Halperin Memorial Fund
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Halperin Memorial Fund supports doctoral students’ preliminary fieldwork on poverty and social exclusion, plus travel to present their findings and develop professionally at an economic anthropology conference.
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Funder: Society for Economic Anthropology
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $1,500 for preliminary research, plus $500 for conference travel
Summary: Supports preliminary dissertation fieldwork on poverty and social exclusion and travel to present findings at the SEA annual conference.
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Description
The Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) runs the Rhoda Halperin Memorial Fund to support doctoral students whose economic anthropology research addresses social exclusion and poverty. The fund honors Halperin’s concern for people on the social margin and her integration of anthropological theory with social activism.
Awards support preliminary dissertation fieldwork, followed by travel to present a paper or poster at the SEA annual conference. For this award, economic anthropology includes applied and non-applied work on issues such as poverty, exclusion from political processes, and access to education. The fund also encourages students’ professional development through participation in SEA and American Anthropological Association scholarly meetings.
