There are three times during your graduate career when you are eligible for the greatest number of fellowships: before you begin graduate school, when you move from an M.A. into a Ph.D. program, and when you are writing or about to finish a dissertation. During the intervening years, your best sources of financial support will likely come in two forms: your own university's funding (this is often when you might serve as a teaching assistant) and funding that will pay for you to travel for research and language study, often during the summers.

Advanced site-study programs that take place during the summer include The American Academy in Rome Classical Summer School and The American School of Classical Studies at Athens Summer Sessions; both of these programs offer their own scholarships, and some other specialized summer programs do, as well.