Overview
Global dissertation fieldwork funding for doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge, with awards up to US$25,000.
Complete grant details
The grant may fund research expenses directly related and essential to the project, including travel, living expenses during fieldwork, childcare, research assistance, transcription, specialized software, informant gifts, visa fees and other relevant research expenditures. Grants are nonrenewable.
Eligibility requirements
Doctoral students undertaking dissertation or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. The Foundation states no preference for methodology, research location, topic or subfield.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Official programme states recurring deadlines May 1 and November 1. For the current 2026-11-01 round no closing clock time is stated, so only deadline_date is stored.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
Wenner-Gren Foundation ↗Browse current Job and Scholarship listings from Wenner-Gren Foundation →
