Funding

The Leakey Foundation offers up to 27 grants for ABD Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to research human origins and evolution. Grants to doctoral students are in the $3,000-$15,000 range and postdoctoral schoalrs may be funded up to $25,000. Next deadline is January 10, 2017.

By Noreen Balos, Funding Peer
Sunday, December 11th, 2016 - 2:36pm


The Leakey Foundation offers up to 27 grants for ABD Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scholars to research human origins and evolution. Grants are available for the exploratory phase of a research project. The Foundation expects Fellows to publish and share their data within a reasonable amount of time.

CITIZENSHIP
No citizenship requirements

ELIGIBILITY
Must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent qualification in anthropology or a related discipline, or be enrolled in a doctoral program with all degree requirements fulfilled other than the dissertation. Must be affiliated with a school or research institution.

STIPEND
Grants to doctoral students are in the $3,000-$15,000 range and postdoctoral scholars may be funded up to $25,000.

​WEBSITE https://leakeyfoundation.org/grants/

DEADLINES

January 10, 2017
July 15, 2017

CONTACT
Paddy Moore, Grants Officer
The Leakey Foundation
1003B O'Reilly Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94129-1359
415-561-4646
grants@leakeyfoundation.org