Mary Louise Mussell Student Travel Fellowship

Congratulations to our 2025 fellowship recipients: Rachel Carroll (University of Alberta), for her participation in the Humayma Archaeological Field School at Humayma in Jordan, and Anjali Kanda (UBC) for her participation in the Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) archaeological field school at Kalavassos-Ayios Dhimitrios in Cyprus.

The Mary Louise Mussell Student Travel Fellowship was established for students who wish to participate in archaeological field research in the Middle East. Mary-Louise Mussell will be remembered as the lead excavator of the early Christian church of Roman Aila (modern Aqaba). Dr. Mussell lost a long and arduous battle with cancer on January 23, 2005.

In 2026, an award of $750 will be given to a Canadian student with little or no prior field experience (no more than 1 previous field season) to help defray the costs associated with participating in an overseas archaeological project. Senior staff whose expenses are being paid for by the project are ineligible. Eligibility is restricted to postsecondary students with Canadian citizenship or Landed Immigrant Status. The archaeological field school that the student is participating in must be an ASOR/CAP-affiliated project. The successful recipient of the fellowship is expected to submit a 500-700 word report upon completion of their field experience.

The deadline for applications is March 16, 2026
Applicants will be notified by April 10, 2026

Download the application form here

ASOR Fellowships and Scholarships

A number of other fellowships and scholarships are available through ASOR and its affiliated research centres: ACOR in Amman, the W. F. Albright Institute in Jerusalem, and the Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute in Nicosia.