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Wenner-Gren Foundation
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Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Dissertation Fieldwork Grant provides up to $25,000 for research expenses essential to doctoral dissertation projects in anthropology, including travel, fieldwork, living costs, research assistance, participant compensation, and supplies.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $25,000
Post-PhD Research Grant
The Wenner-Gren Foundation offers Post-PhD Research Grants of up to US$25,000 to support innovative anthropological research, including fieldwork, laboratory, archival, museum, and other appropriate research activities.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $25,000
Fejos Fellowship in Public Media
The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Fejos Fellowship in Public Media supports postdoctoral anthropologists completing innovative films, audio works, podcasts, videos, tactile projects, or other multimodal media based on their research and intended for broad public audiences.
- Deadline
- Amount
- $40,000
Conference and Workshop Grant
Wenner-Gren Foundation offers Conference and Workshop Grants to support inclusive anthropological conferences (large, public events, ideally engaging international audiences) and small, focused workshops that advance innovative research and produce lasting outputs; maximum award is $20,000 and funds do not cover institutional overhead or administrative fees.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $20,000
Engaged Research Grant
Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Engaged Research Grant awards up to $25,000 (nonrenewable) to support collaborative, community‑led anthropological projects that center interlocutors in shaping research questions, data collection, skill sharing, scholarly communication, and public mobilization to advance anthropology and address inequality.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $25,000
Engaged Research Grant
The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Engaged Research Grant provides up to $25,000 for collaborative anthropological research that mutually produces knowledge with community partners, addresses inequality, informs policy, benefits communities, and promotes positive change.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $25,000
Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship
Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship awards early‑career anthropologists up to $40,000 (a 9‑month stipend, prorated if shorter) to complete film, video, audio, or other public‑facing media projects that communicate completed anthropological research, with emphasis on innovative multimedia and ethical engagement; no institutional overhead is paid.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $40,000
Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences
Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Fellowship in Anthropology and Black Experiences is a 9‑month writing fellowship (one awarded annually) that provides a $50,000 stipend, cohort-based workshops, and mentoring to amplify scholarship drawing on Black studies, critical race studies, diasporic Africana studies, and vernacular insights from global Black experiences.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $50,000
Global Initiatives Grant
Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Global Initiatives Grant supports a small number of innovative projects that strengthen the discipline of anthropology by creating conditions for better research and public engagement, with 2026–2030 priority given to public anthropology projects that reach broad audiences (e.g., outreach campaigns, curriculum partnerships, media training, applied incubators, crisis interventions).
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $80,000
Global Initiatives Grant
The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Global Initiatives Grant supports ambitious, collaborative projects that expand anthropology’s public impact by communicating trusted anthropological knowledge to broad nonacademic audiences and developing new public-engagement platforms or infrastructure.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $80,000
Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship awards up to $40,000 for nine months of full‑time writing to help recent PhDs in anthropology and related fields complete books, monographs, articles, or innovative new scholarly genres; proposals that are comparative, interdisciplinary, or likely to transform anthropological debates are especially welcomed and independent scholars may apply.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $40,000
Post-PhD Research Grant
The Wenner-Gren Foundation offers Post-PhD Research Grants to support individual research projects in anthropology and related fields.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $25,000
Wadsworth African Fellowship (Doctoral Students)
Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Wadsworth African Fellowship provides $20,000 per year (renewable for up to two additional years, with a possible separate year for dissertation write‑up) to support African citizens pursuing a PhD or equivalent doctoral training in anthropology—including archaeology and biological anthropology—at South African universities; funds may cover tuition, travel, living expenses, research costs, taxes, and related fees.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $20,000
Wadsworth International Fellowship (Doctoral Students)
Wenner‑Gren Foundation’s Wadsworth International Fellowship awards $20,000/year (renewable for up to two additional years, with a possible extra dissertation write‑up year) to support doctoral training in anthropology at institutions offering international‑level training; funds cover travel, living, tuition, research costs, and related expenses but not institutional overhead, and about five fellowships are awarded annually.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $20,000
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