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| Established | 1948 |
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| Endowment | $73,233,160[citation needed] |
| Address | US Office, 909 North Washington Street, Suite 320 Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA |
| Location | Cairo Office, 2 Midan Simón Bolívar, Garden City, Cairo Governorate 11461, Egypt |
| Website | http://www.arce.org/ |
TheAmerican Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is an American non-profit dedicated to supporting research inEgyptian history. It is a member of theCouncil of American Overseas Research Centers.
ARCE was founded in 1948 in Boston by Edward W. Forbes, then the director of theFogg Museum atHarvard, andSterling Dow, then president of theArchaeological Institute of America, with the intention of creating a scholarly research center in Egypt. The center's Egyptian headquarters opened in 1951 in an office at theOffice of U.S. Information and Educational Exchange in theAmerican Embassy in Cairo.[1][2]
ARCE began conservation work at heritage sites throughout Egypt in the early 1990s, following theearthquake in 1992, with support fromUSAID.[3] USAID endowed ARCE with two sizable endowments, providing the organization with substantial financial support through which it still operates today.[citation needed] Today, ARCE's ongoinggrants program is supported by its Antiquities Endowment Fund, which was created with resources from USAID as allocated by theUnited States Congress.[4]
ARCE's headquarters are in theGarden City neighborhood ofCairo, with a subsidiary office inLuxor. The United States office is inAlexandria, Virginia. The Cairo Center is host to the Marilyn M. and William Kelly Simpson Library and the Project Archives.[5] It is intended as a base for academics from the United States when conducting research in Egypt.[citation needed]
ARCE awards fellowships to pre-doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars for research in Egypt.[6][7]
Further information on ARCE's programmatic expenditures, grant and contribution income, and executive compensation are available to the public through its annualtax filings.
Educational and research institutions with field missions in Egypt can pay an annual membership fee to ARCE and in exchange receive logistical support for fieldwork, access to ARCE facilities, event invitations, and more.[8]
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