Applications for this bursary are now open until Wednesday 11th October 2023 at 12pm (noon) GMT. To apply please fill in the form below. Each applicant will be required to fill in an application form and if shortlisted we will invite you to an online interview in late October 2023.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Vindolanda Trust Friends and Donors, we are proud to be able to offer 3 residential bursary places for the 2024 excavations, reserved for young people aged 18 to 25 from anywhere in the world!

The bursary will cover:

• Two weeks participation on the excavations, including one excavation t-shirt,
• 1 Archaeological Skills Passport, a formal record of the archaeological skills you will acquire during your time at Vindolanda;
• Self-catering accommodation in a single room in the Hedley center, with en-suite facilities, as well as use of shared kitchen and living spaces. Accommodation will be available from Sunday to the last Friday of your period.
• Welcome pack on your arrival with food to start your week.
• 10 packed lunches-all reasonable adjustments will be made to accommodate dietary restrictions.
• One year of Friends of Vindolanda membership, which allows unlimited free entrance at Roman Vindolanda and the Roman Army Museum and offers the bearer discounts in our Museums' shops;

Before you apply, and to learn more about what it means to take part to the Vindolanda excavations, read the page below carefully

What's involved when excavating?

Please note that Vindolanda Trust Residential Bursary places will only be available in Period 6 (17th-28th June 2024)

The process of awarding the bursary will be an extremely competitive one. We will create a shortlist, and will offer all shortlisted candidates a Zoom interview. We expect this interview to take place in late October and will inform all candidate of their application status on 23rd October 2023. 

To see what you will learn in your two weeks with us, please download the learning plan below. You can also use this as a tool to assess your own learning: speak to your teachers/tutors about how this, and the archaeological skills passports might be recognised in schools or as part of your Duke of Edinburgh Awards.

Learning Plan

Applications for this bursary are now open until Wednesday 11th October 2023 at 12pm (noon) GMT. To apply please fill in the form below.

Vindolanda Trust Bursary Application Form