Anthropology Field

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• Individual Research Grants--Dissertation Fieldwork Grants:

-- Sponsor: Wenner-Gren Foundation

-- SYNOPSIS: Awards of up to $25,000 each support doctoral dissertation or thesis research in all branches of anthropology. Eligible applicants may be of any nationality and must be enrolled for a doctoral degree.

-- Deadline(s): 05/01/2007, 11/01/2007

-- E-mail: inquiries@wennergren.org

-- Program URL: http://www.wennergren.org/programs/programs_show.htm?doc_id=367834&attrib_id=13232

-- DEADLINE NOTE: The May 1 application deadline is for funding to be available the following January. The November 1 application deadline is for funding to be available the following June.

-- OBJECTIVES: Support is provided to aid doctoral dissertation or thesis research in all branches of anthropology. The program contributes to the sponsor's overall mission to support basic research in anthropology and to ensure that the discipline continues to be a source of vibrant and significant work that furthers understanding of humanity's cultural and biological origins, development and variation. The sponsor supports research that demonstrates a clear link to anthropological theory and debates, and promises to make a solid contribution to advancing these ideas. The sponsor particularly welcomes proposals that employ a comparative perspective, can generate innovative approaches or ideas, and/or integrate two or more subfields.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Eligible applicants must be enrolled for a doctoral degree. Awards are contingent 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, all requirements other than the dissertation/thesis must be completed before the start date for the research given by the applicant on the application form. If the application is successful, the sponsor will request confirmation that this requirement has been met. Applications must be made jointly with a thesis advisor or other scholar who will undertake responsibility for supervising the project. Qualified students of all nationalities are eligible.

-- FUNDING: Funds must be used for expenses directly related and essential to the project, including travel, living expenses during fieldwork, research assistance, transcription costs, specialized software, gifts for informants, visa fees and other relevant expenditures.