THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH (AMMAN)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS 2009-2010
Deadline for all applications is February 1, 2009
ACOR-CAORC Fellowship: Three or more two- to six-month fellowships for masters
and doctoral students. Fields of study include all areas of the humanities and
the natural and social sciences. Topics should contribute to scholarship in Near
Eastern studies. U.S. citizenship required. Maximum award is $22,600. Awards may
be subject to funding.
ACOR-CAORC Post-Graduate Fellowship: Two or more two- to six-month fellowships
for post-doctoral scholars and scholars with a terminal degree in their field,
pursuing research or publication projects in the natural and social sciences,
humanities, and associated disciplines relating to the Near East. U.S.
citizenship required. Maximum award is $29,800. Awards may be subject to funding.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship: One four to six month
fellowship for scholars who have a Ph.D. or have completed their professional
training. Fields of research include: modern and classical languages,
linguistics, literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology,
comparative religion, ethics, and the history, criticism, and theory of the
arts. Social and political scientists are encouraged to apply. Applicants must
be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals living in the U.S. three years immediately
preceding the application deadline. The maximum award is $27,800.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation East-Central European Research Fellows Program:
Up to four three-month fellowships for scholars who have a Ph.D. or equivalent
experience, pursuing research in any field of the humanities or social sciences
that relates to the Near East. Applicants must be citizens of Bulgaria, the
Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, or
Slovakia. The award is $11,500.
Jennifer C. Groot Fellowship: Two or more awards of $1,800 each to support
beginners in archaeological fieldwork who have been accepted as team members on
archaeological projects with ASOR/CAP affiliation in Jordan. Open to
undergraduate or graduate students of U.S. or Canadian citizenship.
Bert and Sally de Vries Fellowship: One award of $1,200 to support a student for
participation on an archaeological project or research in Jordan. Senior project
staff whose expenses are being borne largely by the project are ineligible. Open
to enrolled undergraduate or graduate students of any nationality.
Harrell Family Fellowship: One award of $1,800 to support a graduate student for
participation on an archaeological project or research in Jordan. Senior project
staff whose expenses are being borne largely by the project are ineligible. Open
to enrolled graduate students of any nationality.
Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship: One or more awards for one to two months
residency at ACOR in Amman. It is open to enrolled graduate students of any
nationality participating on an archaeological project or conducting research in
Jordan. The fellowship includes room and board at ACOR and a monthly stipend of
$600.
James A. Sauer Fellowship: One award for one month residency at ACOR. It is open
to enrolled graduate students of U.S. or Canadian citizenship participating on
an archaeological project or research in Jordan. The fellowship includes room
and board at ACOR and a stipend of $400.
MacDonald/Sampson Fellowship: One award for either six weeks residency at ACOR
for research in the fields of Ancient Near Eastern languages and history,
archaeology, Bible studies, or comparative religion, or a travel grant to assist
with participation in an archaeological field project in Jordan. The ACOR
residency fellowship option includes room and board at ACOR and a stipend of
$600 US. The travel grant option provides a single payment of $1,800 US to help
with any project related expenses. Both options are open to enrolled
undergraduate or graduate students of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant
status.
Kenneth W. Russell Annual Tawjihi Prize: Annual prizes for the male and female
students from Umm Sayhoun (Petra Region) who achieve the highest score on the
yearly Tawjihi examination. The award for each student is 200 Jordanian Dinars
($280).
Frederick-Wenger Jordanian Educational Fellowship: One award of $1,500 to assist
a Jordanian student with the cost of their education. Eligibility is not limited
to a specific field of study, but preference will be given to study related to
Jordan's cultural heritage. Open to enrolled undergraduate or graduate students
of Jordanian citizenship.
ACOR Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarships: Two awards of $6,000 (4,248 JD)
each to assist Jordanian graduate students with the annual costs of their
academic programs. Candidates must be Jordanian citizens and currently enrolled
in either a masters or doctoral program in a Jordanian university. Eligibility
is limited to students in programs related to Jordan’s cultural heritage (for
example: archaeology, anthropology, history, linguistics/epigraphy,
conservation, museum studies, and cultural resource management related issues).
Awardees who demonstrate excellent progress in their programs will be eligible
to apply in consecutive years.
Please Note: CAORC, NEH, Mellon, MacDonald/Sampson, Sauer, and Bikai Fellows
will reside at the ACOR facility in Amman while conducting their research.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
ACOR 656 Beacon Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02215 (Tel: 617–353–6571; Fax:
617–353–6575;
Email: [log in to unmask]) or
ACOR P.O. Box 2470, Amman 11181, Jordan (Fax: 011–9626–534–4181); Email:
[log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.bu.edu/acor.
ALSO NOTE:
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research
Fellowships:
The program is open to U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already
earned their Ph.D. in fields in the humanities, social sciences, or allied
natural sciences and wish to conduct research of regional or trans-regional
significance. Fellowships require scholars to conduct research in more than one
country, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research
center. It is anticipated that approximately ten fellowships of up to $9,000
each will be awarded.
Deadline: January 2009
For more information and to download the application form:
www.caorc.org/programs/index.html,
EMAIL: [log in to unmask],
TEL.: 202-633-1599,
MAIL:
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
PO Box 37012
NHB, CE-123, MRC 178
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Getty Research Exchange Fellowship Program for the Mediterranean Basin and
Middle East:
A stipend of up to $3,000 a month for living expenses and up to $1,000 for
travel expenses. Open to scholars who are Jordanian citizens and who have
already obtained a Ph.D. or have professional experience in the study or
preservation of cultural heritage and who wish to undertake a specific research
project at an overseas research centers in another country. Funded by the Getty
Foundation, the fellowships require scholars to affiliate with one of the
following overseas research centers: American Academy in Rome; American Center
of Oriental Research (Amman); American Institute for Maghrib Studies (Morocco,
Tunisia, and Algeria); American Institute for Yemeni Studies (Sana’a); American
Research Center in Egypt (Cairo); American Research Institute in Turkey
(Istanbul and Ankara); American School of Classical Studies at Athens; and the
Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (Nicosia).
Deadline: February 15, 2009
Critical Language Scholarships Program Arabic Language Institute
ACOR hosts one of the Critical Language Scholarships Program Summer Intensive
Arabic Language Institutes. If you are interested in applying for one of these
scholarships to study Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced Arabic in Amman,
Jordan, see www.CLSscholarship.org
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Donald R. Keller
American Center of Oriental Research
656 Beacon Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02215 USA
Telephone: 617-353-6571, Fax: 617-353-6575
Email: [log in to unmask], Web site: www.bu.edu/acor
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