The Egypt Exploration Society recently invited applications for grants to support fieldwork and research in Egypt. The total value of the funds available will be in the region of £40,000; the maximum that any single project will be allocated is £20,000. Specific, small-scale funding is also available from a bequest “to support restoration work, recording and collecting data at Memphis, Tell El-Amarna (Akhetaten) and / or the Temple of Aten at Karnak”.
The closing date for applications is 5 pm (GMT) on Friday 19 December 2014. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Interviews will not be held; applications will be considered by the Society’s Fieldwork & Research Committee in January 2015 and applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application no later than 28 February 2015. The closing date for receipt of references is also 5 pm (GMT) on Friday 19 December 2014
Applications will be considered for archaeological fieldwork, survey, aspects of excavation and post-excavation research and scientific analyses; architectural and/or epigraphic recording and analysis; and artefact and art-historical research. Documentary research per se will not be eligible, but can be considered as an integral element of the other categories. We particularly encourage applications that include field training opportunities and/or means of engaging local communities in Egypt.
- Applicants should be members of the Society, in good standing, and fulfil at least one of the requirements in the list below:
- UK citizens, or
- affiliated to a UK institution, or
- the current Field Director of a major project that has been EES-funded within the past five years (i.e. excludes Centenary Award projects).
- Applications should normally be submitted by the proposed Field Director, who should have a doctorate in Egyptology, archaeology or a suitable related discipline from a recognised educational institution, and substantial fieldwork training and experience, or can demonstrate an appropriate track record of Egyptological research.
- An applicant may submit only one application in each financial year.
- Applications will not be accepted from individuals who have previously directed Society projects unless that work has been published to the satisfaction of the Society, and appropriate financial reports on that work have been submitted, and any unused funding repaid.
- The work described in the application made to the Society must be undertaken in the period April 2015 to October 2016.
- The Society will expect grant recipients to disseminate the results of their funded research as quickly as possible and by all available appropriate means - online reports/blogs, presentations to EES members and/or donors and/or partner institutions, articles for the EES Newsletter/Egyptian Archaeology/Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, etc.
The application form is available for download here. All applications must be submitted via email to application@ees.ac.uk.
More information:
- EES Research page
- Full terms and conditions
- Guidance for applicants
- Reference request form
- Call +44(0)20 7242 1880, or email contact@ees.ac.uk