CURRENT FUNDING

ARCE is deeply grateful for the support offered by a variety of stakeholders without whom we could not maintain current levels of scholarship, publication, training, conservation, and membership services. ARCE depends on a combination of governmental, foundation, corporate, institutional and individual contributions.

USAID

ARCE has been actively helping to conserving Egyptian monuments since 1993. With funds generously provided by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in close collaboration with Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), over fifty projects have now been completed.

Recognizing that the future of Egypt's monuments must rest ultimately with Egyptian archaeologists and conservators, ARCE's conservation initiatives include a significant emphasis on training. The Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project (EAC) is the latest series of projects to be implemented under an agreement with USAID. In 2007, ARCE received funding for a number of specific conservation and training initiatives. Learn More about Featured Projects >>

NEH

Each year the NEH generously supports ARCE fellowships for two to four senior scholars wishing to study and complete research in Egypt. The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ARCE has received two very important 4 year grants from the Department of Education in recent years. These grants support the work of the center including funding of a series of international seminars, funding improvements to the library, some staff salary assistance, and the purchase of furniture and computers for the use of ARCE fellows and Arabic language students.

CAORC/ U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS

The Council of American Overseas Research Centers has been a staunch supporter of ARCE's fellowship program for many years, providing funding for US pre-doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars to study in Egypt. In recent years, CAORC has also supported the digitizing of ARCE's Cairo library catalog for inclusion in the Digital Library for International Research. Most recently, ARCE has received generous grants from CAORC to run an intensive Summer Arabic Language Training Program in Cairo for American college and graduate school students.

ARCE is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). Founded in 1981, CAORC is a private not-for-profit federation of 22 independent overseas research centers that promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies.

ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded ARCE planning and implementation grants in support of the very important training and collections management initiative ARCE has begun at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. The grant supports the Registrar Training Program by funding the purchase of a collections management software system, software licenses and maintenance, and computers. The new system is designed to keep track of the vast collections of ancient Egyptian treasures within the venerable museum and to make these records available to the curators, registrars, and outside scholars doing research.

MAX M. AND MARJORIE S. FISHER FOUNDATION

ARCE is the recipient of a generous matching grant to strengthen ARCE's operating endowment. Building organizational capacity is the focus of this award, the largest ever received by ARCE from the private sector. This Fisher Foundation grant is the first such grant to be awarded as a result of the ARCE Endowment Campaign initiated in 2007. Among the Fisher Foundation’s many humanitarian and cultural interests is a significant focus on supporting education, promoting the arts, and enhancing the discovery, documentation and preservation of ancient and modern cultures. Read a news story about this grant>>

THE THEODORE N. ROMANOFF PRIZE

The Theodore N. Romanoff Prize funds one $1000 scholarship to support the study of the language or the historical texts of ancient Egypt. This prize is named in tribute to Theodore Romanoff who received his M.A. from The Artemis A.W. and Martha Sharp Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World at Brown University. This grant is concurrent with an ECA or NEH award.

WILLIAM P. McHUGH MEMORIAL FUND

The William P. McHugh Memorial Fund awards a grant given to a graduate student from any nation to encourage the study of Egyptian geoarchaeology and prehistory. The grant is concurrent with an ECA or NEH award.

MOHAMAD AND SUSAN EL-SHAFIE FUND

This fund was established to honor speakers invited by the American Research Center in Egypt to present lectures at ARCE functions.