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Southeastern Archaeological Conference

Public Outreach Grant

The Southeastern Archaeological Conference, in order to promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast, supports a program of small grants to finance public outreach projects. SEAC will provide annual awards in an amount not to exceed $5,000. Applicants can request from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on the scope and impact of the project. Based on the application pool and the competitive review process, the review committee may decide to award more than one application, not exceeding $5,000 in total dollars awarded. The competition is open to anyone in or near the traditional boundaries of the southeastern culture area, and all proposals must have some tie to the southeast. For purposes of the grant, southeastern states are defined as: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee; border states are defined as: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Projects proposed for grant funding should promote public awareness of archaeology in the Southeast through any of a variety of educational and outreach activities. Examples of suitable projects might include: teacher workshops, printed material for public consumption, exhibits, workshops for adults or children, Archaeology Week/Month activities, Project Archaeology workshops, Elderhostel programs, archaeology fairs, public field trips, or other public-oriented projects. For additional information or to apply for the Public Outreach Grant,

See Standing Committees page for the Public Outreach Grant Committee Chair's contact information.

2025-2026 Grant Office Hours

The SEAC Public Outreach Grant Committee will also hold two informational office hours to support applicants in their preparation of quality proposals. Office hours will be:

  • Monday, December 1 at 3:00 pm EST/2:00 pm CST
  • Tuesday, January 6 at 11:00 am EST/10:00 am CST

Please register for the office hours (Register Here). For more information, please email Emily Clark at elclark15@gmail.com.


Past Recipients


2026
  • Arkansas Archeological Survey "Dwight Mission Native American Boarding School" $5000
2025
  • No grant awarded
2024
  • Autumn Melby “Camp Vandeventer Archaeology Merit Badge Weekend” $2500
  • The NDN Companies “STEM Pathways for Indigenous Youth” $2500


2023

2022
  • No grant awarded
2021
  • Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (FTHC) "Looking Back to Move Forward – Texas Archeology Month Workshops at the Levi Jordan Plantation State Historic Site"
2020
  • Megan Kassabaum, University of Pennsylvania "From Classroom to Museum and Back Again: Educational Outreach in Wilkinson County, MS"
2019
  • Carolyn D. Dillian and M. Katie Clary, Coastal Carolina University "Archaeological Museum Exhibits and Accessibility for the Sensory and Visually Impaired"
Grant Report
Wesbite
Audio
Video
Interactive Map

2018
  • Mark Wagoner, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale "Laissez les bons temps rouler (Let the good times roll!): Using Archaeology to Tell the Story of the 18th and Early 19th Century Peoples of Southern Illinois"
2017
  • Candice L. Cravins, University of South Alabama Archaeology Museum "Project Archaeology: Investigating Shelter Summer Institute for Educators"
Grant Report

2016
  • Jodi A. Barnes, Arkansas Archeological Survey, UAM Research Station "Gathering, Gardening, and Agriculture: Curriculum and Teacher Workshops on the History and Culture of Plant-Based Foodways in the Southeastern United States" 
    • Recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Heritage Preservation award from Preserve Arkansas for “Gathering, Gardening, and Agriculture”

Website Link
Grant Report


2015
  • Dr. Robert P. Connolly, C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, University of Memphis “Promoting Prehistoric Sites Along the Mississippi River in the Southeast US" Tourism-Focused Project
Brochure
Grant Report

2014
  • Dennis Jones, Louisiana State University Rural Life Museum “Searching for the Sweet Life: Archaeology on a Nineteenth Century Sugar Cane Plantation in Louisiana” Video Project
YouTube Video Link
Grant Report

2013
  • Sarah Nohe, Florida Public Archaeology Network at Florida Atlantic University "The Misadventures of Sandy Trowels: An Illustrated Children’s Book & Programming Focused on Florida History"
Grant Report


2012
  • Historic Charleston Foundation
Walled City of Charleston Web Site - Walled City and History
Walk the Walls of Charleston Brochure (Page 01 - Page 02)
Final Report

2011
  • Kelli Carmean, Eastern Kentucky University "Kentucky Public Libraries, Summer Reading Programs, and Essay Competition for "Creekside: An Archaeological Novel""
Book Information - Final Report

2010

Ellen Strojan, Park Ranger-Education Coordinator
Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, GA
"Digging History" at Fort Frederica: Community Archaeology Festival

2009

Theresa McReynolds, Research Laboratories of Archaeology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
North Carolina Archaeological Society
North Carolina Archaeology Day and Teacher’s Workshop – Final Report

Activities developed for the North Carolina Archaeology Day and Teacher’s Workshop:
Cookie Excavation
Building a Pot
How did their gardens grow?

2008

Kentucky Organization of Professional Archaeologists (KyOPA)
Living Archaeology Weekend, Red River Gorge Geological Area, Kentucky

  • Recipient of the Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation’s 2015 Service to Preservation Award
  • Named U.S. Forest Service signature event for Every Kid in a Park and signature site for National Public Lands Day in 2015
  • Recipient of Preservation Kentucky’s 2014 Edith S. Bingham Excellence in Preservation Education Award

Living Archaeology Weekend Report
Living Archaeology Weekend web site

Educational material produced with the 2008 SEAC Grant for the Kentucky Living Archaeology Weekend.

2007

Carl Steen, Diachronic Research Foundation, Columbia, SC
Johannes Kolb Archaeology & Education Project, Darlington County, SC
Johannes Kolb Archaeology and Education Project.
Johannes Kolb Photographs
Project Assessment:

2006

Chip McGimsey, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Matt Reonas, Louisiana Office of State Parks, Baton Rouge, LA.
Exhibit illustrations for Marksville State Historic Site Museum
Photos:

2005

Kerry Reid, Clarke County Historical Museum, Grove Hill, Ala.
Ashly Dumas, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Traveling Exhibit: "White Gold: The Importance of Alabama's Salt Through Time"

2004 - St. Louis, MO

New calendar year grant cycle instituted.

2003 - Charlotte, NC

No grant awarded

2002 - Biloxi, MS

No grant awarded.

2001- Chattanooga, TN

Major McCollough
Preservation Archaeology Program
University of the South
Field trip to Moccasin Bend National Historic Landmark

2000 - Macon, GA

No grant awarded

1999 - Pensacola, FL

1) Pensacola Archaeological Society
Public Program on Archaeology
2) Washington High School Archaeology Institute
Local Exhibits
3) Escambia County School District
Meeting attendance for Teachers and Students
4) Florida Anthropological Society
Reprint Florida Archaeology booklet

1998 - Greenville, SC

No grant awarded

1997 - Baton Rouge, LA

Nancy Hawkins, Louisiana Division of Archaeology
Teachers' Workshop: Learn More About Teaching Archaeology
1998 SEAC Newsletter Article

1996 - Birmingham, AL

Linda Derry, Alabama Historical Commission
Teachers' Workshop

1995 - Knoxville, TN

1st Official Public Outreach Grant Award
Deborah Woodiel, McClung Museum
Teachers' Workshop

1994 - Lexington, KY

Pre-grant Award
Intrique of the Past Teachers' Workshop>2010
Ellen Strojan, Park Ranger-Education Coordinator
Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, GA
"Digging History" at Fort Frederica: Community Archaeology Festival


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