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Doctoral and postdoctoral research on topics related to the SAW project thematics is an integral part of our work.In summer 2011, the SAW project advertised two scholarships: a doctoral scholarship in cuneiform mathematics related to administrative contexts (see call for applications / appel d’offre) and a post-doctoral scholarship in mathematics and astronomy in  ancient China ( call for applications / appel d’offre). Two young scholars were recruited: Robert Middeke-Conlin, who is interested in the mathematics for administrative purposes in the Old Babylonian period, and Zhu Yiwen, who works on Chinese sources.In spring 2012, the SAW project advertised two doctoral scholarships: in history of mathematics in ancient and medieval Indic sources related to administrative contexts ( call for applications / appel d’offre), and in history of archives, libraries, and collections linked to Mesopotamian sources and their use by historians ( call for applications / appel d’offre).