Council of American Overseas Research Centers

Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) "launched full-time operations in 1986 with grants from the" Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Exxon Foundation and the J.P. Getty Trust. 

Services
According to its website, it performs the following services for scholars doing overseas research:
 * Providing research libraries, technical services, and living accommodations
 * Serving as a base for field expeditions
 * Supporting publication of papers, books and serials, newsletters and information bulletins
 * Sponsoring joint scholarly projects and offering a program of conferences, lectures, seminars, concerts and exhibitions
 * Providing a place for contact and exchange between American researchers and their host-country counterparts as well as third-country colleagues working in the host-country
 * Liaison with host country governments and universities in obtaining access to research sources
 * Monitoring and offering advice on the research climate in the host-country

Funding
"CAORC is currently funded in part by the following Public and Private Institutions: Source
 * U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
 * Smithsonian Institution
 * Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
 * Center membership dues

Member Centers

 * Italy - American Academy in Rome (AAR)
 * Jordan - American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)
 * Israel - W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR)
 * Bangladesh - American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS)
 * Iran - American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS)
 * India - American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS)
 * Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria - American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS)
 * Pakistan - American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
 * Sri Lanka- American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS)
 * Yemen - American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS)
 * Egypt - American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
 * Turkey - American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT)
 * Greece - American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
 * Cyprus - Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)
 * Cambodia - Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)
 * South Asia - Center for South Asia Libraries (CSAL)
 * Mexico - Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN)
 * West Bank and Gaza - Palestinian American Research Center (PARC)
 * Senegal - West African Research Association (WARA)

Developing Centers
Source
 * Mongolia - American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS)
 * Afghanistan - American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS)
 * Bulgaria - American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS)
 * Iraq - The American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII)

Directors
Executive Committee:
 * Executive Director - Mary Ellen Lane - Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
 * Chair - Catherine deG. Vanderpool - American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
 * Vice-Chair - I. William Zartman - American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS); Jacob Blaustein Professor of International Organizations and Conflict Resolution; Director of the Conflict Management Program, School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University
 * Treasurer - Philip Mattar - Palestinian American Research Center (PARC); Guest Scholar, United States Institute of Peace
 * Secretary - Ralph Nicholas - American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS); William Rainey Harper Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Social Sciences, University of Chicago
 * Former Chair - Richard Lariviere - Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Kansas
 * Executive Committee Member-at-Large - Kenneth Sams - American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT); Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of Classics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
 * Executive Committee Member-at-Large - Jeanne Marecek - American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS); William Rand Kenan Professor of Psychology, Swarthmore College
 * Smithsonian Ex-Offico Member - William L. Merrill - Mexico-North Research Network (MNRN); Smithsonian Institution

Board Members: Source
 * Lois Pattison de Menil, Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)
 * Nan Frederick, American Center of Oriental Research (ACOR)
 * McGuire Gibson, American Institute for Yemeni Studies (AIYS); Professor of Archaeology, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
 * Maria Grosz-Ngate, West African Research Association (WARA); Associate Director, African Studies Program, Indiana University
 * William Hanaway, Jr., American Institute of Iranian Studies (AIIrS); Emeritus Faculty, University of Pennsylvania
 * Benson Harer, American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
 * Ellen Herscher, Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute (CAARI)
 * Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS); Director of Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
 * Bernard Reilly, Center for South Asian Libraries (CSAL); President, Center for Research Libraries
 * Brian Rose, American Academy in Rome (AAR); James B. Pritchard Professor of Classical Archaeology, Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
 * Joe D. Seger, American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR);Professor of Religion and Director, Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University.
 * John Spencer, W.F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research (AIAR); Professor of Religious Studies; Director, Honors Program, John Carroll University
 * Guy Welbon, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS); Chairman, Graduate Group in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Contact details
P.O. Box 37012 MRC 178 Washington, DC 20013-7012 Phone: (202) 633-1599 Fax: (202) 786-2430 Web: http://www.caorc.org