$400 Potential Funds, May 31 Annual Deadline
This fund may provide up to two (2) yearly research grants to archaeology students or professionals whose projects focus on New Jersey topics, as funds permit.
The Sean Bratton Memorial Research Fund celebrates the life and contributions of Sean Bratton, an outstanding field archaeologist and mentor, who enjoyed hearing about regional research and applying insights from new research to his own work. The fund provides up to two (2) yearly research grants/scholarships to students or working professional archaeologists who are conducting original archaeological research on New Jersey topics. Assuming sufficient funds are available and if there are appropriate applications, one grant will be awarded for research based in prehistoric archaeology and one grant will be awarded for research based in historic archaeology. Applicants should be ASNJ members in good standing on the student or individual level. Each grant will consist of $400.00 to support original research, presentation to the ASNJ within a year of the award, and presentation to a regional conference as applicable. Grant recipients must submit a short manuscript for publication consideration in the ASNJ’s Bulletin. Publication will be considered based on content and data accuracy. The grants will be awarded on a competitive basis by the grant committee set up for this research fund. The grant will be awarded annually at the society’s October meeting and will be announced in the newsletter and social media. The grant committee will solicit applications from undergraduate and graduate students and young professionals employed in the region.
The application will include a brief cover letter summarizing the proposed research, a CV, and at least one letter of recommendation from a professor, supervisor, or associate. Grant applications will be due via email to asofnj@gmail.com prior to May 31st of any given year and will be awarded at the October Quarterly Meeting of the ASNJ to allow the grantee to submit abstracts to regional conferences. Grantees will present their research to a meeting of the ASNJ by the following January or when scheduled by the program chair.
The grant committee includes the current ASNJ president, the immediate past president, and select ASNJ members and supporters who understand Sean’s love of good archaeology and who encourage and support the advancement of archaeological research in the state. The committee meets in May once the grant applications are received to review grant applications.
