GRANT PROGRAM
In 2015 the Orange County Society, with the strong support of the Seigle family, launched a grant program to financially support southern California archaeology students in furthering their education and experience, and whose research will further the body of knowledge of the human past.
Additionally, we promote the dissemination of this knowledge to the general public by having grant winners present their projects as lectures in order to foster interest that will translate into continued and expanding societal and financial support of archaeology and the grant program.
Each year we intend to fund one or more grants up to $2,000. Since the inception of this program we have distributed $36,000 to 19 worthy graduate students.
2024 Grant Recipients
TONI GONZALEZ
Toni Gonzalez is a Ph.D. candidate in the Anthropology Department at UCSB. Her research interests include human/environment interactions, socio-ecological knowledge, sacred geography, Indigenous archaeology, and environmental archaeology. Her dissertation research has been conducted at the ancient Maya site of La Milpa, Belize.
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ZI-QI CHEW
Zi-Qi is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego. Originally from Malaysia, Zi-Qi received her B.A. in Taiwan. Her research focuses on the long history of human interaction with the marine environment since the Last Glacial Maximum (~23 ka BP).
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GRANT INFORMATION
The Orange County Society of the Archaeological Institute of America maintains an AIA-Orange County Society Scholarship Program. The funds will be raised from the general membership of the AIA-OC and will be granted to an archaeology student in Southern California.
GRANT APPLICATIONS
Applications open after the first of the new year. And are generally due by end of March. However see application forms for specific dates. Links to forms can be found at the bottom of the below linked page.