This summer fellowship has been offered since 2016. Gifts from the Friends of Ludwig Koenen, a former President of the SCS, as well as matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been added to the Society’s Endowment for Classics Research and Teaching. The Finance Committee determines the amount of income derived from these contributions that will be available each year to support training in papyrology, and applications will be reviewed by a committee consisting of three members, one appointed by the Vice President for Education, one appointed by the Vice President for Publications and Research, and one appointed by the American Society of Papyrologists.
The competition is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and untenured faculty. Applicants must be SCS members, and the selection committee will make awards of at least $600 but no more than $1,800. The application should consist of:
- One-page single-spaced typed narrative description of the training to be undertaken and the funding amount requested.
- Current curriculum vitae.
- One letter of recommendation from someone who can address the importance of the training in papyrology for furthering your current research.
- A list of any other sources of funding applied for with amounts requested.
Applications must be submitted as e-mail attachments to Executive Director Helen Cullyer at helen.cullyer@nyu.edu. The Subject line of the e-mail should read as follows: “Application for 2018 Koenen Award”. Applications are due at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday March 28, 2018. We will announce awards made by April 25.
A brief report about the project and its impact will be due within 12 months of receiving the award.
Previous Winners:
2017 Rachel Bernstein, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Caroline Cheung, University of California, Berkeley
2016 Talia Prussin, University of California, Berkeley and John Izzo, University of Notre Dame
