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Funding Resources

The Department of Anthropology has prepared this page as a resource on funding opportunities available to graduate students, both MAA and PhD, to provide loans and grants for tuition, support fieldwork, fund research and internships, and more. These resources are not maintained by the Department of Anthropology and any details should be verified with the funding institution before submitting an application.

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Students
Faculty

Graduate Students

Scholarships, loans

University of Maryland
Office of Financial Aid

Thomson Gale Scholarships, Fellowships and Loans

FinAid, The SmartStudent Guide to Financial Aid

Grants, research funding

University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology
Funding Opportunities for Graduate Students

Cornell University, Graduate School
Fellowship Database

Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.
Grants Program

Faculty

For faculty interested in funding research projects or supporting graduate students, there are many funding opportunities available through the Federal government, the state of Maryland, and regional Washington, DC foundations. For faculty interested in issues of immigration and refugees, this site includes a guide to relevant funding institutions.

Public Institutions

NEH, National Endowment for the Humanities

NSF, National Science Foundation

NIH, National Institutes of Health

SSRC, Social Science Research Council

Grants, research funding

University of Maryland
Faculty Grants Program

FundSource
A Search Tool for Research Funding in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Foundation Center
Washington, DC

Maryland State Grants

Immigration and refugees

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Directory of Funders Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Issues

Public Institutions

U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Refugee Resettlement

National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Demographic & Behavioral Sciences (DBS) Branch

Maryland State Arts Council

  • Refer to Arts in Communities
  • Refer to Maryland Traditions

Foundations

The Abell Foundation

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

The Community Foundation of the National Capitol Region

The Prince George's Community Foundation

The Edward W. Hazen Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Refer to Vulnerable Populations

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

  • Refer to Migrations Program

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

  • Refer to Global Migration and Human Mobility

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