The Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) is a private not-for-profit association of centers that research, conserve and record cultural heritage and modern societies.
CAORC, founded in 1981, helps arrange research projects that span national boundaries, in which member centers collaborate.
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Funding
The council is funded in part by the United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other n ...
's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State fosters mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries around the world. It is responsible for the Un ...
, the Smithsonian Institution
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, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City in the United States, simply known as Mellon Foundation, is a private foundation with five core areas of interest, and endowed with wealth accumulated by Andrew Mellon of the Mellon family of Pitts ...
, the Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establis ...
, and the Getty Foundation
The Getty Foundation, based in Los Angeles, California at the Getty Center, awards grants for "the understanding and preservation of the visual arts".Getty FoundationAbout the Foundation. Retrieved September 18, 2008. In the past, it funded the G ...
, as well as through fees paid by members.
Fellowships
CAORC offers two fellowship programs, the NEH Senior Research Fellowship and Multi-Country Research Fellowship.
The NEH fellowship supports advanced research in the humanities for U.S. postdoctoral scholars, and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the US for three or more years.
The Multi-Country fellowship supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D.
Under the National Security Language Initiative, the United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs of other ...
funds scholarships in the Critical Language Scholarship Program that were originally organized by CAORC.
Responsive Preservation Initiative (RPI) for Cultural Heritage Resources
CAORC administers the Responsive Preservation Initiative (RPI) for Cultural Heritage Resources, supported by the JM Kaplan Fund. The RPI program is designed to fund projects for urgent, emergent, or priority issues that need to be addressed quickly. The program provides grants for rapid emergency projects in Algeria
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, Cyprus
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, Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medite ...
, Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
, Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
, Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, Jordan
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, Libya
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, Morocco
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, The Palestinian Territories
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, Turkey
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, and Yemen
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West African Acquisitions Pilot Project (WAAPP)
CAORC, in collaboration with the West African Research Association (WARA) and West African Research Center (WARC) in Dakar, Senegal, launched an initiative with the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the '' de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The libra ...
in 2010 to expand the collection of scholarly resources for U.S. and West African universities and institutions by collecting, documenting and digitizing published material and ephemera in eleven countries, including: Benin
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, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to ...
, Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, the Gambia
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, Guinea Conakry, Mali
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, Niger
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, Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� ...
, Sierra Leone
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and Togo
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Member Centers
The CAORC Member Centers as of 2022 are:
*Afghanistan—The American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
*Algeria—The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS-CEMA)
*The Americas—The American Research Network (ARENET)
*Bangladesh—The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS)
*Cambodia The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)
*Cyprus—The Cyprus American Archæological Research Institute (ASOR-CAARI)
*Greece—The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
*Egypt—The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
*Indonesia—The American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS)
*India—The American Institute of Indian Studies
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(AIIS)
*Iraq—The Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TARII)
*Iran—The American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
*Italy—The American Academy in Rome
The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome.
The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.
History
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(AAR)
*Jerusalem—The W.F. Albright Institute of Archæological Research (ASOR-AIAR)
*Jordan—The American Center of Research
The American Center of Research (ACOR) is a private, not-for-profit scholarly and educational organization. Based in Alexandria, Virginia, with a facility in Amman, Jordan, ACOR promotes knowledge of Jordan and the interconnected region, past and ...
(ASOR-ACOR)
*Mongolia—The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
*Morocco—The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS-TALIM)
*Myanmar (Burma)--The Inya Institute (Inya)
*Nepal—The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)
*Pakistan—The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
*Palestine—The Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
*Senegal—The West African Research Association (WARA)
*South Caucasus—The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC)
*Sri Lanka—The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS)
*Tunisia—The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS-CEMAT)
*Turkey—The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)
*Yemen—The American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
References
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