Institution: Baylor University Project Title: Paleoanthropological research at Marsabit Road, Chalbi Basin, northern Kenya Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12  

Institution: Gopher Project Title: Excavating a 420-300 kyr new hall at Qesem Cave, Israel Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12  

Institution: Cleveland Museum of Natural History Project Title: The paleobiology and paleoecology of KSD-VP-1/1: the earliest partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12  

Institution: The Research Foundation for SUNY Project Title: Excavation and analysis of hominin foot prints from Ngare Sero, Tanzania Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12  

Institution: Illinois State Museum Society Project Title: New research at the early Upper Paleolithic site Mira, Ukraine Fund: Research Grants Date approved: 4/27/12