Fieldwork Fellowship
A Fellowship Program for Fieldwork
The Etruscan Foundation Fieldwork Award 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, and carries an award of $2,500. The fellowship is intended to support all travel, meals, lodging and ancillary materials for the Etruscan Foundation Fellow. Recipients are expected to seek other sources of funding for all additional research expenses. The Etruscan Foundation Fellow will be expected to satisfy the terms of the award. Applications will be evaluated by The Etruscan Foundation Fellowship Review Committee. The recommendations of the Committee will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for final approval.
Application
Applications will be evaluated by The Etruscan Foundation Fellowship Review Committee. The recommendations of the Committee will be forwarded to the Board of Directors for final approval.
The application deadline is March 1st.
All application materials must be received by the foundation office by this date.
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
24 July, 2025
Skye McCord
2025 | Northern Illinois University | Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship
24 July, 2025
See Other Recipients
| 2025 | Nathaniel Erb, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., The Lehman Smith Family Design Foundation Fellowship | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2025 | Kathlyn Hammett University of South Carolina South Carolina The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship | The Gabii Project |
| 2025 | Myra Main University of Dallas Texas The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship | The Gabii Project |
| 2025 | Skye McCord Northern Illinois University Illinois The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship | Northwest Bolsena Archaeological Project |
| 2025 | Jessica Nelson Carleton University Ontario The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowship | The Gabii Legacy Project |
| 2025 | Vivian Rothberg Brandeis University Massachusetts The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Fellowshipip | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2024 | Isaidy Medina Yale University Connecticut The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | The Gabii Project |
| 2024 | Haley Miller Queen’s University Canada The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | Caere Project |
| 2024 | Anna Port Duke University North Carolina The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2024 | Mary Dolores Carlin University of Dallas Texas The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | The Gabii Project |
| 2024 | Chloe Gardner University of Arizona Arizona The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | Field School at Segesta in Sicily |
| 2024 | Hudson Kauffman Florida State University Florida The Ferdinand and Sarah Cinelli Fund Award | Cetamura del Chianti |
| 2023 | Owen Embree University of Dallas Dallas, TX | The Gabii Project |
| 2023 | Ava Goodale Smith College Northampton, MA | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2023 | Caleb Hammond University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Arizona Sicily Project |
| 2023 | Lillian Hickox University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC | Caere Project |
| 2023 | Sadie O’Connell Smith College Northampton, MA | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2023 | Lawrence Pavlik Augustana College Rock Island, IL | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2023 | Hannah Payne Baylor University Waco, TX | San Giuliano Archaeological Research Program |
| 2023 | Julia Ribblett University of Evansville Evansville, IN | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2022 | Rosie Turbyville Franklin University Switzerland Sorengo (Lugano), CH | Potentino Exploration Project at Seggiano |
| 2022 | Sasha Nelson Yale University New Haven, CT | The Gabii Project |
| 2022 | Audrey Lipsey Williams College Williamstown, MA | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2022 | Sarah Jeffries Baylor University Waco, TX | San Giuliano Archeological Research Project |
| 2022 | Juliet Christin University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | The Gabii Project |
| 2022 | Brooke Cammann SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2020 | Madeline Topor University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | Institute for Field Research at Vulci (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Benton Thompson IV Wooster College Wooster, OH | The DePauw-Umbra Trasimeno Archaeology Field School (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Abigail Staub University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | The Gabii Poject (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Kayla Kane Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | The DePauw-Umbra Trasimeno Archaeology Field School (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Sarah Jeffries Baylor University Waco, TX | San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Madelyn Hicks Florida State University Tallahassee, FL | The Field School at Cetamura del Chianti (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2020 | Ori Bareket University of Michigan Anna Arbor, MI | The Gabii Poject (cancelled COVID-19) |
| 2019 | Madison Berry University of North Texas Denton, TX | San Giuliano Archaeological Research Project |
| 2019 | Greta Koshenina University of Mississippi Oxford, MS | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2019 | Alyssa Mehnert Washington University / St. Louis St. Louis, MO | The Gabii Project |
| 2019 | Josiah Olah University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | The Gabii Project |
| 2019 | Max Meyer New York University New York, NY | The Gabii Project |
| 2019 | Alessandra Scholle College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA | Poggio Civitate Field School |
| 2019 | Raphaelle Walsh-Beauchamp Queen’s University Kingston, ON Canada | Caere Project |
| 2018 | Angela Johnson UMass Amherst Amherst, MA | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2018 | Christina Bekkali-Poio CUNY-Hunter College New York, New York | Coriglia Excavation Project-Crocifisso del Tufo Excavation Project |
| 2018 | Cinzia Presti UMass Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2018 | Molly Schaub University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2017 | Amanda Kane Chen University of Maryland College Park, MD | Coriglia/Orvieto Project |
| 2017 | Lauryn Hanley University of Texas – Austin Austin, TX | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2017 | Rebecca Kerns DePauw University Greencastle, Indiana | Trasimeno Archaeology Field School |
| 2017 | Janet Lee University of California Berkeley Berkeley, California | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2017 | Katherine Matthews Rollins College Winter Park, Florida | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2017 | Jessica Rassau Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida | Cetamura del Chianti Excavations & Research |
| 2017 | Victoria Szafara Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Caere Project |
| 2017 | Alexander Taylor Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2016 | Erica Canavan University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2016 | Rebecca Deitsch University of Dallas Dallas, Texas | The Gabii Project |
| 2016 | Eli Jenkinson University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2016 | Madeline Kil The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2016 | Jacqueline Monsell New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2016 | Jonathan Organ Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario | The Gabii Project |
| 2016 | Anna Soifer Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2016 | Alysha Strongman Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario | The Caere Excavation Project |
| 2016 | Anthony Traversa University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Reba Cohen University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Jacqueline Fox Arizona State University-Tempe | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Dillon Gisch Stanford University | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Sophia Hirsch University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Marisa Infante Southern Methodist University | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Eli Jenkinson University of Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2015 | Clara Ann Joyce Cornell University | The Gabii Project |
| 2015 | Erin McCord Markey Franklin & Marshall College | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Arthur Maroney University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Christopher Saladin Augustana College | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2015 | Anna Soifer Johns Hopkins University | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2014 | Asia Del Bonis-O’Donnell University of Arizona | Campo Della Fiera, Orvieto |
| 2014 | Rachael Dodd Carleton College | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2014 | Nickolas Massar University of Massachusetts Amherst | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2014 | Becca McGinn Florida State University | Cetamura del Chianti |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Palazzolo University of Pennsylvania | The Gabii Project |
| 2014 | Clara Reini University of Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2014 | Tessa Theriault Saint Anselm College | The Coriglia Excavation Project |
| 2014 | Matthew Winter University of Arizona | The Populonia Excavation Project |
| 2013 | Amber Aschwanden University of Michigan | The Gabii Project |
| 2013 | Hanna Bertoldi Franklin & Marshall College | Poggio Colla Field School / MVAP |
| 2013 | Bonnie Etter Johns Hopkins University | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project The Coriglia Excavation Project |
| 2013 | Melissa Ludke Grand Valley State University | Poggio Civitate Archaeological Project |
| 2013 | Victoria Moses University of Arizona | The Sant’ Omobono Excavation Project |
| 2013 | Sarah Norvell Yale University | The Gabii Project |
| 2013 | Brianna Reyes University of Massachusetts Boston | The Coriglia Excavation Project |
| 2013 | Abigail Trowbridge California State University Sacramento | The Gabii Project |
| 2012 | Ryan Baker University of Texas at Austin | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2012 | Aaron Brown Florida State University | Archaeological Excavation Project at Cetamura del Chianti |
| 2012 | Grant Dixon University of Southern California | Excavation of the Area Sacra di Sant’ Omobono |
| 2012 | Nora Donoghue University of Massachusetts Amherst | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2012 | Alyssa Friedman University of Southern California | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2012 | Sarah Montonchaikul Southern Methodist University | Poggio Colla Field School / MVAP Archaeological Project |
| 2012 | Sean Riel Rasenna Fellowship Award University of Massachusetts Amherst | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2011 | Joshua Hyden University of Colorado – Boulder | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2011 | Taylor Oshan University of Delaware | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2011 | Zachary Paul Zuber Rasenna Fellowship Award University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2010 | Susan Palazzo University of Michigan | The Siddi Plateau Project / Siddi, Sardinia |
| 2010 | Carrie Sulosky University of Virginia | The Kaukana Project / Punta Secca, Sicily |
| 2010 | Nicole Joseph Rasenna Fellowship Award University of Massachusetts-Amherst | The Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate, Murlo |
| 2009 | Sara Melanie Button University of Arizona | Campo Della Fiera Project / Orvieto, Italy |
| 2009 | Abigail Crawford Boston University | Excavation Project at Gabii / Gabii, Italy |
| 2009 | Mary Larkum University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate / Murlo, Italy |
| 2009 | Jessica Nowlin Brown University | Excavation Project at Gabii / Gabii, Italy |
| 2009 | Dylan K. Rogers University of Virginia | American Academy in Rome / Rome, Italy |
| 2008 | William M. Balco, Jr. University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee | The Sicilian Archaeological Field School in Salemi |
| 2008 | Nicole Berlin Northwestern University | The Archaeological Project at Chiusi |
| 2008 | Kevin Dicus University of Michigan | Examination of the Etruscan sanctuary at Grasceta dei Cavallari |
| 2008 | Juliana Frazier University of Massachusetts-Amherst | The Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) |
| 2008 | Susan Palazzo University of Michigan | The Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia |
| 2007 | Jessica Herlich Cornell University | The Excavation Project in Torano di Borgorose |
| 2007 | Lauren Jackson Rollins College | The Mugello Valley Archaeological Project at Poggio Colla |
| 2007 | Caitlin Marshall The College of William & Mary | The Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) |
| 2007 | Joanna Palermo University of British Columbia | The Cortona Archaeological Field School |
| 2007 | Joseph R. Vansuch IV California State University at Long Beach | The Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) |
| 2006 | Laura Banducci McMaster University | Cortona Archaeological Field School – Villa at Ossaia |
| 2006 | Jason Bauer Tufts University | The Excavation Project at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) |
| 2006 | Emily Holt University of Michigan | USF Archaeology Field School Sennixeddu, Sardinia |
| 2006 | John Hopkins University of Texas at Austin | American Academy in Rome Summer Program in Archaeology |
| 2006 | Ismini Miliaresis University of Virginia | The Excavation Project at Morgantina, Sicily |
| 2006 | Heidi Wendt Harvard Divinity School | Anglo-American Project in Pompeii Field School of the University of Bradford |
| 2005 | Julia Armstrong The University of British Columbia | Cortona Archaeological Field School Project: The Romanization of Etruria |
| 2005 | Melissa Mara Hueting University of Iowa | American Academy in Rome: Summer Program in Archaeology |
| 2005 | Matthew McCarty Yale University | Anglo-American Project in Pompeii |
| 2004 | Emily M. Holt University of Michigan | Excavations on the Acropolis of Monte Polizzo, Sicily |
| 2003 | Katherine Blanchard Graduate Student Southern Methodist University | Mugello Valley Project |
| 2003 | Lea Cline Graduate Student University of Texas at Austin | American Academy in Rome: Summer Program in Archaeology |
| 2003 | Angela Commito Graduating Senior Bowdoin College | Excavations at Santa Venera in Posidonia-Paestum |
| 2003 | Stephanie Dawson Junior Ohio Wesleyan University | Anglo-American Project in Pompeii |
| 2003 | Gina Tibbott Graduating Senior The George Washington University | Anglo-American Project in Pompeii |
| 2002 | Jennifer Beckmann Graduating Senior Brown University | Anglo-American Project in Pompeii |
| 2002 | Kathryn Lafrenz Graduate Student University of South Florida | Monte Polizzo |
| 2002 | Haley Tallman Graduating Senior University of Evansville | Murlo |
| 2002 | Robert Vander Poppen Graduate Student University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Poggio Colla |
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By contributing to a specific fellowship award, you empower emerging scholars to participate in transformative fieldwork at archaeological sites, engage in hands-on artifact conservation, attend and present at scholarly conferences, and pursue innovative research. You also support museums in their efforts to conserve collections and safeguard their cultural legacy.
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Voices of Our Fellows
“The fieldwork fellowship experience was incredibly rewarding for me. […] It deepened my appreciation for the process of archaeological discovery and preservation. I am deeply grateful to the Etruscan Foundation for making this opportunity possible!”
– Isaidy Medina
2024 Fieldwork Project
Yale University
2024 Fieldwork Project
Yale University
Thank You to Our Fieldwork Fellowship Donors
The Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Fund
The Lehman Smith Family Design Foundation