IFR’s field schools offer hands-on, experiential learning in a variety of disciplines and locations around the world. Our academically rigorous and culturally immersive programs award up to 8 semester credits to help you fulfill degree requirements and further your career in the field sciences or beyond.
 Open and Upcoming Programs
The following programs are currently accepting applications or will be opening soon!
 Summer 24 Programs
Check out our 2024 field season programs below. Many of these will be offered again in the 2025 season, along with new program options.
Romania: Sânpetru Bioarchaeology Excavation
Overview The field school takes place in the quaint Transylvanian village of Sânpetru, a few km from the city of Brasov, and aims to [...]
Turkey: Elmali Excavation
Overview In the Near East, there were many rapid past climatic changes, which brought significant socio-economic and political transformations. Past human societies dealt with [...]
Turkey: Mendik Excavation
Overview Turkey has evidence of one of the earliest transitions from hunting and gathering to sedentism in the world. This project aims to investigate [...]
Turkey: Pınarbașı Excavation
Overview Turkey has evidence of one of the earliest transitions from hunting and gathering to sedentism in the world. Understanding the period in time [...]
UK: Herefordshire Excavation
Overview Since 2010, the Beneath Hay Bluff Project has been investigating the character of prehistoric, and specifically Neolithic activity in southwest Herefordshire, or the [...]
US-Alaska: Glacier Change Research Mission
Overview This program fosters an understanding of the evolving landscape of Alaska’s Lost Coast and documents glacial retreat through specialized photography. Students will investigate [...]
US-Alaska: Paleontology of the Lost Coast
Overview Alaska’s climate has varied over the millennia from tropical to arctic, creating habitats for a variety of land and sea life. Alaska has [...]
US-AR: Fayetteville Curation
Overview This project is part of a multi-year effort being undertaken by the Arkansas Archeological Survey (ARAS) to record and properly curate (based on [...]
US-CO: Amache Community/Ethnography
Overview The Amache Archaeology and Heritage Management Field School is part of a long-term community collaborative project at Amache, a World War II-era Japanese [...]
US-IL: Cahokia Excavation
Overview The Indigenous city of Cahokia, located in the American Bottom region of western Illinois, provides a unique context to investigate the processes of [...]