Semple, Grant, & Benario Awards
The Subcommittee on the Semple, Grant, and Benario Awards is pleased to announce the winners of its 2010-11 competition
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- The Semple Award is a $3,500 fellowship for attending the summer session of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
- The Mary A. Grant Award is a $4,500 fellowship for attending the summer session of the American Academy in Rome.
- The Janice and Herbert Benario Award is a $2,500 fellowship that the recipient may apply to the summer travel program of his or her choice.
Guidelines:
1. To be eligible for a Semple, Grant, or Benario Award, one must be a current member of CAMWS who either:
- holds a teaching position in Greek or Latin in an elementary or secondary school within CAMWS territory; or
- is enrolled as a graduate student in a degree-granting Classics program within CAMWS territory.
2. Priority for the Benario Award will be given to applicants interested in summer programs other than those of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and the American Academy in Rome, which are normally funded by the Semple and Grant Awards.
3. No individual who wins a Semple Award or a Grant Award may receive a Benario Award in the same year.
To apply please complete the 2011 - 2012 Application.
Application materials must be received by February 3rd, 2012.
2011 winners
- Semple Award: Robert Hedrick (Florida State University), to attend ASCSA Summer Program
- Mary A. Grant Award: Kenneth Draper (University of Indiana), to attend AAR Summer Program
- Janice and Herbert
Benario Award: Shannon Walker (Trinity Academy, Raleigh, NC), for Father Foster’s Aestiva Miluauchiae Latinitas program in Milwaukee, WI
2010 winners
- Semple Award: Ted Gellar-Goad (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), to attend ASCSA Summer Program
- Mary A. Grant Award: Kristina Neumann (University of Cincinnati), to attend AAR Summer Program
- Janice and Herbert
Benario Award: Mary Jo Behrensmeyer (Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, OH), for the Vergilian Society's "Alexander the Great from Troy to Gordion/Issus" program
2009 winners
- Semple Award: Sailakshmi Ramgopal, University of Chicago, to attend
ASCSA Summer Program
- Mary A. Grant Award: Melanie J. Racette-Campbell,
University of Toronto, to attend AAR Summer Program
- Janice and Herbert
Benario Award: Lucinda Jaffe, University of Arizona, to attend AAR
Summer Program