Scholarships
Funding for Anthropology Students
The following funding sources offer a sampling of some of the major sources Anthropology graduate students might consider. Some sources cover specific applications including funding field research and dissertation completion, while others are more open. Please try additional Internet searches as some sources are quite specialized. Also, be sure to ask your fellow graduate students and faculty for tips concerning locating and applying for funding. Consider using University funding resources (e.g., workshops) and also note the funding received by scholars in your area of research.
Please also note that UNLV students, faculty, and staff have access to the Pivot Funding Opportunities Database, where you can access thousands of available grants and perform customized searches depending on your specialized field of study.
- American Anthropological Association – Grants List
- American Anthropological Association – Minority Dissertation Fellowship
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
- American Philosophical Society
- Angela Peterson Memorial Scholarship
- Anza-Borrego Research Grant
- Archaeological Institute of America – Grant/Funding List
- Archaeology Southwest Preservation Fellowship
- Association for Environmental Archaeology Grant
- Boren Fellowships
- Brennan Foundation Archaeology Grant
- Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- C. Todd White Scholarship
- Edwards and Olswang Grant
- Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships
- Friends of World Anthropology Grant
- Fulbright Grant
- Guggenheim Foundation Grant
- Leakey Foundation
- Maya Research Program – Funding List
- Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships
- National Geographic Research and Exploration Grants
- National Science Foundation – Archaeology
- National Science Foundation – Biological Anthropology
- National Science Foundation – Cultural Anthropology
- National Science Foundation – Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
- National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Program
- NIH – Behavioral and Social Science Research Grants
- NSF – Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research (IBSS)
- Patricia A. Rocchio Memorial Scholarship
- Social Science Research Council Fellowship List
- Society for Medical Anthropology Grant List
- Smithsonian Institute Fellowship List
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program
- Spencer Foundation
- The Explorer's Club Exploration Fund
- Wadsworth International Fellowship
- Wenner Gren – Dissertation Fieldwork Grants
- Wenner Gren – Funding Programs