The Gerald Averay Wainwright Fund for Near Eastern Archaeology is based at the Khalili Research Centre for the Art and Material Culture of the Middle East at the University of Oxford.

The Fund aims to encourage the study of non-classical archaeology and the general history of the countries of the Middle East. The projects supported are wide ranging; the Fund holds an annual Schools Essay Prize, awards Research Grants to mature scholars and also sponsors a post-doctoral Fellowship.

The University of Oxford's 2009 G.A Wainwright Schools Essay Prizes for Near Eastern Archaeology were awarded to Robert Wilson of The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (Senior Prize) and William Bettle of Colchester Royal Grammar School, Essex (Junior Prize).

Previous winners of the Schools Essay Prize have included Amy Matthews of Barton Peveril School in Eastleigh, Hampshire; Christopher Reid, of St. Mary's College, Liverpool; Kyle Penny and Emmalene Stevens, from Redruth School; Neelofar Korotana; and Aaron Rowe, also from Redruth School.

The last Research Grants were awarded in November 2009, with the successful applicants being Dr Elizabeth Bloxam (Wadi Hammamat); Dr Claudia Glatz (The Cide Archaeological Project); Dr John MacGinnis (2010 Field Season at Ziyaret Tepe); Dr Gillian Pyke (Panehsy Church Project);  Dr Ian Shaw (The Gurob Harem Palace Project) and Dr Penelope Wilson (Sais Kilns Project).

In previous years, grant awards from the Gerald Averay Wainwright Fund have assisted the work of many specialists in the field of Near Eastern Archaeology, including Dr Yvonne Harpur (Photography and Analyses of Scene Details in the Old Kingdom Tomb of Trukaptah at Saqqara), Dr Ian Mathieson (The Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project), and Dr Sandra Rosendahl (Landscape Learning and the Colonisation of Cyprus).

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