The H.A.P.S. scholarship is possibly the first crowd-funded grant aimed at helping humanities Ph.D. students - specifically, those studying the Ancient Near East. We welcome all applicants, from all countries, as long as you are enrolled on a Ph.D. program in a field relating to the Ancient Near East - be it Archaeology, Egyptology, Hebrew Bible and North-West Semitics, Art History, or Assyriology. The grant ($2,000 for each scholar) is intended to be spent funding research conducted over Summer 2022, either in the field, on a research trip, or just sustaining yourself while you write up results and research.

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While we have few application requirements, one of the goals of the H.A.P.S. scholarship is to bring academic research to an audience of interested non-specialists. Therefore, shortlisted applicants are required to appear on the Digital Hammurabi YouTube channel to discuss their research interests and present their summer plans, and successful applicants are further required to return to the channel to report back on their experiences. This is intended to benefit the viewing audience, but also to provide an opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in explaining their work to non-specialists. 

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​Funds will be distributed in two phases - 80% at the beginning of June, and the remaining 20% following the project summary presentation. 

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Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are pleased to be able to offer four H.A.P.S. scholarships for Summer 2022.

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Please note: While shortlisted candidates are selected by the H.A.P.S. board of directors, the final decision of which projects receive funding is down to our donors. While slightly unorthodox, we believe that this helps give interested non-specialists a personal stake in academic research. Shortlisted applicants will be required to provide a brief narrative about their project, which will then be shared with donors to aid them in their decision.