H. Wayne Nelson Grant

The Site Steward Foundation is pleased to announce an H. Wayne Nelson grant of $1,000 will be offered in 2026 with a grant application deadline of October 31, 2026, and an award date of December 31, 2026. Contact Gary Newgent at sitestewardfoundation@gmail.com for a grant application.

Annual grants awarded by the Site Steward Foundation:  

2025 - Deni Seymour for radiocarbon dating of Coronado expedition artifacts discovered in southeastern Arizona.

2024 - Deni Seymour for radiocarbon dating of Coronado expedition artifacts discovered in southeastern Arizona.

2023 - Jonathan Sandor, Susan Smith, Maryann Wasiolek, John Groh and Torrance County Archaeological Society for pollen analyses and investigation of topographic depressions that surround Pueblo Blanco, one of the Salinas Pueblos in central New Mexico, to test whether they may have been used for agriculture.

2022 - Margaret Berrier to print and distribute copies of her rock art preservation coloring book.

2022 - South Park Site Steward program to create an educational presentation of how obsidian from the Jemez Mountains traveled to and was utilized in the South Park area of central Colorado.

2021 - 2019 - No applications received. No grants awarded.

2018 - South Park Site Steward program for management liability insurance.

2017 - Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project for additional interpretive trail signage.

2016 - Grant County Archaeological Society and Imogene F. Wilson Educational Foundation for design and construction of interpretive scale model trail displays for the Mattocks ruins site in the Mimbres Valley.

2015 - Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Project for 200 interpretive trail signs.

2015 - Santa Fe National Forest Site Steward program for 12 temperature sensors for Gallina area.

2014 - Site Watch Site Steward program for 20 magnetic auto signs.

2014 - Santa Fe National Forest Site Steward program for 10 temperature sensors for Gallina area. Gallina Temperature Monitoring Experiment.

2013 - Site Watch Site Steward program for two wildlife motion cameras.