Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grant 2025-2026 (up to $25,000) – YOA

Deadline: November 1, 2025

Applications are invited for the Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grant 2025-2026. This grant program funds particular person analysis initiatives undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a intently associated discipline. Their objective is to assist vibrant and important work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. There is not any desire for any methodology, analysis location, matter, or subfield. The Foundation significantly welcomes proposals that combine two or extra subfields and pioneer new approaches and concepts.

Grant

• The most Post-PhD Research Grant is $25,000. Grants are nonrenewable. There is not any restrict to the period of the grant, and candidates could request funding to cowl distinct analysis phases (for instance, two summers) if that is part of the analysis design. Wenner-Gren awards don’t embrace funds to cowl institutional overhead or any charges associated to the administration of our grants and fellowships.

Eligibility

• Open to Doctorates in Anthropology, Doctorates in Related Fields and Independent Scholars.
• Qualified students of any nationality or institutional affiliation are eligible. Independent students and senior students are welcome to apply. Individuals who’re inside 5 months of receiving their doctorate or equal diploma could apply, however they have to full their diploma earlier than the beginning date listed on their application type.
• Most grantees should fulfill all the necessities of their current award and submit their last report earlier than making use of for a brand new award. But when you’ve got a Conference and Workshop Grant, a Global Initiatives Grant, or a Historical Archives Program grant, you’re welcome to apply; in that case, please contact the organisers for extra info if this example applies.
• Unsuccessful candidates are welcome to reapply. But as part of their resubmission, they have to clarify how they’ve addressed the reviewers’ issues, together with any modifications to their plans.

Application

The application asks for the next:

• General details about you and your undertaking
• An summary of your proposed undertaking
• Answers to six questions on your undertaking
• A resubmission assertion if we declined a Post-PhD Research Grant application beforehand
• An in depth Plan A finances (Best-case state of affairs)
• An in depth Plan B finances (Worst-case state of affairs)
• A bibliography related to your proposed undertaking.

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For extra info, go to Wenner-Gren Foundation Post-PhD Research Grant.