Fellowships and Awards
We support archaeological fieldwork and heritage preservation.
The Etruscan Foundation has a long tradition of supporting scholarship in Etruscology, Italic Studies and related disciplines for a half century. Young and developing scholars have received fellowships from the Foundation to help defray the costs of participation in field schools, archaeological conservation programs and research projects at Etruscan and other pre-Roman sites across Italy.
Fieldwork and conservation fellowships are available to advanced undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at accredited North American colleges and universities. A Research Fellowship is available for Ph.D. candidates (ABD), independent researchers and untenured faculty. Please refer to the relevant award page for more detailed information about the application process, or contact The Etruscan Foundation at: office@etruscanfoundation.org.
Cultural Heritage Preservation Award
The Etruscan Foundation Cultural Heritage Preservation Award is designed to support the conservation or preservation of important Etruscan and Italic material culture that requires professional intervention for study, documentation, display, or simply consolidation.
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Fieldwork Fellowship
The Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Fellowship is designed to support participation in field schools or archaeological fieldwork at Etruscan and indigenous sites of non-Greek Italy from the Neolithic through the 1st Century BCE.
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Research Fellowship
The Etruscan Foundation Research Fellowship is designed to support research in all areas of study on Etruscan and indigenous cultures of non-Greek Italy dating from the Neolithic through the 1st Century BCE.
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Conservation Fellowship
The Etruscan Foundation Conservation Fellowship is designed to support conservation in all areas of Etruscan and Italic sites of non-Greek Italy from the Bronze Age through the 1st Century BCE.
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Other Awards
The Etruscan Foundation Conference Funding Fellowship is designed to assist conferences in Canada and the United States that align with the Foundation’s mission statement to support the study and understanding of the cultural and material history and heritage of the Etruscans and Italic cultures.
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Voices of Our Fellows
“I find it fascinating to learn from smaller museums with such close relationships to the team onsite. Collaboration with experts is, in my opinion, the best way to ensure the display includes accurate archaeological context with the found materials. I am grateful to the Etruscan Foundation for affording me this incredible experience, which has definitively determined that I love every part of archaeology, and I cannot wait to continue my journey with fieldwork in a leadership role.”
– Anna Port
Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project
2024 – The Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Fellowship
Duke University
Meet the Fellows
Myra Main
2025 | The University of Dallas, Texas | Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship
24 July, 2025
Nathaniel Erb
2025 | The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. | Lehman Smith Family Design Foundation Fellowship
24 July, 2025
Skye McCord
2025 | Northern Illinois University | Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship
24 July, 2025
