Three years after the center’s founding in 1968, in 1971, ACOR awarded its first official fellowship. Since then, the center has made over 1,000 academic awards to students, faculty, and researchers of numerous disciplines and scholarly trajectories. Below we are pleased to share a full roster of ACOR alumni.
Note: As the below data is based on over five decades’ worth of both paper and electronic records, there may be an occasional error! If you notice a discrepancy in any of this data, please feel free to contact us so we can make the necessary correction.
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| wdt_ID | Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Award* | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1971-1972 | James A. | Sauer | ASOR | Heshbon Pottery, 1971: A Preliminary Report on the Pottery from the 1971 Excavations at Tell Ḥesban (published 1973) |
| 2 | 1972-1973 | Bert | de Vries | ASOR | Architectural Survey of Umm el-Jimal |
| 3 | 1977-1978 | David | McCreery | ASOR | |
| 4 | 1978-1979 | Gary | Rollefson | ASOR | Late Acheulian Artifacts from 'Ain el-Assad ('Lion's Spring') near Azraq, Eastern Jordan |
| 5 | 1979-1980 | Vincent A. | Clark | ASOR | A Study of New Safaitic Inscriptions from Jordan |
| 6 | 1980-1981 | Oystein | LaBianca | ASOR | The Objectives, Organization, and Approach of the Ecology Laboratory Team at Maskhuta, Egypt |
| 7 | 1980-1981 | James | Flanagan | NEH | |
| 8 | 1980-1981 | Robert L. | Gordon | NEH | |
| 9 | 1980-1981 | David F. | Graf | NEH | |
| 10 | 1980-1981 | Gary | Rollefson | NEH | |
| 11 | 1981-1982 | Edward | Banning | ASOR | Archaeological survey of the Wadi Ziqlab, Jordan |
| 12 | 1981-1982 | Linda | Jacobs | NEH | Survey of Wadi Isal in South Jordan |
| 13 | 1981-1982 | Albert | Leonard, Jr. | NEH | |
| 14 | 1982-1983 | Cherie | Lenzen | ASOR | The Byzantine/Islamic occupation at Caesarea Maritima as evidenced through the pottery |
| 15 | 1982-1983 | Gerald L. | Mattingly | NEH | |
| 16 | 1982-1983 | S. Thomas | Parker | NEH | Research on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire |
| 17 | 1982-1983 | R. Thomas | Schaub | NEH | |
| 18 | 1983-1984 | Donald O. | Henry | NEH | |
| 19 | 1983-1984 | Walter | Rast | NEH | |
| 20 | 1983-1984 | Suzanne | Stetkevych | NEH | The Arabic Qasidah and the Rite of Passage: A Study in Archetypal Criticism |
| 21 | 1983-1984 | David M. | Jacobson | Shell | |
| 22 | 1983-1984 | David S. | Reese | Shell | |
| 23 | 1984-1985 | Robert G. | Boling | NEH | |
| 24 | 1984-1985 | Cherie | Lenzen | NEH | Irbid/Beit Ras Survey; Khirbet Salameh |
| 25 | 1984-1985 | Albert | Leonard, Jr. | NEH | |
| Award Year | First Name | Last Name | Award* | Project Title |
*AWARD KEY—Former and current fellowship and scholarship awards have included:
ASOR: American Schools of Research (ASOR)–W. F. Albright Fellowship. 1971–1992.
ACOR Pub.: ACOR Publication Fellowship. 2011–present.
Amman Prize: The Amman Prize, ABD doctoral and postgraduate. 2025 – present.
ASAIP: Arabic Speaking Academic Immersion Program (Mellon). 1991–1995.
ASOR Trvl: Jordanian Travel Scholarship for ASOR Annual Meeting. 2011–present.
Bikai: Pierre and Patricia Bikai Fellowship. 2006–present.
CAORC: Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Fellowship funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) (pre- and post-doc). 2001–2025.
CIC: CAORC–CIC (Council of Independent Colleges)–ACOR Winter Seminar. 2004–2010.
CLS: Critical Language Scholarship Program for Arabic, funded by U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). 2006–2012.
De Vries: Bert and Sally de Vries Fellowship. 2004–present.
Dodge: Dodge Fellowship. 1991–1993.
F-W: Frederick-Wenger Memorial Fellowship. 2007–present.
Geraty: Lawrence T. Geraty Travel Scholarship. 2021–present.
Groot: Jennifer C. Groot Memorial Fellowship. 1989–present.
Groot II: Jennifer C. Groot II Memorial Fellowship. 2025–present.
Harrell: Harrell Fellowship. 1996–present.
Henry: Donald O. Henry Fellowship. 2024–present.
Parker: S. Thomas Parker Memorial Fund. 2023–present.
Russell: Kenneth W. Russell Fellowship. 1993–present.
Sauer: James A. Sauer Memorial Fellowship. 2000–present.
Shell: Shell Fellowship. 1983–1990.
Teagle: Teagle Fellowship. 1987–1990.
TWL: Temple of Winged Lions Publication Fellowship. 2019–present.
USIA: United States Information Agency Fellowship (pre- and post-doc). 1991–2000.
Winnett: Winnett Fellowship. 1993–1994.