The Arthur Adkins Summer Research Fellowship is targeted to third-year undergraduates who are bound for graduate school, and it provides means and opportunity for the writing of a superior research paper on any aspect of the ancient world from the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity.  It may be used for travel to classical sites and collections or to other research centers, and/or for living expenses during a summer devoted to research between the third and fourth year.  Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, a statement (2-3 pages) outlining their project and its relationship to existing knowledge in the field, a plan of research together with a provisional budget for the summer, and a letter from a faculty supervisor.

The David Grene Fellowship is targeted to undergraduates whose intellectual interests in the classical world have led them to an area of knowledge which they are unable to pursue during the regular academic year, and it allows them an opportunity to explore that interest through independent study during the summer before graduation.  The independent study may involve training in a new discipline such as paleography or numismatics, first-hand experience of ancient sites and artifacts, or ancillary language study.  It may be carried out under the auspices of an organized program like the American School of Classical Studies at Athens or the American Academy in Rome, or it may be tailored entirely according to the student's own plan.  Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, a provisional budget, and a faculty letter of recommendation. 

The John G. Hawthorne Travel Prize is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of classical languages, literature, or civilization for travel to Greece or Italy or for study of classical materials in other countries.  The award may be used to pursue a project of the student's own design or to participate in appropriate programs conducted in Greece or Italy.  Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, provisional budget, and a faculty letter of recommendation.

The Nancy P. Helmbold Travel Award is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of Greek and/or Latin for travel to Greece or Italy. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, proposed budget, and a faculty letter of recommendation

Paul Shorey Foreign Travel Grants of $500 are available to "needy and deserving students studying Greek or Latin" for participation in the Athens Program or the Rome Program of the College.  Application is made by checking the appropriate box on the application form for the Athens Program or the Rome Program.

Click here to see photos from Ian Desai’s recent trip to recreate the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts.