This fellowship is open to U.S. citizen pre-doctoral candidates who have completed all coursework prior to arriving in Egypt. The grantee may have completed their comprehensive exams and/or been granted approval for the dissertation proposal. It is not necessary to have advanced to ABD status. The grantee will conduct exploratory research to identify sources, build professional networks and visit heritage sites, research libraries and archives in Egypt. The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs funds the fellowship through a grant to the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). The minimum stay is one month, with a maximum stay of two months.  

For an overview of ARCE and its fellowship program, please visit the ARCE website.

Please refer to the ARCE Pre-dissertation Travel Grant Application Guidelines prior to completing this application. 

Additional forms you will need to complete your application are below. You will download them from this page. You can do it now or return to this page later.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities form is available here

Click here for the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) English application and MOHE Arabic security forms. Print these out, fill them in by hand, scan and upload them.

Tips on filling out the MOHE forms are here.  

If you have questions, please email arcefellows@arce.org