Grants Officer, The Leakey Foundation, P.O. Box 29346, 1002A O'Reilly Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94129-0346, USATel: +1-415-561 4646 Fax: +1-415-561 4647 Email: grants@leakeyfoundation.org
The Leakey Foundation was formed to foster research into human origins. The mission of the Leakey Foundation is to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival. Recent priorities include research into the environments, archeology, and human paleontology of the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene; the behavior, morphology, and ecology of the great apes and other primate species; and the behavioral ecology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. Other areas of study have been funded occasionally.
General Research Grants
General Research Grants are awarded twice annually and constitute the majority of the Foundation's grant program. Priority for funding is given to the exploratory phases of promising new research projects that meet the stated purpose of the Foundation. The majority of the Foundation's General Research Grants to doctoral student are in the $3,000-$13,000 range; however, larger grants, especially to senior scientists and post-doctoral students, may be funded up to $22,000.
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships
Franklin Mosher Baldwin Memorial Fellowships are intended for scholars and students with citizenship in an African country who wish to obtain and advanced degree or specialize training in an area of study related to human origins research.
1 Pemberton Row, London EC4A 3BG, UK
General enquiries: +44-20-7822 5220 Fax: +44-20-7822 5084
Email: enquiries@leverhulme.org.uk
The Trust, established at the wish of William Hesketh Lever, the first Viscount Leverhulme, makes awards for the support of research and education. The Trust emphasises individuals and encompasses all subject areas. The Trustees place special weight on: the originality of the projects put to them; the significance of the proposed work; the ability to judge and take appropriate risk in the project; the removal of barriers between traditional disciplines.
Funding is organised under the following categories:
International Travel - Study Abroad Fellowships; Study Abroad Studentships; Research Fellowships; Academic Collaboration: International Network
Performing and Fine Arts
Postdoctoral Research - Early Career Fellowships
Research Assistance on a Project - Research Projects; Research Fellowships; Academic Collaboration: International Network
Research Following Retirement - Emeritus Fellowships
