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THE AMERICAN CENTER OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH (AMMAN)


ANNOUNCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS        2012-2013


Deadline for all applications is February 1, 2012


National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship: One to two awards of
three to six months 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 award for six months
is $25,200.

ACOR Publication Fellowship: Two awards of four months each for senior scholars
or advanced graduate students pursuing a publication project in the fields of
Jordanian archaeology, anthropology, cultural resource management, or history
with the goal of completing a final publication. Open to all nationalities.
Maximum award of $19,000 includes residency at ACOR in Amman. The award will be
prorated accordingly if ACOR residency or international travel is not required.
This research must be undertaken in Jordan.

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 except Jordanian.

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 except Jordanian.

Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship: Two awards for one month each or one
two-month award for residency at ACOR in Amman. It is open to enrolled graduate
students of any nationality except Jordanian participating in an archaeological
project or conducting archaeological work in Jordan. The fellowship includes
room and board at ACOR and a monthly stipend of $600.

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. The travel grant option provides a single payment of $1,800 to help with
any project related expenses. Both options are open to enrolled undergraduate or
graduate students of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.

James A. Sauer Fellowship: One award of $1,000 to a Jordanian graduate student,
in Jordan or elsewhere, to advance his or her academic career in the field of
archaeology, anthropology, conservation, or related areas. The award might be
used for participation on an archaeological project, for research expenses,
academic tuition, or travel to scholarly conferences. For the 2012-2013 funding
cycle this competition is open only to Jordanian citizens.

Kenneth W. Russell Fellowship: One award of $1,800 to assist a Jordanian
student, in Jordan or another country, in the fields of archaeology,
anthropology, conservation, or related areas. This cycle the fellowship is open
to enrolled undergraduate or graduate students of Jordanian citizenship.

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. Candidates must be Jordanian citizens and currently
enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students in a Jordanian university.

ACOR Jordanian Graduate Student Scholarship: Four awards of $3,000 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 Master’s 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.

ACOR Jordanian Travel Scholarship for ASOR Annual Meeting: Two travel
scholarships of $3,500 each to assist Jordanians participating and delivering a
paper at the ASOR Annual meeting in mid-November in the United States. Academic
papers should be submitted through the ASOR’s website (www.asor.org/am) by
February 1, 2012. Final award selection will be determined by the ASOR program
committee.

ACOR-CAORC Fellowship and ACOR-CAORC Post-Graduate Fellowship: The next cycle
will be in 2013-2014 and applications will be due February 1, 2013.


Please Note: NEH, MacDonald/Sampson (residency option), 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: acor@bu.edu
or
ACOR P.O. Box 2470, Amman 11181, Jordan Fax: 011–9626–534–4181; Email:
acor@acorjordan.org

Websites: www.acorjordan.org   and   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. Applications will be available in early October.
Deadline: January 17, 2012
For more information and to download the application form:
www.caorc.org/programs
EMAIL: fellowships@caorc.org,
TEL.: 202-633-1599
MAIL:
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
PO Box 37012, MRC 178
Washington, DC 20013-7012

Critical Language Scholarship Program for Intensive Summer Language Institutes
ACOR will host one of the 2012 Critical Language Scholarship Program’s Intensive
Summer Arabic Language Institutes. If you are interested in applying to the CLS
Program to study Advanced Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced Arabic in Amman,
Jordan, see www.CLSscholarship.org