The Center offers short-term fellowships (of one to four months duration) to support visitors pursuing post-doctoral research in Greek and Latin epigraphy: The Arthur and Joyce Gordon Fellowship in Latin epigraphy; The Sterling and Elizabeth Dow Fellowship and The A. Geoffrey Woodhead Fellowship in Greek epigraphy and history; The Paul E. and Sandra J. Watkins Fellowship in Greek and Latin history and epigraphy; and the Virgina Brown Fellowship in Latin Palaeography. The fellowships pay a stipend of $1,500 per month and recipients are expected to be in residence during the tenure of the award and are encouraged to participate in the activities of the University. Current students, faculty, and staff of the Ohio State University are not ordinarily considered for the award. The Center is continuing to raise funds in support of all of our post-doctoral fellowships. If you would like to contribute to one of the fellowship funds, please click on the "I give" button on our homepage or send a check made out to "The Ohio State University" directly to the Center and your donation will go to the appropriate fellowship fund.
The Center's holdings include, in addition to a comprehensive library to support the study of Greek and Latin inscriptions, has a number of special collections. The focus of the Greek collection is Attica, but there are numerous squeezes from other sites.
There is no application form. Applicants are requested to submit a curriculum vitae and a brief research proposal (not to exceed three pages) to the Director, Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies, The Ohio State University, 190 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002. The applicant should also arrange to have two letters of recommendation sent to the Director. All application materials must be received by January 31, 2011. Awards will be announced towards the end of March 2012.
