The American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) is pleased to announce two fellowships of $2,000 each to support the study of collections. Applicants must be current ASOR members.The collections covered by these fellowships include museum and archival collections, repositories, or collections of national authorities. The fellowship funds may be used to support travel and per diem expenses. Other direct expenses are permissible, but they may not exceed one-third of the funds received from ASOR. Indirect and/or overhead expenses are not allowable.

Preference will be given to ASOR members who work in the fields of the Near East and wider Mediterranean who hold the Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree. Additional preference will be given to applicants who have not received another ASOR fellowship or grant in the past five years. These fellowships may be combined with other research funds, but this support must be described in the application.