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American Anthropological Association (AAA)

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  1. SfAA/AAA Margaret Mead Award

    The American Anthropological Association and Society for Applied Anthropology jointly offer the Margaret Mead Award, including a plaque and stipend, to recognize a younger anthropologist whose book, film, monograph, or service translates anthropological research and principles for broad public audiences.

    OtherAnthropology

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    Not listed

  2. SfAA/AAA Margaret Mead Award

    The American Anthropological Association and Society for Applied Anthropology jointly offer the Margaret Mead Award, including a plaque and stipend, to recognize a younger scholar whose book, film, monograph, service, or other accomplishment makes anthropological research meaningful to a broad public.

    OtherAnthropology

    Deadline
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    Not listed

  3. David M. Schneider Award

    The American Anthropological Association offers the David M. Schneider Award for an original, unpublished graduate student essay presenting a fresh and innovative approach to anthropology, with recognition at the AAA Annual Meeting.

    OtherAnthropology

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    Not listed

  4. Dissertation Fellowship for Historically Underrepresented Persons in Anthropology

    The American Anthropological Association offers one nonrenewable $10,000 Dissertation Fellowship for Historically Underrepresented Persons in Anthropology to support doctoral candidates during the dissertation-writing phase.

    FellowshipAnthropology

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    Amount
    $10,000

  5. Gender Justice Prize

    The American Anthropological Association offers the annual Gender Justice Prize, including a $1,000 award, to recognize scholarship, practice, or advocacy that advances understanding of gender inequities and promotes more just and inclusive communities.

    OtherAnthropology; Gender Studies

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    Amount
    $1,000

  6. E. Ohnuki-Tierney Book Award for Historical Anthropology

    The American Anthropological Association offers the biennial E. Ohnuki-Tierney Book Award for Historical Anthropology, recognizing outstanding scholarship that examines culture as a historical process through integrated ethnographic and historical research and critical social theory.

    OtherAnthropology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $800

  7. E. Ohnuki-Tierney Book Award for Historical Anthropology

    The American Anthropological Association offers the biennial E. Ohnuki-Tierney Book Award for Historical Anthropology to recognize outstanding single-authored books that examine culture as historical processes through ethnographic and historical research and critical use of social theory.

    Publishing/EditorialHistorical Anthropology

    Deadline
    Amount
    $800

  8. E. Ohnuki-Tierney Book Award for Historical Anthropology

    The American Anthropological Association administers the bi‑annual E. Ohnuki‑Tierney Book Award, supported by a gift from Emiko Ohnuki‑Tierney, to honor outstanding books that conceptualize culture as historical processes; the recipient receives an $800 cash prize and a certificate presented at the 2026 AAA Annual Meeting.

    Publishing/EditorialHistorical Anthropology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $800

  9. Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology

    The American Anthropological Association awards the biennial Solon T. Kimball Award for Public and Applied Anthropology to individuals or teams for recent exemplary contributions that advance anthropology as an applied science and have had significant impacts on public policy; the prize is $1,000 and is presented at the AAA Annual Meeting.

    OtherAnthropology

    Deadline
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    Amount
    $1,000

  10. Three-minute Thesis Competition - American Anthropological Association

    The American Anthropological Association, with prize sponsorship from the National Institute of Social Sciences, is running a juried Three‑Minute Thesis competition that awards cash prizes ($400 grand prize, $200 first runner‑up, $100 second runner‑up) for succinct, single‑slide, three‑minute presentations summarizing a graduate student’s 2024–25 Master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation for a general audience.

    OtherAnthropology

    Deadline
    Not listed
    Amount
    $700

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