John W. Griffin Student Grant
The Florida Archaeological Council is making available a maximum of $1500.00 this year to be awarded to archaeology graduate students (M.A. or Ph.D.) who are currently enrolled in a Florida university. The grant money will assist students conducting archaeological research in Florida. Grant funds can be used to cover the costs associated with archaeological fieldwork, special analyses (e.g., radiocarbon dates, faunal or botanical analyses, soils analysis, etc.), and, in some cases, travel expenses associated with presenting a paper based on the student's research at a professional meeting. The entire amount may be given to a single individual or it may be divided up among applicants at the discretion of the FAC Grant Committee.
Students interested in applying for the grant should submit a 2-page letter describing the project for which the funds are being requested; what research question(s) or problem(s) are being addressed; how the funds will be applied to these problems; what, if any, additional funds will be used to accomplish the research; and how the research will contribute to Florida archaeology. Accompanying the letter should be a budget indicating the amount requested and describing how the money will be spent along with a letter(s) of support from faculty.
Applications for the 2007 award are now being accepted and can be sent to: Greg C. Smith, FAC Griffin Student Grant, 804-C Anastasia Blvd., St. Augustine, FL 32080.
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2008.
John W. Griffin Award Winners
2007
Jeff Du Vernay from the University of South Florida received $775.00 toward his dissertation study of the Yon Site and the Fort Walton period in NW Florida.
Alexandra Carr from Florida State University received $650.00 toward her Master's thesis, which will include cross-sectioning of clam shell samples from the Mississippian period Grand Shell Ring (8DU1) in order to date ring construction and to make seasonality determinations.
2006
$1000 to Bryan Tucker, University of Florida, for an isotopic study of human molars from the Harris Creek site, 8VO24, on Tick Island to provide information on mobility vs. sedentism during the Middle Archaic Period.
$900 to Asa Randall, University of Florida, for radiocarbon dating of samples from 8VO215, the Hontoon Dead Creek Village site, to document the relationship between mounds and habitation spaces during the preceramic Mount Taylor and ceramic Orange periods.
$100 to Jon Endonino, University of Florida, toward traveling to the Smithsonian to photograph C.B. Moore collections from the Thornhill Lakes Mounds and Midden (8VO58, 59, and 60).
2004
$750 to Neill Wallis, University of Florida: Study of Swift Creek charcoal tempered pottery.
2003
$333.33 to Jane Anne Blakney-Bailey, University of Florida: Foodways comparison of Ocute, Oconee,
and Seminole cultures.
$333.33 to Brian Worthington, Florida State University: Osteological study of dogs represented at
archaeological sites.
2002
$500 to Andy Hemmings, University of Florida for radiocarbon dates on worked ivory from a late Pleistocene site in the Aucilla River.
$500 to Brian Yates, Florida State University to expand on his sourcing study of soapstone.
2001
$465.00 to Lori Collins, University of South Florida
$325.00 to Keith Ashley/Vicki Rolands, University of Florida
2000
$480.00 to Lori Collins, University of South Florida to cover costs associated with photographing Picnic Mound artifacts
$270.00 to Keith Ashley, University of Florida for radiocarbon date, NE Florida Savannah culture dissertation research
1999
$250.00 to Keith Ashley, University of Florida, for radiocarbon date, NE Florida Savannah culture dissertation research
$250.00 to Heather Walsh-Haney, University of Florida, to cover costs associated with the analysis of Archaic skeletal populations from Windover and Bay West