One of the top concerns for archaeology graduate students is finding the funds to support the field research that they need to write a dissertation. At UMMAA, the Griffin Endowment Fellowship--established in 1997 with a gift from former UMMAA director James B. Griffin--provides students with funding to begin that dissertation research.
Read the remarkable story of the "Big Griffin," as the fellowship is called, on the Look to Michigan web page or at Support LSA.
In the article, professor Rob Beck, UMMAA’s associate director and curator of Eastern North American archaeology, explains the importance of the fellowship: “There’s no place else that has this kind of internal opportunity where, if you put in the work and write a solid proposal, you can start your dissertation research with a $20,000 grant in hand, he says. "That’s a huge draw for students who plan to apply for a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to finish their dissertation.”
Photo: Griffin fellow Hannah Hoover and her student research assistants host an annual public archaeology day for members of the community to tour the colonial-era Indigenous town site where they are conducting archaeological research. Photo courtesy of Hannah Hoover.
