The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) is the oldest and largest U.S. overseas research center. A consortium of more than 200 affiliated North American colleges and universities, the School provides graduate students and scholars a base for the advanced study of all aspects of Greek culture, from antiquity to the present day.
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:
Funding for short-term study
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and Anna C. and Oliver C. Colburn Fellowships
These fellowships support studies undertaken at the ASCSA for no more than a year. Two fellowships will be awarded to cover the cost of school fees, travel, housing, board, residence permit, and other living expenses.
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. To be eligible, applicants must have been AIA (Graduate or Professional level) in good standing for at least two consecutive years (or one year for graduate students) by the application deadline. Applicants must be at the pre-doctoral stage or have received a Ph.D within five years of application.
Requires simultaneous application to both the AIA and the ASCSA is required.
Cotsen Traveling Fellowship for Research in Greece
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. The grant was established by the Overseers of the Gennadius Library to honor Lloyd E. Cotsen, Chairman emeritus of the Overseers and benefactor of the Library. The fellowship requires residency in Athens of at least one month during the academic year from September 1 to June 1. It does not include costs for School trips, room, or board. School fees are waived for a maximum of two months.
Senior scholars (PhD holders) and graduate students of any nationality are eligible to apply.
Harry Bikakis Fellowship
This fellowship was established by Lloyd E. Cotsen, Chairman emeritus of the Overseers of the Gennadius Library, to honor Harry Bikakis, attorney of the American School, who exhibited much devotion and loyalty to the School during his term from 1979 to 1995. The fellowship does not include travel costs, housing, board, and other living expenses. School fees are waived.
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 are eligible to apply.
Wiener Laboratory Research Associate Appointment
These appointments support short-term, focused research at the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Science of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens as part of a program of research that addresses substantive problems pertaining to the ancient Greek world, or adjacent areas, 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, and geoarchaeology (particularly studies in human-landscape interactions and the study of site formation processes). Research projects utilizing other archaeological scientific approaches are also welcome, depending on the strength of the questions asked and the suitability of the plan for access to equipment and resources available elsewhere in Greece.
Appointments are variable any may last up to 9 months. It is expected that the applicant will maintain a physical presence at the Wiener Laboratory during the tenure of the appointment.
Individuals actively enrolled in a graduate program and individuals with a Masters or Doctorate in a relevant discipline are eligible to apply. Applicants are welcome from any college or university worldwide. Independent scholars are also welcome to apply.
William Sanders Scarborough Fellowships
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 regular academic year or the summer, excavations at the Agora or Corinth, scientific field schools, etc.), and/or to develop knowledge, resources, and collegial networks to enhance their teaching. The fellowship provides room and board at Loring Hall, a waiver of any applicable School fees, and one roundtrip economy-class airfare to Athens. The School intends to make up to four such awards each year.
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. Fellowship recipients need not be specialists in the field of Classical Studies. The School welcomes applicants from faculty of K-12 schools and from students or faculty from public and private universities, colleges, and community colleges; and encourages applications from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Funding for the full academic year
Jacob Hirsch Fellowship
This fellowship supports 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. The Fellowship runs from early September to June 1 and comprises a stipend plus plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees.
Kathryn and Peter Yatrakis Fellowship
The Yatrakis Fellowship supports research on topics that require use of the Gennadius Library. Opened in 1926 with the 26,000-volume collection of diplomat and bibliophile Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library houses today 145,000 titles of rare books and bindings, research materials, manuscripts, archives, and works of art that illuminate Hellenism, Greece, and neighboring civilizations from antiquity to modern times. Rare maps of the Mediterranean, early editions of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and a laurel wreath belonging to Lord Byron are just some of the unique items. Holdings of 90,000 research titles in open stacks complement the rare books and other collections to create a comprehensive resource for the history of Greece through the ages.
The fellowship includes a stipend plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the School for the full academic year from early September to late May.
Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s (within the last 5 years) of all nationalities are eligible to apply.
M. Alison Frantz Fellowship in Post-Classical Studies at the Gennadius Library
The M. Alison Frantz Fellowship, formerly known as the Gennadeion Fellowship in Post-Classical Studies, was named 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. It supports research in Late Antique through Modern Greek Studies, including but not limited to the Byzantine, Frankish, Post-Byzantine, and Ottoman periods.
The fellowship includes a stipend plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. Fellows are expected to be in residence at the School for the full academic year from early September to late May.
Ph.D. candidates at a U.S. or Canadian institution or scholars holding a recent Ph.D. (up to five years) obtained from a U.S. or Canadian institution are eligible to apply.
Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music
The Schwarz Fellowship for Research on Music supports research on music that focuses on cultural interactions 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. It supports projects on Musical composition, Music conducting, History of Music, Musicology, and related fields.
The fellowship includes a stipend plus room and board in Loring Hall, and waiver of School fees. It is expected that the applicant will maintain a physical presence at the Gennadius Library during the tenure of the appointment from early September to late May.
Career musicians, or researchers who are either currently Ph.D. candidates or have received their Ph.D. within the last 5 years of all nationalities are eligible to apply.