Centenary Awards
The EES Centenary Awards were established with funds raised by an appeal in the year of our centenary, 1982, to encourage students to undertake their first research projects, either in Egypt or in museum and archive collections. The first award was made in 1983 and many of the grant-holders, then in the early stages of their careers, have since become established Egyptologists, some now directing their own fieldwork projects in Egypt (click here for a full list).
The Centenary Awards, now aimed at "early career researchers", are advertised annually and successful candidates often have articles on their work published in the Society's internationally renowned Egyptian Archaeology magazine. The Society welcomes applications for fieldwork and also for museum/archive-based research, particularly where this has arisen from, or can be related to, present or past EES fieldwork.
Details of the 2011 Centenary Awards can be downloaded here.
The closing date for applications is 5 pm (GMT) on Wednesday 30 November 2011. No application received after that date will be considered. Interviews will not be held and applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application as soon as possible. All applications, together with a CV, must be submitted electronically to: application@ees.ac.uk.
Centenary Award Holders 2010
The EES awarded three grants from a strong field of applicants during 2010. These awards were made to Jennifer Cromwell for a study of unpublished non-literary Coptic documents at the University of Copenhagen, Kenneth Griffin for his work on The Book of the Dead from the Tomb of Karakamun (TT 223) and Hélène Virenque for a study of "Édouard Naville and the Egypt Exploration Fund through his correspondence". To find out more about these projects click the relevant link above.
Centenary Award Holders 2009
In 2009 the EES awarded five grants to a broad range of projects. Awards were given to William Carruthers to enable a research visit to Cairo to study the life of WB Emery, Maria Correas-Amador for a study of mud-brick buildings in Qena Governorate, Kei Yamamoto to support his research in museums on objects from Cemetery F at Abydos and projects by Jacqueline Hyman (Research on medieval Egyptian children’s clothing) and Veronica Morriss (Hire of drilling equipment for fieldwork at Mendes). To find out more about these projects click the relevant link above.