Founded in 1881, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens provides graduate students and scholars from a consortium of about 190 North American colleges and universities a base for research and study in Greece.

The American School has run archaeological excavations at the Athenian Agora since 1931 and at ancient Corinth since 1896. It is also the administrative base of all other archaeological research in Greece conducted by North American institutions. The campus in Athens is home to the Blegen and Gennadius libraries as well as a major research laboratory for archaeological sciences—the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory.

The ASCSA has over 25 fellowships available to Graduate students, as well as Post-Doctoral and established scholars. The following fellowships have an application deadline of January 15, 2023.

Short-term Study

Cotsen Traveling Fellowship
The Gennadius Library offers the Cotsen Traveling Fellowship, a short-term grant awarded each year to scholars and graduate students pursuing research topics that require the use of the Gennadeion collections. Senior scholars (PhD holders) and graduate students of any nationality are eligible to apply. Requires residency in Athens of at least one month during the academic year from September 1 to June 1.

Harry Bikakis Fellowship
This fellowship is open to graduate students at U.S. or Canadian institutions, or Greek graduate students, whose research subject is ancient Greek law and who need to work at ASCSA libraries; or Greek graduate students working on excavations conducted by or affiliated with the ASCSA.

Wiener Laboratory Research Associate Appointment
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science offers Research Associate appointments to researchers seeking to use laboratory facilities or other resources for short term, focused research projects. Priority is given to projects that are part of larger research initiatives that address substantive problems exploring original concepts through the application of interdisciplinary methods in the archaeological sciences. Wiener Laboratory facilities are especially well-equipped to support the study of human skeletal biology, archaeobiological remains (faunal and botanical), environmental studies, geoarchaeology (particularly studies in human-landscape interactions and the study of site formation processes), and ancient materials studies. The fellowship period is variable, up to nine (9) months with the next term beginning early September 2023. Individuals actively enrolled in a graduate program and individuals with a Masters or Doctorate in a relevant discipline are eligible to apply.

William Sanders Scarborough Fellowship
This fellowship is intended to honor and remember Professor William Sanders Scarborough and to help foster diversity in the fields of Classical and Hellenic Studies and the Humanities more broadly by supporting students and teachers from underrepresented groups in their study and research at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. The fellowship supports up to three months in residence at the School to carry out proposed research projects, to join the School’s academic programs (field trips and seminars during the academic year, excavations at the Agora or Corinth, scientific field schools, etc.), and/or to develop knowledge, resources, and collegial networks to enhance their teaching. Graduate students, faculty members (K-12 and all levels of post-secondary education), and independent scholars residing in the United States or Canada, regardless of citizenship, whose geographic origin, diverse experiences, and socio-economic background are underrepresented at the School (including persons from the Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color communities), and whose studies, research, or teaching would benefit from residency at the School are eligible to apply.

Full Academic Year (September 2023 to late May 2024)

Constantine and George Macricostas Fellowship at the Gennadius Library
The Constantine and George Macricostas Fellowship at the Gennadius Library supports research on Orthodox Christian Studies with an emphasis on Orthodoxy’s history, religious traditions, and geographical, geopolitical, and cultural reach. Of particular interest is the significant role that the institution of the church played in the broader history of Hellenism. Ph.D. students and those who have earned the Ph.D. within the last 5 years with research projects focusing on the historical, political, and sociological dimensions of Eastern Orthodox religion from Late Antiquity to the present are eligible. The fields of study may include, but are not limited to religious studies, anthropology, history, philosophy, politics, law, and sociology.

Jacob Hirsch Fellowship
This fellowship is intended to support U.S. or Israeli citizens who are either Ph.D. candidates writing their dissertations in archaeology, or early-career scholars (Ph.D. earned within the last five years) completing a project that requires a lengthy residence in Greece.

Kathryn and Peter Yatrakis Fellowship
The Yatrakis Fellowship supports research on topics that require use of the Gennadius Library. Ph.D. students and those who have earned the Ph.D. within the last 5 years whose for research in the Gennadius Library for the full academic year are eligible to apply.

M. Alison Frantz Fellowship in Post-Classical Studies at the Gennadius Library
The Gennadius Library offers the M. Alison Frantz Fellowship in Post-Classical Studies, in honor of archaeologist, Byzantinist, and photographer M. Alison Frantz (1903–1995), a scholar of the post-classical Athenian Agora whose photographs of antiquities are widely used in books on Greek culture. Applicants must be Ph.D. students at a U.S. or Canadian institution, or have earned the Ph.D. within the last 5 years from a U.S. or Canadian institution. Candidates focused on Late Antique through Modern Greek Studies, including but not limited to the Byzantine, Frankish, Post-Byzantine, and Ottoman periods who need to work in the Gennadius Library for the full academic year are eligible to apply.

Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music
The Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music supports research that focuses on the cultural history of music in the Mediterranean world broadly defined. The fellowship aims to promote the study of interactions among Western European, Byzantine, Islamic and Jewish cultures from the medieval to the modern period. Career musicians or researchers who are currently Ph.D. candidates or have received their Ph.D. within the last 5 years are eligible to apply.

Wiener Laboratory Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023–2025
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences offers a two year pre-doctoral fellowship for outstanding PhD candidates. Priority is given to proposals that address substantive problems exploring original concepts through the application of interdisciplinary methods in the archaeological sciences. Laboratory facilities are especially well equipped to support the study of human skeletal biology, archaeobiological remains (faunal and botanical), environmental studies, geoarchaeology (particularly studies in human-landscape interactions and the study of site formation processes), and ancient materials studies. Individuals actively enrolled in a graduate program who have passed all qualifying exams are eligible to apply.  

Wiener Laboratory Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2023–2026
The Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science offers a post-doctoral fellowship awarded every three years for question-driven research in the archaeological sciences. Priority will be given to projects that address substantive problems through the application of interdisciplinary methods in the archaeological sciences, especially those projects directed toward in human skeletal studies, archaeobotany, archaeozoology, geoarchaeology, or materials science, or a combination of these disciplinary approaches. The Post-Doctoral Fellowship is limited to individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the last seven (7) years.