The students and scholars below were awarded places to carry out their research in London with the support of the Trust in 2026. The Trust will next be inviting applications in autumn 2026 – see here. For information about visiting scholars from previous years please see here.

Ahmed Bassioni, PhD candidate, Alexandria University: ‘A Topographical Reconstruction of Hermopolis Magna during the Roman Period (An Archaeological Study of the City’s Urban Landscape under Hadrian in the Light of Recent Excavations)’.

Lidia BRZYSKA, PhD candidate, Jagiellonian University, POLAND: ‘The impact of prints from de Rossi publishing company and their circulation in the 18th century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’.

Mahmoud ELBOKL, Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Civilization, Faculty of Arts, Helwan University, EGYPT: ‘Marriage Contracts From The Archive of Teōs son of Horos from Tuna El- Gebel Necropolis (190-162 BC) ): Edition and Comparative Study’.

Hend ELFIKY, Associate Professor of Ancient History & Archaeology, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, EGYPT: ‘Re-Evaluating Selected Twenty-Fifth Dynasty Coffins: Genealogy, Misattribution, and Kinship Reconstruction through Museum Collections’. Second visit.

Nikita GAIDYSHEV, National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, RUSSIA: ‘A New Interpretation of Anglo-Russian Relations in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: A History of Diplomatic Culture and Traditions, 1553-1649’. Second visit.

Madison GILMORE-DUFFEY, PhD candidate, Florida State University, U S A: ‘The Classical Past in the Art of Late Antique Byzantium.’

Marie-Paule JUNG, PhD candidate, Université de Toulouse, laboratoire TRACES, FRANCE: ‘Archaeology of Settlement in Nubia and Sudan: Domestic Spaces and Occupation Dynamics in the Middle Ages’.

Sarah KING, post-doctoral student, University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA: ‘Scorpion-men: Insights into an Enigmatic Hybrid’.

Lukas MANOYAN, PhD candidate, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, BULGARIA: ‘Towards the Genesis of Modern Hermeticism: Between Christosophy and Egyptosophy’.

Andrés Martín García de la Cruz, PhD candidate, Leiden University, THE NETHERLANDS: ‘In the Centre of Egyptology: Cairo and the Role and History of the Foreign Archaeological Institutes in Egypt’

Zeinab MOHAMED TALAT, PhD candidate, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, EGYPT: ‘Architectural and Artistic Discoveries of the Excavations at the Site of Deir El-Balayza in Assiut: An Archaeological and Artistic Study’.

Enas MOHARB, PhD candidate, Luxor University: ‘Abu Shakir Ibn Al-Rahib’s Muqaddima (Introduction):  An Investigation and Comparative Study of the Coptic Language Grammar’.

Konrad NIEMIRA, post-doctoral student, Polish Academy of Science and the Royal Castle in Warsaw, POLAND. ‘Field Experiments. Landscape, Technology and Political Culture in Poland (1764-1795)’.

Milena PATAN, PhD candidate, Department of Animal Morphology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Krakow, POLAND: ‘Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae associated with starlings: diversity as an indicator of co-evolution within host–parasite relationships’.

Aileen Zoe RAMM, PhD candidate, University of Hamburg (UHH): ‘Architecture in Motion: Ancient Egyptian Buildings as Image Vehicles in Great Britain’.

Abror URALOV, PhD candidate, Uzbek National Centre of Archaeology, Tashkent, UZBEKISTAN: ‘Macrolithic tools of Central Asia during the Bronze and Iron Age’.

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In addition the Trust will also provide accommodation to Drs Sergio ALARCÓN ROBLEDO (see here), Amira IBRAHIM and Wendy DOYON for return visits during 2026.

For information about visiting scholars from previous years please see here.