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2026 Fieldwork Opportunities

Team members at Çadır Höyük, Turkey.

Are you a student or volunteer looking to join an 鶹ֱ-affiliated project for fieldwork? The projects below all have fieldwork planned for 2026. Check out the project websites to find the one that is right for you.

Once you’ve found a project, we encourage you to apply for a These scholarships are $2,000 and support your travel and participation on an 鶹ֱ-afilliated project.

If you’re a project director or specialist on an 鶹ֱ-affiliated project, you are invited to apply for . Project grants vary from $2,500 to $5,000. If you’d like your project listed below, please email programs@asor.org.

The deadline for both Fieldwork Scholarships and Project Grants is February 23, 2026.

Note: while some projects may be conducting fieldwork in 2026, not all of them are taking students or new team members. Please check with the project director and staff. The full list of 鶹ֱ-affiliated projects can be found here.

Digging in the trench
Gabrielle Puckett excavating with the Makounta-Voules Project in 2025.

Cyprus

Figure 2: The EIMAWA team
Lorenzo Guardiano and the 2024 Egyptian Italian Mission at West Aswan team.

Egypt

Syeda Sukena Zehra working with the Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition in Georgia.

Georgia

Hannah Borotsik laying out tile from the Athenian Agora excavations. Photo by James Razumoff.
Hannah Borotsik laying out tile from the Athenian Agora excavations. Photo by James Razumoff.

Greece

Anna Taibi recording a looting pit with the ReLand Project in 2025.
Anna Taibi recording a looting pit with the ReLand Project in 2025.

Iraq

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Juan Camilo Bonilla Hurtado working with the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations.
Juan Camilo Bonilla Hurtado working with the Selz Foundation Hazor Excavations.

Israel

Helen Wong conducting ground-penetrating radar survey at Motya, Sicily.Italy

Megan Nishida working with the Kites in Context team in Jordan.
Megan Nishida working with the Kites in Context team in Jordan.

Jordan

The team during our Open Doors Day for the public. Photo credit A. Smith
Menorca Archaeological Project team at Torre d’en Galmes in 2024. Photo credit A. Smith

Spain

Lauren Cook and Zeynep Türker, holding a cuneiform tablet at Alalakh/Tell Atchana.
Lauren Cook and Zeynep Türker, holding a cuneiform tablet at Alalakh/Tell Atchana.

Turkey

Talia Neelis and team members at Kissonerga-Skalia, Cyprus in 2025.

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