AIA Site Preservation Grant

The AIA Site Preservation Grant funds projects that preserve and protect threatened archaeological sites. Awards support activities such as conservation planning, physical conservation treatments, monitoring, maintenance, training, public outreach, and preventive measures. Grants carry a maximum award of $15,000 and may include reasonable expenses for care of dependent or elderly family members in budgets. The programme seeks projects that demonstrate professional qualifications, local involvement, long-term maintenance, and potential for broader applicability of preservation methods.

Monetary grant up to $15,000 to fund site preservation and conservation activities; support for project budgets including conservation, preventive measures, monitoring, training, outreach, and certain dependent-care expenses.

Projects must contribute to the preservation and protection of archaeological sites and include one or more eligible preservation, conservation, monitoring, training, site management, outreach, or educational activities. Projects involving professionals should demonstrate that participating archaeologists, conservators, and other professionals have suitable credentials and experience; strong applications may show long-term maintenance, local authority involvement, innovation, or established management plans.

Prepare a project plan and budget addressing evaluation criteria, complete the Archaeological Institute of America Site Preservation Grant application form, and submit the application and required materials by November 1st.