2024 CAARI FELLOWSHIPS

CAARI offers fellowships specifically for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and scholars at all levels. All application forms can now be found within the CAORC website grant application portal.

Read stories from former CAARI fellows here about where they are now.

The deadline for the CAARI-sponsored graduate student fellowships is December 8, 2023. All other fellowships have a deadline of January 8, 2024.

 

Graduate Student Fellowships

CAARI Fellowships
Other Fellowships

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

CAARI Fellowships
 Other Fellowships

THE CYPRUS AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CAARI) in Nicosia, Cyprus, welcomes scholars and students specializing in archaeology, history, and culture of Cyprus and the eastern Mediterranean. CAARI is located in central Nicosia close to the Cyprus Museum and the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus (both with major libraries), as well as the main business and commercial district. In addition to hostel accommodation for a total of twelve residents, the institute has excellent research facilities: a 10,000-volume library, comprehensive map and artifact collections, archival material, and facilities for Internet, scanning, photography, and polarising and optical microscopes.

Recipients of fellowships are required to spend time as residents of CAARI and to submit a written report for the CAARI newsletter.


GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS


The Danielle Parks Memorial Fellowship

Danielle Parks, author of The Roman Coinage of Cyprus (Nicosia, 2004), directed excavations at the Amathus Gate Cemetery. She first came to Cyprus as an Anita Cecil O’Donovan Fellow. Her death as a young scholar in 2007, deeply felt by the wide circle of her colleagues and friends, is memorialized here by a fellowship designed to open the world of Cypriot culture to young scholars.

This is a fellowship of US $3,000 for a graduate student of any nationality who needs to work in Cyprus to further his/her research on a subject of relevance to Cypriot archaeology and culture. The purpose of the fellowship is to help cover travel to and living expenses in Cyprus. Applications are invited especially from students of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus. During his/her stay, the fellow is expected to give a presentation at CAARI on a subject related to his/her research. The fellow will periodically keep the Director of CAARI apprised of his/her research activities. The fellow will acknowledge CAARI and the Danielle Parks Memorial Fellowship in any publication that emerges from the research carried during the fellowship. Residence at CAARI is required.

Deadline: December 8, 2023.

       

The Helena Wylde Swiny and Stuart Swiny Fellowship

One grant of US $2,000 to a graduate student of any nationality in a college or university in the U.S. or Canada to pursue a research project that is relevant to an ongoing field project in Cyprus or that requires work on Cyprus itself. The award is to be used to fund research time spent in residence at CAARI and to help defray costs of travel. Residence at CAARI is required.

Deadline: December 8, 2023.

       

The Anita Cecil O’Donovan Fellowship

Founded in memory of musician, composer, and homemaker Anita Cecil O’Donovan, this fellowship offers one grant of US $2000 to a graduate student of any nationality, enrolled in a graduate program in any nation, to pursue research on a project relevant to the archaeology and/or culture of Cyprus; to be used to fund a period of research time in residence at CAARI and to help defray costs of travel. Residence at CAARI is required.

Deadline: December 8, 2023.

       

Fulbright Student Program

For information, see the Fulbright Student Program webpage.

       

*See also below for CAORC Fellowships open to US doctoral candidates.

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
PO Box 37012, MRC 178
Washington, DC 20013-7012
fellowships@caorc.org
202-633-1599

https://www.caorc.org/fellowships


POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS 

The Edgar J. Peltenburg Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Cypriot Prehistory

This annual fellowship is in honour of the late Professor Edgar Peltenburg and provides a stipend to conduct research on Cypriot prehistory (from the first visitors to the transition to the Iron Age). Applicants of all nationalities are encouraged to apply provided they have been awarded a PhD degree by the start of the fellowship. Although the fellowship is open to scholars of all ages, priority will be given to early career candidates who have received their PhDs within five years of the start of the fellowship. The period of the fellowship is nine months, renewable in exceptional cases for an additional nine months; it includes a US $14,000 stipend and up to US $1,500 travel expenses for those traveling to Cyprus from abroad. The fellowship can begin as early as March 1 or as late as June 30. The fellow will normally be expected to reside at CAARI for the duration of the fellowship and therefore accommodation in the CAARI residence is included. In addition, he or she is expected to play an active role in the CAARI community and to contribute to our academic environment with research-related and/or outreach events.

Deadline: January 8, 2024.

       

CAARI Scholar In Residence

An established scholar who commits to stay at least 30 days in succession at CAARI, ideally during spring to fall, and to be available in evenings and weekends to younger scholars working there, in return for 50% reduction in residency rate. Must have PhD in archaeology or ancillary field for at least 5 years prior to visit, be fluent in English (but may be of any nationality), and be committed to mentoring students. Travel and other expenses not covered.

Deadline: January 8, 2024.

       

CAARI/CAORC Research Fellowships

Two fellowships provide US $5500 each (up to US $1500 for transportation and up to an additional US $4000 for research expenses on the island) and are designed for scholars who already have their PhDs, whose research engages the archaeology, history, culture, or geography of Cyprus, and who would derive significant benefit from a month’s research time on the island. Particular consideration is given to applicants whose projects enable them to include Cyprus in their teaching.  A minimum of 30 days residence at CAARI is required. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Deadline: January 8, 2024.

       

Fulbright Scholars Program

For information, see the Fulbright Scholars Program website.

       

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) NEH Senior Research Fellowships

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is pleased to announce the National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program! This fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities for U.S. postdoctoral scholars, and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the US for three or more years.

Scholars must carry out research in a country which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Eligible countries for 2017-2018 are: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Cyprus, Georgia, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka or Tunisia. Fellowship stipends are $4,200 per month for a maximum of four months. This program is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) under the Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions (FPIRI).

Deadline: TBA.

 


PRE- AND POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS


Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research Fellowships

Open to scholars who already hold a Ph.D. and U.S. doctoral candidates who 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, including CAARI. Apply via the CAORC and ORC grant application portal.

Deadline: TBA.