THE APPLICATION PROCESS AT A GLANCE

The Center's fellowship program operates under agreements between ARCE and the Egyptian government. These agreements facilitate fellows' access to libraries, museums, archives, monuments and other research venues. One condition of the protocols, as in other countries, is the formal review and approval of research projects by either the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education or the Supreme Council of Antiquities. As a consequence, the application process comprises four basic stages, several of which take place concurrently:

1. Application review and conditional approval by the ARCE Fellowship Committee
2. Applicant acceptance of the fellowship and associated conditions
3. Final approval and security clearance from the relevant Egyptian authority for proposed research
4. Confirmation of funding by the granting organization(s)

All applicants must submit three letters of recommendation. Predoctoral applicants must submit a fourth recommendation attesting to their capacity in ancient or modern languages as related to their proposed research. All recommendations must be received by midnight January 15, 2012 (Central Time).

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IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ALL APPLICANTS

1. Only applicants conducting archival research must complete the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) forms found on this website. The application should be completed in English and security forms completed in Arabic. In addition, a 100-word abstract of your proposal must be submitted in Arabic. You may translate the abstract that is requested on the ARCE application form to simplify the process. All application materials should be scanned and sent as PDF files.

2. All applicants who will work with the SCA must submit the SCA security form in English, as part of the application process. The SCA security form can be found on the Fellowship Application Forms page. If you are offered a fellowship, you will be required to submit a detailed proposal in letter format. Instructions on how to compose this letter will be sent to you by ARCE.

3. In compliance with SCA rules, Fellows are not permitted to participate in expeditions or any type of excavations during their fellowship tenure. Inclusion in an expedition before or after the fellowship period requires the expedition leader to file a separate set of forms on behalf of his/her expedition members. Should a fellow wish to participate in an expedition either before or during a hiatus in his/her fellowship tenure, the fellow should allow for a two-week break between the end of the expedition and the beginning the fellowship. This break should be reflected in the proposed fellowship dates indicated on the application and in the detailed proposal you will be asked to submit once your application has been conditionally approved.

PREFERRED SUBMITTAL METHOD

Application forms can be found here. Please submit all materials electronically. Forms requiring original signatures, including the MOHE forms and reference forms will need to be scanned and saved as PDF documents. Transcripts may be sent as PDF or JPG files.

If materials cannot be scanned or sent electronically or if you do not have access to a scanner, you may fax them instead to the ARCE San Antonio office to the attention of Ms. Djodi Deutsch, Academic Programs Coordinator. Please notify Ms. Deutsch by email at fellows@arce.org with a list of the documents being faxing to San Antonio. Contact information for the San Antonio Office is:

American Research Center in Egypt
Att: Ms. Djodi Deutsch, Academic Programs Coordinator
8700 Crownhill Blvd., Suite 507
San Antonio, TX 78209-1130
Telephone: (210)-821-7000
Fax: (210)-821-7007

For further clarification or information, contact: fellows@arce.org