List of External Resources for Sudanese Scholars (will be updated periodically)
2026 Small Grants Program for Sudanese archaeologists
This program supports our objectives of archaeological research and cultural management in Sudan, specifically during the current hardship due to the conflict.
Application Deadline: 30 March 2026
Who can apply?
Sudanese archaeologists currently residing in Sudan. Priority will be given to scholars who have not previously received funding from AmSARC.
Provide the following information:
Name of Individual
Institution Name and position
Category: Select from research, community engagement, or translation and provide information as directed below
Research – $500
In no more than 300 words, write a proposal that outlines your project’s goals, methods, and anticipated outcomes. The proposal can be written in English or Arabic. Up to 5 grants will be awarded for research: study resulting in a thesis/journal article/book chapter in museum, preservation, and archaeological studies. Sudanese MA and PhD students are encouraged to apply.
Community Engagement – $1000
In no more than 300 words, write a proposal that outlines your project’s goals, methods, and anticipated outcomes. Documentary films addressing damage to cultural heritage in Sudan are included as part of the community engagement program. While grant recipients retain the right to edit the film at a later stage, both AmSARC and the grant recipients have the right to translate and publish the first version of the film. Please also include a budget that describes how funds will be used to support this community project. The proposal can be written in English or Arabic. Up to 2 grants will be awarded for community engagement programs in Sudan
Translation – $500
For productive academic results, AmSARC, in coordination with the Sudanese archaeological community, has prepared a list of articles to support archaeological Arabic research in Sudan. Applicants may choose from this list or propose an article or book chapter for translation. In no more than 300 words, please describe your preparation and training in the subject matter (time period, analysis, materials, etc) of the article you have chosen. Please also include evidence for your fluency in English (e.g., written work in English, course taken, etc). Up to 4 grants will be awarded for the translation of an article/book chapter from English to Arabic.
List of Priority Articles for Arabic Translation
Submit your application: send the above information to amsarc2017@gmail.com
Review and Selection: Your applications will be reviewed by an independent committee of experts selected by AmSARC.
Funds Disbursement: Once selected, you will receive the grant funds to support your projects. With the exception of grants for community engagement, the first portion will be disbursed as a startup and the remaining when completed.
Dissemination of Project Results: For research and community engagement, you are asked to submit a brief final report (1-2 paragraphs) with an accompanying image for AmSARC to document usage of funding and to raise funds for additional grants. We also encourage grant awardees to provide a live Zoom lecture, prerecorded lecture, or poster presentation of their work.
Previous Grant Awardees
2025 Round 2:
1. Abd Elnasir Sir Elkhatim: Producing a documentary film to enhance community engagement with the Republican Palace Museum
2. Amani Yousif Bashir: The Architectural Heritage of El-Obeid: The Spatial and Temporal Memory of the Nation and the Efforts of Preservation Before and After the War
3. Magdy Mohammed Ahmed Abdalbakhit: Protection and management of archaeological sites in the eastern Sudan’s desert: Deraheb as a case study
4. Sarah Abdolattif Elsheekh: Efforts of preservation in Sudan in light of challenges and the post-war strategy – The Khalifa House Museum as a model
Translations:
5. Abdelgadir Elkhazien Mohamed Ahmed Elkhazien
6. Nagla Abdeen Mohammed
7. Tasneem Abdelrahman Alhaj
8. Manal Elamin Elshikh Omer
2025 Round 1:
1. Awad Mohamed, Writing project: Nomads in the History of Ancient Sudan: The Meroitic Period as a Case Study (350 BCE – 350 CE)
2. Amna Alnoor, Writing project: Digital archaeology and accessibility to cultural heritage
3. Balsam Abel Hameed, Research project: Heritage in Sign Language: A Bridge Between Generations
4. Mohamed Elbadri, Translation: Robert Stark and Joanna Ciesielska 2019, “Vertebral infection in a male individual buried in the monastic cemetery (Cemetery 2) at Ghazali (ca. 670–1270 CE), northern Sudan”, The International Journal of Paleopathology 24:34–40
5. Mongida Khalid, Translation: Donatella Usai and Sandro Salvatori 2006, “Archaeological Research South of Omdurman: A Preliminary Assessment on Ceramic and Lithic Materials from LO-X-6 Multistratified Mound Site along the Western Bank of the White Nile in Central Sudan” , Archeologie du Nil Moyen 10:203-220
2023-2024:
1: Dr. Yahia Fadl Tahir Fadl, Khartoum University: Boulders and Stone Structures in Nubia: The Rituals and Beliefs Realms during Prehistoric Bronze Period
2: Dr. Hadia Mohamed, Bahri University: Translation: Tumuli at Tombos: Innovation, Tradition, and Variability in Nubia during the Early Napatan Period by Michele R. Buzon and Stuart Tyson Smith
3: Huda Majzoub, NCAM: Study and translation: Thefts of antiquities and heritage tools from conflict and war zones of Sudan. A case study of the River Nile State, Central Sudan, Al-Damer
4: Dr. Habab Idriss, NCAM: Translation: The archaeology of Eastern Sudan and the reconstruction of the history of the Middle Nile valley. issues and perspectives by Andrea Manzo
5. Dr. Shadia Abdu Rabu: Community engagement program: Abri Heritage House Museum
6. Ms. Ekhlas Elyas: Translation of Oksana Marchuk, Liliia Melnychuk, Tamara Paguta, Yanina Pocheniuk, Agnieszka Bates, Yesid Paez & Anne Parfit (2023). Peace education in a time of war: the Museum of Peace in Rivne, Ukraine as a space of memory making and hope. Journal of Peace Education DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2023.2276417.
7. Mr. Ahmed Elamin Translation of Yellin, Janice (2015). The family of Arkamani I in the Southern Cemetery at Meroe. In The Kushite world: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, Vienna, 1 – 4 September 2008, ed. Michael Zach, pp.601-612. Vienna: Verein der Förderer der Sudanforschung.