Anthro-related research -- Wenner-Gren Fnd

INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM:

Description: Grants for amounts up to $20,000 are available for basic research in all branches of anthropology. Grants are made to seed innovative approaches and ideas, to cover specific expenses or phases of a project, and/or to encourage aid from other funding agencies. The foundation particularly invites projects employing comparative perspectives or integrating two or more subfields of anthropology. A small number of awards is available for projects designed to develop resources for anthropological research and scholarly exchange.

The foundation, under its Individual Research Grants Program, offers Dissertation Fieldwork Grants, Post-Ph.D. Grants, and Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships.

Dissertation Fieldwork Grants are awarded to individuals to aid doctoral dissertation or thesis research. Applicants must be enrolled for a doctoral degree. Application must be made jointly with a thesis advisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Awards are contigent upon the applicant's successful completion of all requirements for the degree other than the dissertation/thesis. Applications may be submitted before such requirements have been met; however, should an award be approved, the foundation will at that time request evidence of that the applicant is "all-but-dissertation/advanced-to-candidacy". Qualified students of all nationalities are eligible.

Post-Ph.D. Grants are awarded to individual sholars holding the doctorate or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related discipline. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation. Application for Post-Ph.D. Grants may be made by the scholar either as an individual or on behalf of an organization. Ph.D. candidates seeking postdoctoral support should file a Dissertation Fieldwork Grant application and indicate that support is being requested for postdoctoral research; if an award is approved it will be made after the Ph.D. is in hand.

A limited number of Richard Carley Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships, nonrenewable awards with a maximum of $15,000, is available to scholars within five years of receipt of the Ph.D., to aid the writeup of research results for publication. Qualified scholars are eligible without regard to nationality or institutional affiliation. Applicants must hold the Ph.D. at the time of application.

Budgetary Guidelines: Grants cover research expenses directly related and essential to the project (i.e., travel, living expenses during fieldwork, equipment, supplies, research assistance, and other relevant expenditures). Aid is not provided for salary and/or fringe benefits of applicant, tuition, non-project personnel, travel to meetings, institutional overhead, or institutional support. Low priority is given to dissertation write-up or other support for writing (except under the Hunt Fellowship), publication assistance, and film- or video-making (unless inherent to the research project). Expenses incurred prior to the effective date of an award will not be covered; budgets should reflect foundation deadlines.

Application information: A formal application must be submitted. Those interested in receiving an application must contact the foundation directly: eligible individuals will be sent appropriate forms upon request. Please note that our application forms have been revised; forms dated prior to year 2000 cannot be accepted.

Deadlines: There are two deadlines each year, May 1st and November 1st. For applications submitted by the May 1st deadline, funding will be available the following January 1st. Under the November 1st deadline, funding will be available the following July 1st. Applicants should meet the most appropriate deadline for their research plans. Decisions for each application cycle will be announced six to eight months after the deadline date. Only one application may be submitted during any twelve-month period.