Programs

Programs

In support of its educational mission, the Etruscan Foundation offers and sponsors a broad array of programs for its members and affiliates. These have included internship opportunities at the foundation’s Italian field headquarters, Tenuta di Spannocchia, fellowships and stipend awards in archeology and Etruscology, public lectures and scholarly seminars, and a variety of sponsored educational programs that have taken place in both Italy and in the United States.

Fellowships

The Etruscan Foundation has a long tradition of supporting scholarship in Etruscology, Italic Studies and its 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 access a fellowship link below for additional details about the application process or contact The Etruscan Foundation at:  office@etruscanfoundation.org.

Annual Lecture

In tribute to the foundation’s founder Ferdinando Cinelli and his wife Sarah McGraw Cinelli, The Etruscan Foundation sponsors an annual lecture. Each year a scholar is invited by the Board of The Etruscan Foundation to deliver the Cinelli Lecture on new discoveries in Etruscan and pre-Roman archaeology.

The 2025 Cinelli Lecture will be held in Washington, D.C. on Friday, 7 March 2025.
Professor Maurizio Forte of Duke University will speak on Blending Art, Minds, and Artifacts: Understanding How We See What We See.

Check back in January 2025 for full event details. Until then, for additional information please contact The Etruscan Foundation at: office@estruscanfoundation.org.