Travel to the Mediterranean can be expensive, but there are a number of grants and fellowships for which one can apply to help offset the cost of travel, room and board.  Some of these are internal to Wesleyan; others are available through archaeological and academic organizations.

Note: the deadlines for many of these fellowships come rather early in the spring semester, typically in late February or early March.

Wesleyan University Summer Experience Grant

http://www.wesleyan.edu/careercenter/grants/scholarship/wes_summer_experience_grant/index.html

Wesleyan Davenport Study Grants                          

http://www.wesleyan.edu/pac/davenport.html

Jane Waldbaum Archaeological Field Fellowship (for first time excavators)

http://archaeological.org/grants/708

ASOR Platt Fellowship (for fieldwork in the Middle East)

http://www.asor.org/fellowships/platt.html

Biblical Archaeological Society Fellowship (for fieldwork in Israel only)

http://digs.bib-arch.org/scholarships/

Wesleyan Squire Fellowship (through the Classics Department)

Contact Prof. Birney,  kbirney@wesleyan.edu