The SHA Scholarship Program provides a limited amount of funding for students who are current SHA members to attend a field school and/or to conduct dissertation research/fieldwork. The application package must be complete to be considered for funding.
Field School Scholarships: This program will place priority on awarding scholarships for students to participate in field schools that provide instruction in Historical Archaeology and archaeological field methods.
April 3, 2026 deadline for Field School Scholarship applications.
Dissertation Research Scholarships: This program will place priority on awarding scholarships for students needing to travel or conduct research to complete their dissertation in Historical Archaeology.
For this scholarship, historical archaeology is defined as the study of the material remains of past societies that also left behind some other form of historical evidence from the fifteenth century to the present.
April 17, 2026 deadline for Dissertation Research Scholarship applications.
The SHA Scholarship Committee will review applications and decide on awardees. Each year the committee identifies the number of scholarships that will be awarded as well as the amounts granted.
Applicants should be aware that if they receive financial aid from their university, their eligibility for various other sources of aid may be affected upon receipt of a scholarship. Applicants are encouraged to consult with their university’s financial aid office before applying.
Typical awards are between $500 and $2000.
Students are eligible to receive funding up to two times per scholarship.
The SHA Scholarship Program is made possible through a generous donation. The amount of funding awarded each year is determined by the amount that is donated to the program.
The applications for both the Field School Scholarship and the Dissertation Research Scholarship are below.
2026 APPLICATION FOR THE SHA FIELD SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP
2026 APPLICATION FOR THE SHA DISSERTATION RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
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