STEVAN B. DANA PROJECT GRANTS

ASOR plans to award three Dana Project Grants of $5,000 each during 2025 (see COVID disclaimer below).

Established in 2021, the Stevan B. Dana Project Grant Fund was created to support ASOR-affiliated excavation projects.

Archaeologists Surveying Tel Erani, Israel. Photo credit Eliot Braun.

The Stevan B. Dana Project Fund provides modest annual grants to worthy field projects that are ASOR-affiliated, particularly to newer and smaller projects, to help them get started, and to discrete components of larger projects that can be completed with an award. Funds may be use to purchase a piece of equipment or to pay for a discrete smaller initiative. The grant also may provide support for off-season research and/or analysis. Three Dana Grants of $5,000 will be awarded in 2025.

• Universal Project Grant Application
• Previous Grant Awardees
• Questions: Please email Marta Ostovich.

Application Deadline: February 24, 2025

Guidelines

1. Applications should be submitted by directors of ASOR-affiliated projects or senior staff members of affiliated projects. Applications by staff members other than the director must be accompanied by a letter of endorsement from the project director.

2. Only one application from an excavation project or site will be funded in any given year. In addition, the Dana Selection Committee will give preference to excavation projects that have not received an ASOR Project Grant (Dana, Gold, Harris, or Seger) in the past three years.

3. Dana Project Grants are not designed to fund travel for student volunteers or junior staff members (see Scholarships for Fieldwork Participation).

4. Funds will be made available from the ASOR office, and recipients may receive a Form 1099 for the funds received. In order for ASOR to distribute funds to an institution, certain restrictions may apply. Only direct expenses are permitted, and no indirect or overhead may be charged.

Apply for ASOR Affiliation for a Project

COVID disclaimer: If the ongoing COVID pandemic, or any other reason, does not allow for many archaeological excavations to take place during 2025, ASOR may at its sole discretion decide not to offer project grants. If ASOR deems such a decision as necessary, applicants may reapply for non-fieldwork summer stipends if ASOR can offer stipends for 2025. Regrettably, applicants and successful applicants may not postpone project grants to another year if the applicant or ASOR decides that project grants will not be awarded in 2025. If the pandemic or any other reason causes a cancellation of fieldwork in 2025, applicants must reapply for funding in 2026 (or for stipends if they can be made available in 2025).

Excavations at Haua Fteah, Libya. Photo credit Will Raynolds.