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Funding SourcesSponsor: International Research & Exchanges Board
Deadline(s):August, 2003
Objectives:
The sponsor awards fellowships to provide opportunities for US citizens to
conduct academic research in the NIS with the goal of contributing to the
further development of higher education and scholarship in both their home
and host countries. The purpose of the fellowships is to conduct research
and analysis in the humanities and social sciences; write academic papers,
articles, and books; deliver lectures; and collaborate with NIS
colleagues. Research topics must demonstrate a relevance to the
political, economic, social, legal, historical, educational, and
philosophical challenges facing the NIS.
All research must contribute to the development of higher education and scholarship in the NIS and the US. Eligible topics are: area studies (including literature); art and architecture, cultural anthropology, business administration (including business and management and education), city planning and urban studies, civic education, conflict resolution, criminal justice, demography, economics (including international trade, finance, and investment), education (including university administration), environmental studies, ethics and philosophy, foreign policy and international relations, geography, government, history (twentieth century preferred), information technology (Internet and the application of new information technologies in higher education), journalism, labor relations, language and linguistics, law, library science, management, military science, philosophy, political science, public administration, religion, social work, sociology, and women's studies.
Applicants may wish to be affiliated with NIS universities and institutes appropriate to their research objectives and matched with a host advisor. Applicants should suggest possible placement institutions where they would prefer to conduct their research or where they may already have established NIS colleagues. The sponsor can help identify appropriate NIS institutions based on the applicant's preferences. Final affiliations will be decided by the sponsor.
Eligibility:
All applicants must be a US citizen; hold a degree of PhD or equivalent or
be working towards a PhD degree at the time of application; have a
research topic eligible for the program with demonstrated need for
research in the NIS; be a PhD candidate, university faculty member, or
independent scholar at the early stages of his/her career, or mid-level
faculty member (associate professor) who has not had any recent
opportunities to conduct research in the NIS; possess a high level of
written and spoken proficiency in the language of the host country or
countries necessary in order to conduct independent research in the NIS
and engage colleagues; be able to receive and maintain a visa; and be able
to conduct the fellowship during the 2002-2003 academic year. Preference
will be given to scholars looking to conduct research outside of the
Russian Federation.
Sponsor:National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline:November 1, 2003
Objectives:
Collaborative Research grants support original research undertaken by a
team of two or more scholars or research coordinated by an individual
scholar that because of its scope or complexity requires additional staff
or resources beyond the individual's salary.
Eligible projects include:
These grants support full-time or part-time activities for periods of one to three years. Support is available for various combinations of scholars, consultants, and research assistants, project-related travel, field work, applications of information technology, and technical support and services. All grantees are expected to communicate the results of their work to the appropriate scholarly and public audiences.
A project that has previously received NEH funding can apply for a grant to support a new stage in the project. These applications will be judged by the same criteria as other applications. The new proposal should be substantially updated. Applicants should explain the specific component of the project to be undertaken in the new grant period and how the previous grant met its goals. Applicants must demonstrate the need for additional Endowment support by justifying the project budget in relation to the proposed additional results.
Collaborative Research Grants cannot be used for:
Awards are made for one to three years and normally range from $25,000 to $100,000 per year. The use of federal matching funds is encouraged. Federal matching funds are released when a grantee secures gift funds from eligible third parties.
Eligible applicants for a National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant are nonprofit, IRS tax-exempt institutions and organizations in the United States, state and local governmental agencies, U.S. citizens, or foreign nationals who have been living in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least three years prior to the time of application.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
This program is designed to permit the submission of high-risk,
exploratory proposals that can lead to significant new anthropological
knowledge. In an effort to insure that both risky projects and projects
that require a rapid decision have a possibility of success the sponsor
offers three Anthropology Programs (Archaeology, Cultural Anthropology and
Physical Anthropology) through which these may obtain funding. The
program gives small awards that provide investigators with the opportunity
to assess the feasibility of an anthropological research project. The
information gathered may then be used as the basis for preparing a more
fully developed research program. Projects which face severe time
constraints because of transient phenomena or access to materials may also
be considered.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are universities and colleges, nonprofit, non-academic
organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and
unaffiliated individuals.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Deadline(s):01/01/2003, 07/01/2003
Objectives:
The sponsor supports basic research in areas related to human evolution
and contemporary human biological variation. Research areas supported by
the program include, but are not limited to, human genetic variation,
human adaptation, human osteology and bone biology, human and nonhuman
primate paleontology, functional anatomy, and primate socioecology. Grants
supported in these areas are united by an underlying evolutionary
framework, and often a consideration of adaptation as a central
theoretical theme. Many proposals also have a biocultural orientation. The
program frequently serves as a bridge within NSF between the social and
behavioral sciences and the natural and physical sciences, and proposals
are commonly jointly reviewed and funded with other programs.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are universities and colleges, nonprofit, non-academic
organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and
unaffiliated individuals.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Deadline(s):01/01/2003, 07/01/2003
Objectives:
The program solicits research proposals of theoretical importance in all
substantive and theoretical subfields within the discipline of Cultural
Anthropology.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are universities and colleges, nonprofit, non-academic
organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and
unaffiliated individuals.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF); Directorate for
Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)
Deadline(s): January 01, 2003; August 01, 2003
Objectives:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announces the opportunity for
methodological training by cultural anthropologists who are active
researchers. The purpose is to help cultural anthropologists upgrade their
methodological skills by learning a specific analytical technique which
will improve their research abilities. For example, support may be
requested to learn new methods of cross-cultural research, demography,
remote sensing and GIS, ecological field survey, linguistics, etc.
Eligibility:
Proposals may be submitted through normal institutional channels by any
qualified researcher who holds a Ph.D. degree in accordance with the
instructions contained in the brochure Grant Proposal Guide. The home or
host institution may submit the proposal. The citizenship of the PI is
unrestricted.
Sponsor: National Geographic Society
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
The National Geographic Society supports scientific research and
exploration by providing grants for basic original field research in
disciplines including anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology,
botany, geography, geology, oceanography, paleontology, and
zoology. Particular emphasis is currently being placed on
multi-disciplinary projects that address environmental issues such as loss
of biodiversity and habitat and effects of human-population pressures. All
proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to
other scientific fields.
Eligibility:
Applicants are expected to have advanced degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent) and
be associated with an educational organization or institution. Independent
researchers or those pursuing a Ph.D. may apply. Awards to applicants
without Ph.D.s are rare. All applicants are expected to have published a
minimum of three articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
Sponsor: Radcliffe College; Murray Research Center, Henry
A.
Deadline(s):TBA(deadline has passed-new deadline will be posted in
spring)
Objectives:
The Murray Research Center will appoint a number of fellows with an
established record in research on gender and social change, the study of
lives over time, or science, gender and society. Scholars from a wide
range of fields including psychology, sociology, political science and
anthropology are encouraged to apply. The fellowship offers an affiliation
of one or more academic years with the Murray Research Center and the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. During their tenure, fellows will
have access to all of Harvard University's facilities and services and
will have the opportunity to apply for student research assistance.
Eligibility:
All applicants must have received a doctoral
degree or terminal professional degree prior to the time of
application.
Sponsor: Royal Anthropological Institute (RAI)
Deadline(s):Varies
Objectives:
The Anthropologists' Fund for Urgent Anthropological Research has been
established to support ethnographic research on currently threatened
indigenous peoples, cultures, and languages. Funded research should, as a
primary aim, contribute to anthropological knowledge through detailed
ethnography, and also if possible, help such peoples in their struggle to
survive. The fellowship makes it possible for a budgeted project to be
carried out over about 18 months, with this period to include both field
research and writing-up. The element of writing-up time paid for by the
fellowship should be spent at the university hosting the fellowship.
Eligibility:
Applicants must have a doctoral degree or have completed the requirements
for the degree.
Sponsor: University of Cambridge; Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
Bona fide researchers may undertake research in the Cambridge's Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. Research visits cannot normally be
accommodated during the months of August and September. Researchers who
wish to do research at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology should
write to one of the following curators: - Dr. Robin Boast (World
Archaeology) - Dr.
Christopher Chippindale (British Archaeology) - Ms. Anita Herle
(Anthropology) - Dr. David Phillipson (African Archaeology).
Sponsor: University of Oxford; School of Anthropology and Museum
of Ethnography; Pitt Rivers Museum
Deadline(s): March 01, 2003
Objectives:
Applications are invited for grants from the Swan Fund, which is
administered by the Pitt Rivers Museum of the University of Oxford. Grants
are awarded for archaeological and anthropological field research within
the areas of the Later Stone Age prehistory of southern Africa and the
study of the contemporary Bushman and Pygmy peoples of Africa. Research on
museum collections relating to these fields may also be supported, as may
the costs of publishing the results of fieldwork that has been aided by
the fund.
Eligibility:
Applications are invited from graduate students and established
researchers. Most of the successful applicants are graduates, but all
applications that are clearly within the scope of the fund will be
considered. The program is open to candidates not associated with the
University of Oxford. No restrictions apply to nationality.
Sponsor:Minnesota Humanities Commission
Deadline(s):Open
Objectives:
General Grants are intended for multi-site projects,
exhibitions, lecture/discussion series, public conferences, and other
large-scale humanities projects. Projects must involve one or more of the
humanities disciplines: History, literature, philosophy, archaeology,
modern and classical languages, ethics, jurisprudence, comparative
literature, comparative religion, linguistics, cultural anthropology,
history and criticism of the arts, and historical or philosophical
approaches to social and natural sciences.
Eligibility:
Applicants must be from not-for-profit groups or
organizations. If the applicant organization does not have official
non-profit status, it must designate another organization to serve as
fiscal agent. Projects must involve at least one other organization as
co-sponser. College and University projects must involve at least one
off-campus, non-academic co-sponser. Priority is given to the following
applicants: senior citizen organizations, minority organizations, and
greater Minnesota organizations.
Sponsor:American Anthropological Association
Deadline:2/15/2003
Objectives:
The sponsor awards a fellowship intended to increase the number of
Ph.D.'s
in anthropology from historically underrepresented populations. This
program's focus is to increase the number of ethnic minorities who
complete doctoral degrees in anthropology and thus improve diversity in
the discipline and promote research on issues of concern among minority
populations. Dissertation topics in all areas of the discipline are
welcome. The implications of the awardee's research to issues and concerns
of the US historically disadvantaged populations, relevant service to the
community and future plans are of specific concern in the review
process.
Eligibility:
An applicant must be: (1) a US citizen; (2) a member of a historically
underrepresented ethnic minority group, including but not limited to
African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, or Native Americans,
Asian Americans, Latino/as, Chicano/as, and Pacific
Islanders; (3) enrolled in a full-time, academic program leading to a
doctoral degree in anthropology at the time of application and admitted to
degree candidacy before the dissertation fellowship is awarded; and (4) a
member of the sponser's organization.
Sponsor:Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic
Sciences/NSF
Deadline:8/1/2003
Objectives:
The program solicits research proposals of theoretical importance in all
substantive and theoretical subfields within the discipline of Cultural
Anthropology.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are universities and colleges, nonprofit, non-academic
organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, and
unaffiliated individuals.
Sponsor:Wenner-Gren Foundation
Deadlines:6/1/2003, 12/1/2003
Objectives:
Generally smaller than conferences, workshops focus on defining or
developing topics for further research. Priority is given to workshops
focusing on what basic research in anthropology can say to important
public issues.
Sponsor:Wenner-Gren Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
Support is provided for a limited number of international symposia on
topics of broad significance for anthropology. They must aim to make major
theoretical or methodological interventions in current issues within
anthropology, broadly construed. They must also advance the foundation's
goal of fostering an international community of anthropologists by drawing
participants from around the world. The objectives of the symposium should
be to coalesce and advance knowledge on the issue, to present and address
divergent viewpoints, and to mark out directions for future research.
Eligibility:
The sponsor therefore prefers two organizers for a symposium, ideally,
from two different countries. The sponsor gives priority to symposia
dealing with "anthropology in public".
Sponsor:Wenner-Gren Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponsor supports a program to encourage the preservation of
unpublished records and other materials of value for research on the
history of anthropology. Grants are offered for two purposes: to assist
individuals holding significant records and personal papers with the
expenses of preparing and transferring them for archival deposit, and to
aid oral-history interviews with senior anthropologists.
Sponsor:National Geographic Society
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and
relevance to other scientific fields. Applications are generally limited
to the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy,
biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, paleontology, and
zoology. In addition, the sponsor is currently emphasizing
multidisciplinary projects that address environmental issues (e.g. loss of
biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population pressures).
While grant amounts vary greatly, most range from U.S. $15,000 to
$20,000. There is not set quantity of grants awarded, but budget
constraints keep the number to approximately 250 per year. As sponser
funds are intended to function as complementary support, the Committee
strongly encourages applicants to seek additional, concurrent funding from
other funding agencies. Sponsor grants tend to act as seed money and are
given for one year's research. There may be an exceptional occasion that
the sponsor will fund, at most, two years of research. If the principal
investigator feels that there are distinctive and substantive reasons for
submitting a two-year application, he/she must understand that competition
is keen and awards for two years are scarce. Sponsor funds may be used for
transportation, supplies, and daily subsistence. Capital equipment
(generally defined as any item costin more than US $500) must be
individually justified and in certain circumstances returned to the
sponsor upon the project's conclusion. Only in unusual cases is funding
allowed for computer equipment or vehicles. Laboratory expenses are
acceptable, provided the laboratory work is a logical extension of the
field research.
Eligibility:
Applicants are expected to have advanced degrees (Ph.D. or equivalent) and
be associated with an educational organization or institution. Independent
researchers or those pursuing a Ph.D.-level degree may apply, but
competition is keen and awards to non-Ph.D. applicants are rare. As a
general rule, all applicants are expected to have published a minimum of
three articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Funding is not
restricted to United States citizens. However, researchers planning to
work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator
as part of their research teams.
Sponsor:Spencer Foundation
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which
foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor
prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission
statement.
Eligibility:
The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.
Sponsor:Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences
Deadline:Open
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residential postdoctoral fellowships at
The Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences. The sponsor supports
endeavors related to increasing knowledge of the principles that govern
human behavior. These fields include, but are not limited to,
anthropology, art history, biology, classics, economics, education,
geography, history, law, linguistics, literature, mathematical and
statisical specialties, medicine, musicology, philosophy, political
science, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology.
Eligibility:
Eligible candidates are postdoctoral scientists and scholars from the
United States and abroad who show exceptional accomplishment or promise in
their respective fields. Self-nominations are accepted from post-doctoral
scholars who have a record of publication.
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