The W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem is pleased to announce the award of a $2,000,000 NEH Challenge Grant. One million dollars is earmarked for the Albright’s Silver Jubilee Campaign to endow the Seymour Gitin Senior Research Professorship in honor of the Albright’s long-term Director; and the second million dollars is for the renovation and endowment of what is to be called the Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Hostel, named after the late long-term Trustee and Chair of the Albright Board. NEH will provide one dollar for every four dollars the Albright raises up to a total award of $400,000. More than a third of the amount needed for the Senior Research Professorship and the entire match for the Joy Gottesman Ungerleider Hostel have been pledged. The grant period extends until July 31, 2010.