline for both Fieldwork Scholarships and Project Grants is February 23, 2026. Note: while some projects may be conducting fieldwork in 2026, not all of them are taking students or new team members.

Please check with the project director and staff. The full list of ASOR-affiliated projects can be found here. Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments Project Kissonerga-Skalia Excavation Makounta-Voules Archaeological Project Pyla- Koutsopetria Archaeological Project: Vigla Gabrielle Puckett excavating with the Makounta-Voules Project in 2025.

Deir el-Ballas Expedition Egyptian–Italian Mission at West Aswan The Ramesses III (KV11) Publication and Conservation Project Tomb of Thutmose IV (KV43) Research Project Lorenzo Guardiano and the 2024 Egyptian Italian Mission at West Aswan team. Gadachrili Gora Regional Archeological Project Expedition Syeda Sukena Zehra working with the Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition in Georgia.

The Athenian Agora Excavations Hannah Borotsik laying out tile from the Athenian Agora excavations. Photo by James Razumoff. Gird-I Matrab ( 2005 fieldwork summary ) Lagash Archaeological Project ReLand Resurfacing Landscapes: Mosul Dam Archaeological Project Rural Landscapes of Imperial Iron Age Mesopotamia Anna Taibi recording a looting pit with the ReLand Project in 2025.

Caesarea Coastal Archaeological Project Hazor Lower City Excavations Hippos (Sussita) Excavation Project Lautenschläger-Azekah Expedition Jezreel Valley Regional Project: Legio Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations Tel Abel Beth Maacah Archaeological Project Juan Camilo Bonilla Hurtado working with the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations.

Casa della Regina Carolina Project at Pompeii Helen Wong conducting ground-penetrating radar survey at Motya, Sicily. Balu’a Regional Archaeological Project Landscapes of the Dead: Fifa Megan Nishida working with the Kites in Context team in Jordan. Menorca Archaeological Project Menorca Archaeological Project team at Torre d'en Galmes in 2024.

Photo credit A. Smith Phoenix Archaeological Project Tayinat Archaeological Project Tell Atchana/Alalakh Excavations Yalburt Yaylası Archaeological Landscape Research Project Lauren Cook and Zeynep Türker, holding a cuneiform tablet at Alalakh/Tell Atchana. Talia Neelis and team members at Kissonerga-Skalia, Cyprus in 2025.

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