New ITP Conference Grant 2025 awarded!!

Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme

We are delighted to award an ITP Conference Grant 2025 to Nyaz Azeez Awmar, Director & Archaeologist, Koya Civilization Museum (Kurdistan, ITP 2019).

Nyaz will use his grant to attend the World Archaeological Congress (WAC-10) being held at Flinders University College of Humanities, Art & Social Sciences, Northern Institute at Charles, Darwin, Australia from 22-28 June 2025.

You can read more about the conference here https://worldarchaeologicalcongress.com/wac10/.

As Director of the Koya Civilization Museum, Nyaz is responsible for the general management of the institution and its employees. Nyaz also leads the museum’s archaeological team and spends much of the year completing field surveys and excavation campaigns, working with national and international teams. Nyaz’s specialization is in pottery, which the Koya Civilization Museum has a large archaeological collection of, and much effort is put in to collecting, registering, and using preventive conservation methods into collection. Nyaz previously worked as a researcher at the Koya Civilization Museum, where he was responsible for collections management, cataloguing and completing object inventories.

Nyaz says attending the conference is very important to gain in-depth learning, network opportunities, and first-hand access to expert insights.  He also believes the opportunity will enhance his visibility, credibility, and professional growth while promoting his museum and its significant collections.

We are delighted to be able to support Nyaz this year and look forward to hearing more about his conference experience and sharing his final report with our ITP global network.