Closing date for applications: 31 March 2017
The Royal Anthropological Institute administers a Fund, set up by the late Professor R. Ruggles-Gates and augmented by his widow Mrs L. Ruggles-Gates, which provides grants for research in biological anthropology.
Preference will be given to those applications which lie within human population biology, human genetics, human ethology and palaeoanthropology.
Eligibility
- There are no restrictions on age, sex, religion, ethnic origin or nationality.
- Grants will not be made for undergraduate fieldwork projects.
- Individuals already in possession of a doctorate are not eligible.
- Preference will be given to those who propose to do fieldwork outside the United Kingdom.
- Grants are not made for library research, for University fees or for subsistence in the applicant’s home institution.
- Funds cannot be awarded for a joint research project, but individuals who are members of such a project can apply for a grant, provided that its leader holds a PhD or is similarly qualified
- Permission to undertake field research must be cleared with the relevant authorities and communities before an application is submitted.
- The Fund will not normally support those returning home to undertake fieldwork.