Albright Fellowships, Council of American Overseas Research Centers Awards, and Dever Memorial Prize
The Albright annually provides $275,000 in fellowships and awards to 28 recipients. In addition, 32 Associate Fellows including Senior, Post-Doctoral, and Research Fellows receive funding from other sources. The 60 fellowships include appointments for an Annual Professor; and for two National Endowment for the Humanities fellows, three Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellows (for East-Central European scholars), and three Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) Fellows; an Ernest S. Frerichs Fellow/Program Coordinator, a Samuel H. Kress, and a Traveling Samuel H. Kress Fellow (Jerusalem and Amman/Athens/Nicosia), a George A. Barton Fellow, and a Glassman Holland Research Fellow, as well as for Associate Fellows.
Fellowships are open to those in Near Eastern studies from prehistory through the early Islamic period, including the fields of archaeology, anthropology, art history, Bible, epigraphy, historical geography, history, language, literature, philology and religion and related disciplines. The research period should be continuous, without frequent trips outside the country. Residence at the Albright is required. The option to accommodate dependents is subject to space available at the Albright.















