Financial Support: Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art
Ph.D. students in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art are eligible for Areté Fellowships, Multidisciplinary Fellowships, Curatorial Fellowships, and other endowed fellowships and grants, in addition to Teaching Assistantships (TAship), Graduate Assistantships (GAship), GSAS Fellowships, and the Dean's Fellowship. All fellowships, TAships, and GAships include tuition waivers and a health insurance premium subsidy.
Ph.D. students are guaranteed financial, consisting of a combination of fellowships and/or assistantships, for up to six years of study, subject to an annual review of their progress toward the degree by the student's home department and the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
How to Apply
Applicants to Ph.D. programs may apply for any form of academic year financial support simply by answering yes on the [online admission application] to the question "Do you wish to be considered for financial support".
Continuing students in the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art (GGACHA) must complete a GGACHA Continuing Student Financial Support Application every year. Students who are receiving a multi-year fellowship should still submit the application.
GGACHA Continuing Student Financial Support Application
The deadline to submit the application is Nov. 21, 2025. Supplemental materials, required by some of the fellowships, including the Curatorial Fellowship, are due Dec. 18, 2025.
Academic-Year Financial Support:
Teaching and Graduate Assistantships
TAships and GAships include an academic year stipend ($33,500 in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to two units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy. Two units per semester is the maximum course load permitted for TAs and GAs. Assistantships provide stipends in exchange for a maximum of 17.5 hours of work per week in departmentally-assigned teaching (TA) duties or non-teaching (GA) duties. TAships and GAships in the GGACHA Group are typically awarded to advanced students.
GSAS Fellowships
GSAS Fellowships include an academic year stipend ($33,500 in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to three units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy.
Dean's Fellowships
Dean's Fellowships include an academic year stipend ($33,500 in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to three units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy. They are awarded by the Dean to students in their final year of dissertation writing or to minority students, based on departmental recommendations. One Dean's Fellowship is available annually to each department admitting new students that year.
Areté Fellowships
Areté Fellowships, awarded to students with outstanding academic potential, include an academic year stipend ($36,000 in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to three units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy. Areté Fellowships are named for the classical Greek word for excellence.
Multi-Disciplinary Fellowships
Multi-Disciplinary Fellowships, awarded to students who demonstrate the commitment to and skill for graduate-level study in more than one department of the Graduate Group, include an academic year stipend ($34,000 in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to three units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy.
Curatorial Fellowships
Curatorial Fellowships are available to advanced students and may be awarded for the academic year, a single semester, or a summer. The fellowships include a stipend for the duration of the award ($17,000 per semester in 2025-2026), a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment ($755 per semester) to up to three units per semester ($9,650 per unit), and a health insurance premium subsidy. The Curatorial Fellowship provides a stipend in exchange for up to 17.5 hours of work on supervised projects per week. A list of previous fellows and their projects can be found here.
Projects are typically based in the Bryn Mawr College Special Collections or in institutions in Philadelphia. Applicants are free to involve other institutions if they can work out the appropriate arrangements with a local supervisor and their Bryn Mawr faculty sponsor. Faculty sponsors help students to make the appropriate contacts.
Prior to apply for a Curatorial Fellowship, students must meet with a staff member at the prospective partner institution to design a curatorial project at that institution. Supplemental application materials are required for these awards (see the Application form for Curatorial Fellowship). Applications will be reviewed by the steering committee of the Graduate Group, who will nominate two students to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Curatorial Fellowship Application
Bryne Rubel Travel Fellowships
Bryne Rubel Fellowships carry stipends of $34,000 in 2025-2026, a health insurance subsidy, and a tuition award ranging from Continuing Enrollment up to three units per semester.
Who is eligible?
Ph.D. candidates in Latin, Greek, or archaeology studying outside the U.S., or for students in Latin resident at Bryn Mawr.
Supplemental materials required?
Yes, but only for students who plan on studying abroad (See the Application Form for Travel Fellowships). All applicants are required to submit a short project description and a short statement explaining why the project requires presence in the country/countries indicated (ca. 2 pages); and a budget outlining clearly estimated expenses, such as airfare, local travel, visa fees, housing, and fees.
Availability?
The Bryne Rubel Fellowship is not always available on a yearly basis. Applications will be reviewed by the sheering committee of the Graduate Group, which will nominate students to the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. GSAS will generally award one or two fellowships in years when funds permit.
Fanny Bullock Workman Travel Fellowship
Who is eligible?
Ph.D. candidates in archaeology or history of art
Supplemental materials required?
Yes. Applicants must submit a proposal detailing how the Fanny Bullock Workman Travel Fellowship will enhance their research for the dissertation. A faculty letter of recommendation is also required.
Availability?
The Workman Fellowship is not always available on a yearly basis. The GSAS will generally award one fellowship in years when funds permit.
Doris Sill Carland Fellowship
Who is eligible?
Advanced students from all Ph.D. granting programs who have worked as Teaching Assistants and demonstrated excellence in teaching.
Supplemental materials required?
No. Faculty in the student’s home program will nominate candidates for this award based, in part, on strong teaching evaluations.
Availability?
The Doris Sill Carland Fellowship is not always available on a yearly basis. The GSAS will generally award one fellowship in years when funds permit.
Marguerite N. Farley Fellowship
Who is eligible?
Applicants and continuing students from all Ph.D. granting programs who are from countries other than the U.S. and who hold temporary resident status.
Supplemental materials required?
No. Faculty may nominate applicants and continuing students for this fellowship and continuing students may self-nominate by checking the box on the GSAS financial support application form.
Availability?
The GSAS will generally award one Marguerite N. Farley Fellowship per year.
Additional No-Application Grants
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Bryne Rubel Grant
Who is eligible?
Ph.D. candidates in Latin, Greek or Archaeology
Supplemental materials required?
No. Faculty in the student’s home program nominate candidates for this award. Students do not apply for this award, so do not need to submit additional materials
Availability?
The Bryne Rubel Grant is not always available on a yearly basis. The GSAS will generally award one grant in years when funds permit.
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Theodore Ely Grant
Who is eligible?
Ph.D. candidates in archaeology or history of art.
Supplemental materials required?
No. Faculty in the student’s home program nominate candidates for this award. Students do not apply for this award, so do not need to submit additional materials.
Availability?
The Theodore Ely Grant is not always available on a yearly basis. The GSAS will generally award one grant in years when funds permit.