Funder: Wenner-Gren Foundation
Due Dates: November 1, 2026 (Application) | May 1, 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $25,000; nonrenewable, with no limit on project duration
Summary: Supports doctoral dissertation or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge and understanding of what it means to be human.
Key Information: All doctoral requirements except the dissertation/thesis must be completed before the proposed project start date.
Description
The Wenner-Gren Foundation’s Dissertation Fieldwork Grant supports doctoral research across socio-cultural anthropology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and archaeology. The program has no preference for a particular methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. It particularly welcomes projects that integrate subfields, pioneer new approaches, and offer the potential to transform anthropological debates.
Reviewers assess research quality, contributions to anthropological knowledge, and commitment to an inclusive discipline. Projects should pose well-defined questions and present feasible plans for gathering and analyzing evidence. Supported approaches include qualitative and quantitative methods, laboratory, archival and museum research, and archaeological, survey and ethnographic fieldwork. Applicants are expected to engage relevant scholarship in English and other languages.
