Scholarships and Grants

Multicultural Program:  Collegiate Scholarships

Following is information about scholarships being made available by the Texas Archeological Society to college/university students.  For further information contact Christine Gauger.

Annual Meeting Collegiate Scholarship

The scholarship recipient will be registered as a TAS student member for the current year, if not already a member, and will receive the Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society and Texas Archeology newsletter. The Annual Meeting registration fee and banquet registration will be covered for the scholarship recipient.  Upon arrival at the Annual Meeting, the scholarship recipient will also receive a check for $200 as reimbursement for a hotel room and transportation to the meeting.  The recipient will be responsible for making his/her own hotel arrangements.  If funding is sufficient, six Collegiate Scholarships (and one additional Diversity Scholarship) will be awarded each year.  The deadline to apply is September 1.

Details about the TAS Annual Meeting.

Archeology Academy Collegiate Scholarship

The scholarship recipient will be registered as a TAS student member for the current year, if not already a member, and will receive the Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society and Texas Archeology newsletter.  Academy registration will be covered; this includes a CD version of the manual, lunches and snacks during Academy sessions, and any materials needed.  The scholarship recipient will also receive a reimbursement of up to $100 to assist with transportation and lodging costs.  If funding is sufficient, two Collegiate Scholarships will be given for each Academy.  (Two additional scholarships will be awarded each year by the Diversity Committee.)  The deadline to apply is one month before each Academy.  Dates for spring Academies will be posted in the fall of the previous year.

Academy scholarships for students in 2008:

Lithics in Houston, January 26-27, 2008; deadline December 21, 2007
Archeology 101 in Temple, February 8-10, 2008; deadline January 4, 2008
Rock Art in Van Horn, February 29-March 2, 2008; deadline January 25, 2008

Details about the Archeology Academy.

Field School Collegiate Scholarship

The scholarship recipient will be registered as a TAS student member for the current year, if not already a member, and will receive the Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society and Texas Archeology newsletter.  The Field School registration fee will be covered for the scholarship recipient, and that person will receive a dig kit containing the tools needed for excavation.  In addition, that person will receive a Field School T-shirt.  Breakfast and dinner will be provided from the TAS camp kitchen at no charge to the scholarship recipient.  While the recipient must provide his/her own lunches, TAS will donate ice for his/her cooler.  The scholarship recipient also will receive a travel reimbursement of $100 to assist with transportation costs of getting to Field School.  If funding is sufficient, six Collegiate Scholarships (along with twelve Native American and 2 Diversity scholarships) will be awarded each year.  The deadline to apply is usually early May.

Information about TAS Field School.

Apply for a scholarship to the Annual Meeting, Archeology Academy, or Field School:

Online application is available here.

Download an application in PDF format to mail in here.