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Date: 05 Oct  2003
From:Carolyn Tomaselli <ctomase at emory.edu>
Subject:ARCE Fellowships

ARCE FELLOWSHIPS

2004-2005
The Fellowship Program

The goal of the Fellowship Program is to promote a fresh and more  
profound knowledge of Egypt and the Near East through scholarly  
research and to aid in the training of American specialists in Middle  
Eastern studies in academic disciplines that require familiarity with  
Egypt.

ARCE Fellowships are given for periods of between 3 and 12 months  
(depending on the source of funding – see below for details).   
TheScholar-in-Residence (carrying a special USIA stipend above and  
beyond the NEH or regular USIA funding) is offered to a senior scholar  
in the humanities (Islamic Studies, Egyptology, Philosophy, History,  
etc.) for a period of up to 12 months.  This is for a post-doctoral  
scholar who wishes to spend up to a year in Cairo carrying out a  
research project and is willing to act in an official capacity as  
“senior scholar in residence.” 

ARCE has available approximately 12 fellowships from the following  
funding sources:

v      The United States Information Agency funds fellowships available  
to pre-doctoral candidates and post-doctoral scholars for a minimum  
stay of three months.  Stipend levels begin at $1530 per month. Please  
note: Egyptologists are eligible for these fellowships, as well as for  
the NEH and Kress Fellowships.

v      The National Endowment for the Humanities makes available  
fellowships for post-doctoral scholars with a minimum stay of four  
months. Stipend levels begin at $1770 per month.  Two short-term (4-6  
weeks) curatorial fellowships for museum professionals are also  
available for three consecutive years.

v      The Samuel H. Kress Foundation funds the Kress Fellowship in  
Egyptian Art and Architecture, an annual prize of  $14,800 plus  
round-trip airfare $2,000) given to a pre-doctoral student.  The funds  
are available to students of any nationality who are enrolled in a  
North American university.

v      The William P. McHugh Memorial Fund provides the McHugh Award, a  
special grant given to a graduate student from any nation to encourage  
the study of Egyptian geoarchaeology and prehistory.  Please contact  
ARCE for more information.

Selection of Fellows

The availability of fellowships is publicized nationally via major web  
search engines, the ARCE website, through universities, research  
directories, and professional bulletins. Candidates must submit  
completed applications, transcripts (for pre-doctoral students only),  
and three (or four, if applicable) letters of recommendation by the  
January 5 deadline.  These should be sent directly to the U.S. ARCE  
office and should be timed to arrive on or before the deadline.

A pdf application is now available on the ARCE website at:  
www.arce.org, where applicants can fill out the necessary forms, print  
them out, attach the proposal, and mail.  Applicants may also contact  
the U.S. Office directly for an information packet and forms:   
TheAmerican Research Center in Egypt, Emory Briarcliff Campus, 1256  
Briarcliff Rd, NE, Atlanta GA 30306.  Tel: (404) 712-9854.   
Email: arce at emory.edu.
 
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