CHARLES HARRIS PROJECT GRANTS
ASOR plans to award at least one Harris Grant of $5,000 during 2025 (see COVID disclaimer below).
The Harris Endowment provides modest grants to worthy 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. ASOR plans to award at least one Harris Grant of $5,000 in 2025.
Application Deadline: February 24, 2025
If you have any questions, please email Marta Ostovich.
Guidelines
1. Applications are restricted to directors of ASOR/CAP-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 a single project will be considered in any given year. Awards are usually not made to the same individual or project in successive years. Only direct expenses are permitted, and no indirect or overhead may be charged.
3. Harris 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. 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).
Previous Grant Recipients: $94,010 awarded
2024: $5,000 awarded
- Alexander J. Smith, SUNY-Brockport, Menorca Archaeological Project
2023: $10,000 awarded
- Andrew Danielson, The University of British Columbia, âKhirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Projectâ
- MĂŒge Durusu-Tanriover, Temple University, âPolatlı Landscape Archaeology and Survey Projectâ
2022: $10,000 awarded
- Ian W. N. Jones, University of California-San Diego, âBaluâa Regional Archaeology Projectâ
- Rocco Palermo, University of Pisa, âGird-i Matrab Archaeological Projectâ
2021: $10,000 awarded
- Steven Falconer, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, âZahrat adh-Dhraâ 1: Middle Bronze Age Settlement on the Dead Sea Plainâ
- Meghan Strong, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, âAnalysis of Queen Yeturowâs paintings from the Royal Pyramids and Necropolis of Nuriâ
2020: $5,000 awarded
- Kate Liszka, California State University, San Bernardino, ââ
2019: $5,000 awarded
- James Fraser, University of Sydney, âKhirbet Ghozlan Excavation Projectâ
2018: $5,000 awarded
- Megan Perry, East Carolina University, âPetra North Ridge Projectâ
2017: $5,000 awarded
- Bruce Routledge, University of Liverpool, âDhiban Excavation and Development Projectâ
2016: $10,000 awarded
- , Gannon University
- , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2015: $3,900 awarded
- , Emory University
- , New York University
- , New York University
2014: $5,350 awarded
- Oded Borowski, Emory University, âLahav Research Project: Phase IVâ
- Stephanie Brown, University of California, Berkeley, â Documenting the Town Plan of a Levantine Capital City: A Geophysical Survey of Iron Age Busayraâ
- Annlee Dolan, Wilfrid Laurier University, â Khirbat al-Mukhayyat Archaeological Projectâ
- , âLuminescence Dating of Samples taken at Khirbat al-Mudaybi, in Central Jordanâ
- Brandon Olson, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, âThe Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Projectâ
- Steve Renette, University of Pennsylvania/University of Coimbra, âKani Shaie Archaeological Projectâ
- Bethany Walker, University of Bonn, âLaser Mapping and Water Simulations of Subterranean Systems at Tall Hisbanâ
2013: $9,560 awarded
- Russell Adams, University of Waterloo, Canada, âBarqa Landscape Projectâ
- Darren Ashby, Boston University, âQalaat Mudjesir Excavationsâ
- Leigh-Ann Bedal, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College, âPetra Garden and Pool Complexâ
- , University of Tennessee, Knoxville, ââAyn Gharandal Archaeological Projectâ
- Jennie Ebeling, University of Evansville, and Norma Franklin, University of Haifa, âJezreel Expeditionâ
- Alan Farahani, University of California, Berkeley, âAgricultural Intensification in Late Antique Dhiban, Jordanâ
- Michael Given, University of Glasgow, Scotland, âExcavations at Kourionâs Amathous Gate Cemetery â Kourion, Cyprusâ
- Natalia Handziuk, University of Toronto, âTell Madaba Archaeological Projectâ
- , DePaul University, âLandscapes of the Dead: Pedestrian Site Survey at Fifa, an Early Bronze Age Cemetery on the Dead Sea Plain, Jordanâ
- , Azusa Pacific University, âThe Archaeology of Borderlands: Arameans, Israelites, and Phoenicians at Abel Beth Maacahâ
- , Queenâs University, âHumayma CBM Typologyâ
- Yorke Rowan and Austin Hill, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, âExperimental Aerial Survey Applications to Excavations at Marj Rabbaâ
- John Rucker, University of Missouri, Kansas City, âWadi âAraba Earthquake Project Qasr at Tilah Excavationâ
- Andrew Smith, The George Washington University, âBir Madhkur Projectâ
No Harris Grants were awarded from 2009-2012.
2008: $7,000 awarded
- Steven Falconer: âBronze Age Rural Ecology and Landscape Formation in Cyprusâ
- Andrew Smith: âBir Madhkur, Jordanâ
- Eric Cline: âAegean Interactions with the Levantâ
- Leigh-Ann Bedal: âPetra Garden and Pool Complexâ
- Elizabeth S. Greene: âIron Age Shipwreck at Kekova Asasiâ
- Michael Given: âKourionâs Amathus Gate Cemeteryâ
2007: $3,200 awarded
- William R. Caraher: âPyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Projectâ
- Nancy Lapp: âPublication of the Early Persian and Hellenistic Potteryâ
- Jonathan Ferguson: âSalvage Excavations at Khirbat az-Zonaâ
- Garth Gilmour: âLahav Research Projectâ