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 $38,000 to 20 worthy graduate students.
2025 Grant Recipient
MATEI TICHINDELEAN
Matei Tichindelean is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology where he focuses on the (semi)nomadic peoples of northeast Africa and their interactions with the state and the settled populations along the Nile Valley.
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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.