ACUA Student Travel Awards for SHA 2025 Conference

Dear SHA Members:

2025 ACUA and Recon Offshore DIE Student Travel Award

The Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology (ACUA) and RECON Offshore (https://reconoffshore.com/) are sponsoring one travel award to a student who is presenting a paper or poster on an underwater or maritime archaeology topic at the 2025 annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. The award provides $1,000 to defray travel costs. The goals of this travel award are to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion and to encourage student involvement at the meetings. Diversity is inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, abilities, and socioeconomic background. Applicants that self-identify as diverse are encouraged to apply. For more information about qualifying, applying, and submitting for this award, please download the ACUA & RECON Offshore DEI Student Travel Award guidelines at:  https://acuaonline.org/acua-awards/  DEADLINE: October 21,2024

2025 George Fischer International Student Travel Award

The Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology is pleased to announce the 2025 ACUA George Fischer Student Travel Award. This award of $1,000.00 (USD) will be offered to help fund travel costs for the upcoming 2025 SHA Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, and will be granted to an international* student presenting a paper on an underwater or maritime archaeology topic at this Conference. For more information about qualifying, applying, and submitting for this award, please download the George Fischer Student Travel Award Guidelines at: :  https://acuaonline.org/acua-awards/ DEADLINE: October 21,2024

Please note: Individuals can apply for the SHA Harriet Tubman Travel Award, the Ed and Judy Jelks Student Travel Award, the Robert L. Schuyler Student Travel Award, and the ACUA George Fisher Student Travel Award and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Travel Conference Award, but may only receive one award in the same year.