Student Research Award - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
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Student Research Award - Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition supports graduate students’ original food and nutritional anthropology research to advance food justice and food sovereignty.
Funder: Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $800 to support the research phase of an original project
Summary: Supports master’s and doctoral students’ original food and nutritional anthropology research, prioritizing decolonized, ethical work on food justice and food sovereignty.
Key Information: Applicants must be student members of SAFN; joining SAFN requires AAA membership.
Description
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN), a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA), offers an annual Student Research Award to support the research phase of an original project. The award is intended for master’s and doctoral students with a concentration in food and nutritional anthropology whose work directly addresses food, nutrition, or closely related topics.
The program emphasizes meaningful engagement with anthropological theory and methods and a clear contribution to the field. Its stated priority is decolonized, ethical research focused on food justice and food sovereignty. Eligible approaches include predissertation research, secondary-source analysis, and archival work, but not literature-review-based research. All four anthropology subfields are encouraged to apply, as are interdisciplinary fields engaging anthropological methods and theory.
