Support for Writing Projects

The Wenner-Gren Foundation supports various research projects:

• Dissertation Fieldwork Grants - Doctoral Students:

The maximum Dissertation Fieldwork Grant is $25,000.

Application deadlines are May 1 (for project start dates between January 1 and June 30 of the following year) and November 1 (for project start dates between July 1 and December 31 of the following year). The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline.

• Post-PhD Research Grants -  Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields, Independent Scholars:

The maximum Post-PhD Research Grant is $25,000.

Application deadlines are May 1 (for project start dates between January 1 and June 30 of the following year) and November 1 (for project start dates between July 1 and December 31 of the following year).

• Engaged Research Grants -  Doctoral Students, Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields, Independent Scholars:

The maximum Engaged Research Grant is $25,000.

The application deadline is August 1 for projects beginning no earlier than April 1 of the following year. The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline.

Go to wennergren.org for more information about the grants and to submit your application.

The Wenner-Gren Foundation provides a Conference and Workshop Grant for Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields and Independent Scholars.

This grant program supports meetings and events that promote the development of inclusive communities of anthropologists and advance significant and innovative research.

The maximum Conference and Workshop Grant is $20,000.

Application deadlines are June 1 and December 1. The June 1 deadline is for conferences and workshops to be held no earlier than January 1 of the following year. The December 1 deadline is for conferences and workshops to be held no earlier than July 1 of the following year. Both portals open 2 months before the application deadline.

Go to wennergren.org for more information about the grant and to submit your application.

The Wenner-Gren Foundation supports Doctoral Trainings:

• Wadsworth International Fellowship - For Doctoral Students

This program provides funding for students pursuing a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree at universities where they can receive international-level training in anthropology.

The $20,000 annual fellowship can be used toward travel, living expenses, tuition, income taxes, student fees, insurance, books, research costs, and any other relevant expenditures incurred in the course of the doctoral program.

The application deadline is March 1 for fellowships beginning in the following academic year. The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline.

• Wadsworth African Fellowship - For Doctoral Students

Wadsworth African Fellowships provide funding for African students pursuing a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree at South African universities where they can receive international-level training in anthropology, including archaeology and biological anthropology.

The $20,000 annual fellowship can be used toward travel, living expenses, tuition, income taxes, student fees, insurance, books, research costs, and any other relevant expenditures incurred in the course of the doctoral program.

The application deadline is December 15 for fellowships beginning in the following academic year. The online portal is opened on November 1st.

Go to wennergren.org for more information and to submit your application.

The Wenner-Gren Foundation supports Film and Media Projects:

• Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ethnographic Film - For Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields and Independent Scholars

This program supports projects that will impact the field of anthropology and beyond through innovative work in film and other media.

Fejos fellowships provide up to $40,000 for a 9-month stipend, toward the completion of an ethnographic film or multimedia project that is based on anthropological research already completed by the applicant.

The application deadline is May 1 for fellowships beginning between January 1 and December 31 of the following year. The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline.

Go to wennergren.org to read more about the program and to submit your application.

The Wenner-Gren Foundations Support for Outreach and Building Capacity for the Discipline to Thrive:

• Global Initiatives Grant - For Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields and  Independent Scholars

Each year, the Wenner-Gren Foundation funds a small number of initiatives that meet a need not already addressed by our other programs. Global Initiatives Grants help support innovative projects that benefit the discipline as a whole by creating the conditions for anthropologists to do better work.

Global Initiatives Grants can be as small as $5,000 or as large as $20,000.

The deadline for this program is May 15. The application portal opens 2 months before the deadline.

• Wadsworth Institutional Grant - For Doctorates in Anthropology and Doctorates in Related Fields

The Wadsworth Institutional Grant helps cultivate a culture of grant writing in countries where anthropology is underserved or under threat. Through this grant program, the Foundation works with faculty from an anthropology (or related) department in the Global South to address this inequity.

The selected anthropology department receives $20,000 per year, renewable over the course of 4 years.

The Foundation holds a competition for this award every 4 years. A call for applications will be posted on wennergren.org 6 months in advance of the next deadline.

• SAPIENS Public Fellowship - For Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields and Independent Scholars

This program places a recent PhD, in anthropology or a closely aligned discipline, in a 2-year fellowship at SAPIENS, the Foundation’s online magazine. The Fellow gains experience in the work of the magazine, expands their professional network, and receives professional mentoring.

The SAPIENS Public Fellowship comes with a stipend of $50,000 per year.

Application announcements for the next available 2-year SAPIENS Public Fellowship will be posted through the University of Chicago Press.

• SAPIENS Public Scholars Training Fellowship - For Doctoral Students, Doctorates in Anthropology and Independent Scholars

Supported by a 3-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation, the SAPIENS Public Scholars Training Fellowship provides in-depth guidance in public scholarship and communication. Fellows learn how to transform their anthropology research into engaging, thought-provoking stories through accessible writing and podcasting for broad, nonacademic audiences.

In addition to the benefits of deepening skills in popular writing and podcasting, individual mentoring from SAPIENS staff and partners, widening the Fellows’ professional networks, and enabling them to receive public recognition for their research, this program provides a $2,500 award upon completion of the fellowship.

The application deadline is July 15 annually, from 2022 to 2024, and the fellowships begin the September immediately following.

• Historical Archives Program - For Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields, Independent Scholars and Others

The Historical Archives Program encourages the preservation of unpublished personal research materials considered of value to the history of anthropology. Grants are offered to assist senior scholars (or their heirs) with the expense of preparing and transferring these materials for archival deposit. Applicants must show evidence that arrangements have been made with an appropriate repository.

The maximum amount of a Historical Archives Program grant is $15,000.

Applications are considered on a rolling deadline, beginning with a preliminary inquiry. Inquiries should be emailed to Mark Mahoney at mmahoney@wennergren.org.

Go to wennergren.org to read more about the programs and to submit your application.